#taurogarchy

[godsopenwound]

i want to watch you on the killing floor,   deconstructing yourself and everything  anyone ever thought of you. 

you don’t have to be what they want you to be,  nothing good, nothing great.   

you can be something else,  something distant, sharp as the stars  in a far off heaven. 

— Maddie C., “Slaughterhouse / Temple” from Taurogarchy

[awfulmachinations]

hi the link to download taurogarchy is broken :( can i get an updated link ?

!! thanks for letting me know, u can find it here

[beholdingslut]

that other anon/ur rb's just made me aware of taurogarchy's existence and just. shit. I'm so fucked up over this i don't have the words there's just this really strong feeling in my chest and it's like, awe and fascination mixed w heartbreak and concern but even that's not painting the right picture bc im honestly speechless this is just. wow. yknow? wow.

i continue 2 be in awe ! of everyone’s responses re: taurogarchy like i can’t convey how much it means to me. it seems we both don’t have the words here, but i’m endlessly grateful to you, and to everyone who’s read it.

[beholdingslut]

you don't have to be what they want you to be, nothing good, nothing great—

Maddie C., excerpt of Slaughterhouse / Temple 

[beholdingslut]

did you see them / did you see what they were doing / they were leading the most beautiful humans into their temples and killing them / how strange.

Maddie C., "Observations”

[beholdingslut]

Maddie I loved loved loved your ebook so much!!! If you don't mind, could you tell us a little about your thought process going into this project/why you chose this theme, etc? I can't wait to see any other collections you put out in the future!!

hello! this message is so lovely i’ve been sitting on it for three days, trying to make sure my answer will do it justice

the theme was borne from my being a taurus and joking around with stefan @teamcaptains that i was to be a sacrificial bull and then i was like... hang on a second, that’s pretty good. i’m pretty inspired by what i study or what i read, and studying classics, it’s impossible to miss the prominence of the bull in mythology and classical society. like it’s fascinating that the minoan people used to compete in a ritualistic bull-jumping and how thousands of years have passed and bull-fighting still occurs in contemporary society. 

so then i did a lot of research and basically drew inspiration from examples in history and mythology i came across. the ‘UNWRITTEN MYTHOLOGY’ poems are the most obvious references, with pt 1 being about io and zeus’ coupling, and pt 2 being about ariadne, and the connection between girls and bulls w/ a sort of examination of gender at the same time. each poem corresponds to something specific but always always always focuses on the bull. 

[lifeinpoetry]

GIRL is born as GIRL. her brother is born as BULL. every day, the BROTHER wishes himself HUMAN and the girl wishes herself BEAST. not a COW but a BULL. something powerful, with feet heavy enough to trample GODS.

Maddie C., from “Unwritten Mythology, Pt 2., ″ Taurogarchy

[antigonick]

you can be something else, something distant, sharp as the stars—

Maddie C., excerpt of Slaughterhouse / Temple