Jul 16
"He is half of my soul as the poets say"
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"He is half of my soul as the poets say"
I would know him in death, at the end of the world.
Drawing Achilles and Patroclus again is very good for my soul.
I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
musings on memory
Jane Hirshfield, Marie Howe, Yakov Kapkov ("Achilles with the body of Patroclus"), Vincent van Gogh, Jean Joseph Taillason ("Achilles Displaying the Body of Hector at the Feet of Patroclus"), Sonia Sanchez, Madeline Miller, Nikolai Ge ("Achilles and the body of Patroclus"), Ocean Vuong, Gavin Hamilton ("Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus"), Haruki Murakami
Can’t believe I lived until now without this amazing book
The United States has always been a terrible place to be sick and disabled. Ableism is baked into our myths of bootstrapping and self-reliance, in which health is virtue and illness is degeneracy. It is long past time for a bedrock shift, for all of us.
Long covid has derailed my life. Make no mistake: It could yours, too.
I finished reading The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, what a journey 🥲🍃
THAT'S MY ACHILLES AND PATROCLUS RIGHT THERE!!! 😭❤😭