try not to say mother challenge
I wanted to make these portraits of Mercy ( Arya Stark) and Alayne Stone ( Sansa Stark) -which are inspired by Vermeer's " Girl with pearl earing" - because for a lot of time I thought that girl in the painting has something of Sansa Stark and by extension with Arya ..at least in my headđ I don't know why đ¤ˇââď¸ đ
Rhaegar with baby Daenerys and Viserys
âDuty kept me here, serving Edelia, when I should have been at his side. Blaming you was easier than facing my own guilt. Promise me you will take care of him,â he scoffed. âThat was never your responsibility to bear.â
âBut it was,â Gem interrupted. Frustration roiled in her chest, swelling like a rising tide. âI loved him too.â
Danyelâs jaw tightened, and he looked away. âLove doesnât excuse what he put you through. It doesnât make it right that you had to shoulder a burden that wasnât yours.â
âAnd yet, I chose to,â Gem said softly. âIt wasnât your responsibility, and it wasnât mine. It was my choice. It was his choice, Danyel. It always was.â
âHe was my brother. He needed me.â
âAnd your students needed you, too.â
âMy dutyââ
âWhat does it fucking matter!â she burst out suddenly. âWhat even is duty? Duty to Tomix, duty to family, duty to Edelia, duty to Loreâwhat do you do when they pull you in different directions? You canât do it all. I canât do it all. What if itâs all meaningless?âÂ
Danyel didnât reply immediately. He studied her, jaw tight and knuckles white where his hands gripped the wooden ledge of the spiritloom. âYou think itâs meaningless?â His voice was low, almost disbelieving. âYou, the Hero of Falconreach?â
âIâI donât know anymore.â Gem's voice cracked, and she looked away. Apprehend Sepulchure. Vanquish Drakath. Help the Rose. Stand by the Vind. Banish Envy. Save Tomix. It was too much. âWhat has duty ever done for me? And what did it ever do for Tomix? Did it save him? Did it save your family?â She couldnât keep the bitterness out of her voice. âAll it did was leave you alone, just like it left me.â
He flinched as if struck. âSo tell meâshould I just abandon it? Pretend it doesnât matter?â
âNo,â she whispered. âI donât know. I just⌠I just wish it hadnât cost us so much.â
I found a drawing I never finished in middle school and it made me sad because I've completely forgotten how to art and haven't even picked up a pencil in years
â David Foster Wallace, E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction
The moon floated on the still black waters, shattering and re-forming as her ripples washed over it.
Daenerys in the Womb of the World