Marie

“I live in the circadian rhythms of a shooting star”

[sanctuary-for-wanderers]

Sanctuary for Wanderers

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ㅤ♡ The Melancholy of Psyche by @nymphenae

[heateron]

hearts of darkness (1991) dir. eleanor coppola

[pr0ceeding]

Mary Oliver, from “Porcupine” in Devotions: Selected Poem.

[otherduck]

Cupid and Psyche.

[sanctuary-for-wanderers]

We live in an era with so many pretty things to enjoy

[a-quiet-green-agreement]

The soul is never satisfied…I wanted something to happen, good or bad. Accustomed to living intensely, I couldn't adjust to the lull.

– Adolfo Bioy Casares, from “The Squid in Its Own Ink,” The Book of Fantasy (Viking, 1988)

[sanctuary-for-wanderers]

It all just hit me right now, but I genuinely have so much to thank Psyche for. When I look at my life right now, I feel so incredibly blessed. I'm happy - like, actually and truly happy.

My life isn't perfect, but Psyche showed me that it doesn't have to be. She taught me how to be happy living in the moment. This is the life I had always dreamed for myself.

She taught me that there's always something to look forward to.

She's taught me that a moment of reprise isn't the same as stagnation. Not every moment needs to be spent in an anxious frenzy to be considered meaningful. There's meaning in the moments of quiet and rest. There's meaning in slowing down and looking around. It feels like every breath I take is in Psyche's honor. I owe this moment - every bit of happiness and joy, to her. Not because she manifested it for me, but because she taught me how to recognize it in all of the mess.

[revevif]

healing happens in circles, not lines. you will return to old places with new eyes.

[kind-smile]

3/07/2026

july in bloom 🌻

[afterblossom]

Back and Front endpaper I did for Psyche and Eros by Luna McNamara, featuring in ToBeeRead May book box.\

[winged-eros]

Our radiant lady Psyche!

Soft adoring beauty, it knows no bounds.

Tender and vibrant wings.

A flutter sends love himself into a frenzy.

Gentle heart, strong soul.

Pure and bright, strong enough to endure any storm.

Oh, lovely winged psyche,

How you’ll never be unloved by me.

[inkpressedpetals]

[artandbeauty71]

Something about the fact that Eros and Psyche's story is basically about Love being a victim of his own weapon and falling in love with the Soul and the Soul falling in love with Love, and how they're both flawed because the Soul is insanely beautiful but wants to reach places it shouldn't, and Love is just as gorgeously tender as it is petty and cruel and always wears a mask, never shows its true face, not even to the Soul. The Soul needs to suffer in order to be united with Love, and most importantly, it cannot do it alone. It needs help, compassion, someone who comforts and sustains it during its trials. And when Love and the Soul are finally reunited, no more suffering is generated from their union, only Delight

[kisxmesoft]

[highestelf420]

Psyche’s biggest strength is her curiosity.

This curiosity leads her to uncover Truth, and it helps her survive the trials she went through and pull through every obstacle she faces all the way to completion.

Psyche cries and feels suicidal through every impossible task she is assigned, but she never gives up. She could have enjoyed godly levels of wealth and material comforts for the rest of her mortal days, not fully knowing Love (like you see some women choose under patriarchy). At any point in her journey she could have turned around, went home, and lived a normal life disillusioned with and untouched further by the Divine; but she doesn’t do this. She would rather risk death than suffer that fate.

Psyche is not just a sweet princess, she is a lot more brave, clever and strong than most give her credit for and I love that she has this unmovable stubbornness about her to not accept bullshit and half-truths, and to also not accept what mortals deem “impossible.” Psyche is a goddess who sees things through by any means necessary, and can’t help but to do this because it’s just her nature.

[artandbeauty71]

Love fell in love with the Soul. And the Soul fell in love with Love...

[inkpressedpetals]