In The Vast Smoothness Of My Brain, I Just Realized That I Forgot To Cross-post This Commission Of Persephone.

greek goddesses

Matthias Stom  (1600 – 1652)

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (detail) 1640–1649

The Abduction of Proserpine (detail) by Alessandro Allori, 1570.

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"And down in Hades, your father will care for all the rest" -from Euripides' "The Trojan Women"

I will never be free of the Hector sadness. also Scamandrius was technically the last king of Troy which is something I think about sometimes and feel normal and sane.

How popular is traditional art here? Especially if you can’t take good pictures? 😭

He’s also very shiny! (And the silver is a hint to Artemis)

haha i love surrendering to the divine (is actively resisting the divine)

"I'll be waiting for you somewhere near Limbo."

I almost went to sleep, but then Hermes said this:

"Avoiding your gods because you feel unworthy is the beginning of a downward spiral. We improve what we touch, and make worthy those whom we love."

So, if you got there in your head, too, just an FYI.

me to mother earth: we totally deserve what’s coming to us but are you ok

So I’ve been in Rome the last few days …

My beloved