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january 13, 2021 ♡

Featuring one of the books on my to-read list this year and some pictures I took of the beautiful sky when I went on a car ride with my family a few days ago! I actually discovered this book through a studyblr I saw on my dash; I got curious when I saw the title and their description so I read more about it and became convinced. I’m quite excited to read this! Apparently, it includes a lot about the philosophy of romance and relationships and it sounds fascinating. These days, I’ve just been taking the time to read, journal, clean my space, and enjoying every moment I’m given. I hope this week treated you all well so far! A gentle reminder to always prioritize yourself and be grateful for even the smallest things!! 🤍✨

🎧: cosa vuoi che sia - gianluca modanese

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Sun’s kisses

Things Cassandra felt when Apollo kissed her.

flames licking her legs, flames licking her skirt. the wind carrying dust, heat, and death. his taste: expensive champagne, minty cigarettes, divinity, and tragedy. the sun under his skin and under hers as well. the song’s beat making her heart run. his hands touching every inch he can reach. sunburns and high fever. the delirious feeling of madness and power when you’re soaked in sunlight. horror and despair. doom dripping from his lips like a river of blood and memories. poetry rotting in her mouth. the expectant eyes of a thousand lovers who came before. past, present, future. curses. him.

Things Icarus felt when Apollo kissed him.

freedom. the sensation of being way over the speed limit. fragile wings stretching to catch a good wind. salty water and salty breezes. golden ichor mixed with terrible light and crimson blood. mortal holiness and divine power. the laconic and reckless lull of the waves. molten, white-hot wax on his back. lungs full water and flesh burned to the black bones. honey, chantilly and chocolate from the sweets they devour. fear of falling and not being catch by careful arms. loneliness and the desperate urge to be more. love, love, love, love. admiration sweltering in his stomach. the sun everywhere.

Things Daphne felt when Apollo kissed her.

fear, fear, fear. repulse becoming a bloodthirsty monster along the dread and the fury. her nails digging in his skin until it breaks and bleeds. the way he fights to catch his breath after another kick or kiss. their unholy blood mixed on her tongue. feet firm on the dirt. anger, maybe vulnerability. the hopeless plea for mercy dying because of her stubbornness and hatred. drugs she never wanted to try. his obsessive love wrapping its hands of iron around her throat. sun shining above them like a mockery, like a prayer. the unwanted devotion overflowing from his naked heart.

Things Hyacinthus felt when Apollo kissed him.

the sweetness of eternal love and thick honey. his sacred and tireless arms creating a perfect shelter from cruel wind. a raw joy never seen or even tasted before. weak beer and soft words in their holy mouths. fresh green grass as tender and smooth as silk under his bare feet. bubbling laughs exploding in his chest. unknown eyes digging burning holes on their skins. a strange unsureness about the ever-distant future. affection, so much affection. thousands of innocent questions about everything resting quietly on his tongue, just for now. the too warm sun making him sweat and beg. love.

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Temple of Apollo Epicurius

Bassae, Greece

450-400 BCE

The temple was dedicated to Apollo Epikourios (“Apollo the helper”). It was supposedly designed by Iktinos, architect at Athens of the Parthenon. The ancient writer Pausanias praises the temple as eclipsing all others but the Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea by the beauty of its stone and the harmony of its construction. It sits at an elevation of 1,131 metres above sea level on the slopes of Kotylion Mountain.

The naos may have housed a cult statue of Apollo, although it is also surmised that the single ‘proto-Corinthian’ capital discovered by Cockerell, and subsequently lost at sea, may have topped the single column that stood in the centre of the naos, and have been intended as an aniconic representation of Apollo Borealis

Bassae’s Temple of Apollo is a particularly important specimen, and not just because of the architect. It contained the earliest known example of a Corinthian capital which was displayed in the middle of the naos which was lined with Ionic columns. However, on the outside of the temple, the strength and support of the structure is provided by strong Doric columns, fifteen on each long side and six on the ends.One of the things that make this temple unique is the incorporation of all three of the classical orders of columns. Also, the interior of the cella was ornamented with a series of beautifully detailed friezes of the Amazonomachy (Battle of the Amazons) and the Battle Centaurs and Lapiths.

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– The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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Plant Sigil 🌱

Draw this sigil on your plant pots or planters to help them grow healthy and strong, tell them nice things and put some music 🌿

A Comission by anon

Donations & Comission Info 🖤

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Sigils by @french-baby-witch

My mom’s mint has been infected by a fungus, so I had the idea of creating a sigil for plants. I finally did it to help my succulents acclimate to their new pots and earth (since the mint is healing itself quite well).

Also, I’m planning to hand-sew a pouch for my crystals. I needed a sigil to prevent them from charging the pouch. (They tend to charge whatever they’re in contact with, except furnitures)

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The Eruption of Vesuvius (details) by Sebastian Pether (British, 1790 - 1844)

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someone said ‘the version of me you created in your mind is not my responsibility’ and wow

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Mean Girls (2004)

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