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Illustration for Life Magazine, January 1922 (Franklin Booth)

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La Porte d’or, 1907

Carlos Schwabe

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Jun Kumaori (Japanese, born 1988)

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Sibylle of Cleves, 1526 Lucas Cranach the Elder

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Incomplete list of recommendations if you want greek myth retellings that are actually interesting and do something new with the concept:

Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell (& friends)

O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)

Cassandra by Christa Wolf

The King Must Die by Mary Renault

Los Reyes by Julio Cortázar

Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Trojan Women: A Comic by Anne Carson and Rosanna Bruno (let's be honest, Ms. Carson could easily dominate this whole list but I'm trying to limit myself to one and I think this one is the most interesting.)

Girl on an Altar by Marina Carr

Oresteia by Robert Icke

An Iliad by Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson

Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis

Helen in Egypt by Hilda Doolittle (H.D.)

Norma Jean Baker of Troy by Anne Carson (ok I lied, what are you gonna do about it?)

Weight by Jeanette Winterson

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

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one of the biggest things i believe to be true about relationships is that you must make it feel safe for the people you love to call you out on shit. like obviously don’t let anyone emotionally manipulate or terrorize you but in general, in healthy adult relationships, there is always a pattern of rupture/repair. someone does something (unintentionally!) that makes someone else feel not great, and it needs to be addressed. the best thing you can do to preserve and improve your interpersonal relationships is to be open to these conversations. you have to be able to hear how your words or actions have affected someone, even if it absolutely wasn’t your intention, and you have to be able to simply acknowledge and apologize. it doesn’t matter if you didn’t see it that way. someone you love did, and they care enough to tell you, and that’s a gift. be grateful for the opportunity to do better.

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Rae Klein

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My bf told me the other day that he thought Kafka’s diaries were “nice ☺️” and I asked what he could possibly mean by that and he said they were a comfort because he was “constantly anxious”

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the homies are melancholic and despondent and their sleep is troubled by visions

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Georges Spiro (1909-1994) — Tribute to Hieronymus Bosch  [oil on canvas, ca. 1969]

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Seol Jong-bo (b.1965) - Untitled. 2016. Acrylic on canvas.

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Purple Narcissus Bowl, Early Ming dynasty.

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Elsa: “I am wearing a thrifted Marimekko blazer, my old Prague beret, this trash miniskirt and my favourite bag with the painting Poésie. I am inspired by horror films, schlager divas, and uniforms – and I guess this all somehow affects the essence of my style.”

9 August 2022, Elsa