#The beautiful woman with a butterfly

[haunted-xander]

Pretty pretty butterfly

[nataliaallure]

Hope you're having a great day 🥰

[relaxwithaaron]

Butterfly In The Bathroom

[storytimewriting]

little butterfly 🦋

i wish there was a pink or purple butterfly emoji

i’ve done a few poetry readings this weekend! it’s been so fun & exciting!

go read some poetry & tell me your favorite poems :) maybe you’ll encourage me to read those ones live

xx gwen <3

[zporphyrogenita]

Salma Hayek US Elle April 2000. Photo by Gilles Bensimon

[dreamgirlvibes]

It’s so important in any beauty routine that you implement rest. A good 8 hours will do more for you than any cream or regimine.

3 important benefits to having a full nights sleep are:

1. Mood boost! - wake up feeling refreshed, energized and ready for the day. This is super important when you have a long day ahead of you or even if you’re just at home or running errands. Waking up feeling refreshed is sooooo important when it comes to having a good day! Nobody wants to be around Sleepy Sabrina! Or Nagging Nancy.. Okay! Scientifically speaking: Another thing that your brain does while you sleep is process your emotions. Your mind needs this time in order to recognize and react the right way. When you cut that short, you tend to have more negative emotional reactions and fewer positive ones.

2. Weight control! - even if you aren’t in a diet and you still feel like that GWORL living ya best life- mainitaining the weight you love means maintaining a good nights rest! When you are well rested, you are less hungry. You ever wonder why you wake up feeling cramps in your stomach like if food never touched your bawdiii before? Like if someone been keeping all the Oreos to themselves? Like you’re PMSing and the only thing you want is FOOD! That has a lot to do with lack of rest. Scientifically speaking: Being sleep-deprived messes with the hormones in your brain -- leptin and ghrelin -- that control appetite.

3. Your eyes, ears, mouth and nose! - ever heard that song or remember doing the dance at about 3 or 4? Well having a good sleeping schedule is kind of the same way. It’s good for your eyes- no black or dark spots. Big noooo-no! You can avoid having less wax accumulation- wonder why those AirPods be looking crazy lately? You wake up with less morning breath…this is scientifically proven yall! Still brush them jaws though and you get less congested when waking up. Ever wonder why you feel like you got allergies or like you’ve been snoring and your boo been embarrassing you about it? More rest will regulate that!

GET YOUR REST, child! Don’t let Tyrone, Timothy or Taijuan have you up till 3am talking about nothing- tell that man to call you in the AM ok! Love you lots 💓

[downfalldestiny]

Magic 🦋 !.

[balkanparamo]

A. Bekker - Madame Butterfly

[thesorceresstemple]

[buridanova]

The Afterlife (pt. 1)

Oil on canvas Collaborative project ‘My Edens After Burns’ Val Kilmer х Laurence Fuller x Ruben Fro x Ksenia Buridanova

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[softquietsteadylove]

Hello! Hope you are doing well?

May I request another one for the Circus one?

It was very angsty and dramatic and we want more!! 😲

Gil sighed as he walked out of his sleeper car and down to the lake. He wasn't having much luck resting while the train was stopped. It seemed counter-intuitive, but he was used to the rattle and clatter of the train moving while he was sleeping. He was aware of so much when it was parked.

"Miss Thena?"

She whirled around, alarmed to have been found with her feet in the water. She wrapped her shawl tighter around herself.

"I-I'm sorry!" Gil stammered, rushing to assure her that he meant no harm nor intrusion. He averted his eyes from the lady in just her night slip, "I didn't-"

"It's fine, Gilgamesh."

He peeked at her just a little. He was a gentleman, after all. She looked more calm now, though, even smiling a little. His eyes adjusted to the dark with only the moon over them. It made her hair seem to glow.

"I was just," she paused, looking down at the beach under her bare feet again.

He looked down at them as well, only for a moment. Even in the dim light, he could see the red on her otherwise porcelain skin. He frowned, "are you hurt?"

She gave him somewhat of a smile as they both looked up at the moon again, "those shoes I wear are not meant for comfort, I'm afraid."

Gil winced to himself. They were pretty, sure--sparkly and with a heel on them. But he had often wondered what the point of that was considering she was never on the ground during shows.

"I like the water," she admitted so quietly it was nearly swallowed by the gentle lapping of the water on the shore. A breeze travelled over it to them. "I lived by the water before I was married."

Gil looked at her too eagerly. He didn't know much about her life before she was married to Kro. No one did.

"I grew up there with my father," she told him without a great deal of weight to it. Maybe she didn't mourn that life as much as he might have thought. "But that was long ago, now."

Gil watched the hem of her silken night dress dance around her legs. She pulled her shawl tighter as another breeze came over them.

Thena blinked as he slipped the towel he had brought with him around her shoulders. She looked at him.

He blushed, "don't want you to catch a chill, Miss."

She smiled at him, and it seemed so different from the smiles she gave showcomers and investors and even her own husband. This one seemed so real. "You're sweet, you know that?"

Gil shrugged, toying with his hands in front of him like a boy, "I-I guess no one's told me as much."

"Well, you are," Thena stated factually. She looked at him, the moon glinting in her green eyes. Something came over her as she pressed, "that heart of yours is invaluable, Gilgamesh."

"Gil."

"Hm?" she blinked again, but didn't snap at him for interrupting her (like a certain ringleader).

"You could-" Gil shifted on his feet as he found himself drowning in those eyes of hers, "you can call me Gil, Miss. Everyone does."

She smiled again, just a soft, little one. She looked up at the moon before testing it out, "Gil."

It had never sounded so beautiful.

"Miss-"

"Thena," she corrected in turn, smiling as she did. Her eyes lowered the next second, "just for now--when we're alone. Kro would have your head if he heard you addressing me so."

Gil got the impression that Kro would have his head for just about anything he did, let alone when it came to his wife.

"But just," she pulled herself up faintly, edging ever so slightly closer to him on the pebbly sand of the lake shore. Her eyes were so compelling, "just when it's us two...call me Thena?"

Gil's heart slammed in his chest, his mouth dry and his mind going quiet. There was only the breeze and the lake and the woman before him. "Thena."

She lit from within, as if hearing her own name for the first time in her life. He would write a song for just her name if it made her so happy.

"I'm afraid you haven't started under the best circumstances," she drew her brows together and retreated from him again. "My husband...Kro is not a kind man."

Gil's fists tightened; he didn't know much about the ringleader of the circus, but what he did know he positively detested.

"He is many things," Thena half corrected and half elaborated, neither apologising nor shying away from it. "But kind is not one of them."

Gil cleared his throat, not at all in the mood to continue talking about that beast. "I'm surprised he hired me, to be honest."

"I did."

Now that was surprising.

Thena did correct herself somewhat, this time. She shuffled in the sand, tugging at his towel and her shawl around her shoulders. "I insisted on having a proper caretaker for the animals. I've been trying to convince him for ages, but when we found you...you were finally so qualified for the job, and so good with Angus...he could no longer refuse."

She had fought for him.

"I'm glad I was able to convince him to bring you on," she smiled again, at least. "If I am to be incapable of convincing him of anything else in our lives, you are the one good to come of it."

She deserved every good life had to offer.

"Well, I certainly appreciate it M-" Gil nearly bit his tongue, eyes glued to her as his lips forced out, "Thena."

Once again, the sound of her name made her glow with happiness.

He made the effort to smile for her, dragging his thoughts away from her monster of a husband. "I'll do my best to do right by that."

She let out what almost sounded like a light laugh, "you already have."

Gil was happy to just stand and stare, but Thena looked back towards the largest sleeper car on the train, where said monster was sleeping and awaiting her. He looked at her, wondering if it would be so outlandish to suggest taking his hand and running away right this second.

"I should," she let it suffice, nodding her head in the direction of her bed. Gil just nodded, accepting his towel back from her silently. Her feet were silent as she took the first few steps back up the beach, "thank you, Gil--for the company."

He squeezed the towel in his hand, all of the breath in his lungs gone and laying at her feet. "Any time, Thena."

She offered him one last, devastatingly beautiful smile before turning.

Gil watched her go until she disappeared to her car. He had no desire to imagine her crawling back into her bed with Kro waiting there for her. Obviously he hadn't noticed her get up and come out here anyway. Inattentive would be the kindest word Gil would ever muster about him.

He sighed, kneeling down by the water and preparing to wash away the sweat of the day and shave off his scruff. Tomorrow was another long day of show prep and animal wrangling. And he had to do right by the Miss--by Thena.

[marzipanandminutiae]

my favorite gay movie? the park scene from Crimson Peak

[dreamgirlvibes]

I used to struggle with insecurity ALOT and even do now but not as much. With prayer, therapy and great relationships I have cultivated, it helped me tremendously. Still, I have episodes that sometimes make me feel like I haven’t put enough effort into self love and self confidence. If you’ve come a long way and you see progress, don’t be afraid when something pops up that may trigger you down the spiral of feeling like you’re not good enough or there’s someone better. It’s all a process and it takes time especially after dealing with years and years of constant abuse and emotional trauma. Unlearning things take time and that’s why it’s important to be around those who TRULY love you and understand you and respect you enough to know that you’re not perfect- but baby steps are worth it! Don’t feel bad if you have a down day as long as you remember all that you’ve overcome in the process of embetterment and keep striving forward 💗🫶 Sending love!

[jahbutterflyart]

Rainbow girl in her garden 🌈🌸🌷🌼🌺

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