Feb 26th’s Drawing:
“I climbed with my eyes on the stairs, and so I did not realize until I reached the top and looked up that the room was filled with people.
They stood in a loose collection on either side of an open aisle. They were perfectly silent and none looked toward me, but it was impossible that they could be unaware of my arrival. . . Finally I realized that the only movement in the entire room was the movement of the shadows thrown by my light as my hand shook, and I began to breathe again. They were statues. . .
There was a throne, and sitting on it was the statue of the Great Goddess Hephestia. She wore a robe cut from deep velvet. . . Resting on her knees was a small tray that held a single stone on its mirror surface. I stepped forward until I could reach to take the stone. Then, with my hand extended, I stopped, and was perfectly still as I watched the pattern of light on the velvet robe shift with the movement of a breath. My heart was like a stone inside my chest.”
And yet another visit to my favorite book series! 😁❤️