Rachel Alexander's Blog, page 390
July 5, 2016
hymnstothetheoi:
Hymn #9 To PloutonFair Muses, begin to sing of Plouton, quiet lord of the...
Hymn #9 To Plouton
Fair Muses, begin to sing of Plouton, quiet lord of the underworld, kindly host of many.
Gracious one, you provide wealth and bounty. The riches of the earth and the keeping of mortal souls are among your domain. Well-guarded is your kingdom, that only spirits of the departed may enter upon their last journey, and but a few gods. Together with Persephone, fair queen, you preside over your melancholy realm.Hail to you, Plouton, ruler of Earth’s bounty! I will remember you and another song also.
(via painandlight)
July 4, 2016
coloricioso:
Asphodel flowers, photography by Robert Wallace...
Asphodel flowers, photography by Robert Wallace + Asphodel and its fruits. photography by Maryline P
elektraclaires:
Antonia Thomas as Kore/Persephone and Richard...
Antonia Thomas as Kore/Persephone and Richard Armitage as Aidon/Hades
The shoots hardened to the air. Their new skin would protect them -strengthen them. Hard branches drooped under the weight of larger leaves, testing and hurting them as they rose free of the cold earth. Rising at last over the gray flowers, they could now see each other for what they were.
Reciever of Many - Rachel Alexander
midnightstarlightwrites:
nedark:
vanshira:
ramblingferret:
teroknortailor:
sci-fantasy:
fiftyse...
Millennial Sisyphus keeps entering all the information from his resume into the web form, only for it to delete everything when he tries to move to the next page. He just goes back and types it all up again, over and over again, forever, and he never gets a job.
Millennial Tantalus has been promised that his unpaid internship will become a paid position as soon as the company has space for him. Every week he sees their new job posting. Every week he asks his boss if he can have a real job. The boss shrugs apologetically and says he’ll just have to make do with being paid in experience a little longer. He goes back and keeps working, over and over again, forever, and he never reaches the fruits of his labors.
Millennial Persephone can’t get a job without a degree, but because she had to take out loans to pay for college, she must spend 1/3 of her life working just to pay them off.
Millennial Cassandra’s title is Social Media Coordinator, she was hired to be the expert, but every time she tries to explain the problems in her company’s social media decisionmaking, the managers don’t listen…and end up hiring expensive PR flacks to repair the damage to their reputation when things blow up exactly as she predicted.
Millennial Medusa uses multiple shades of primer and opaque foundation to cover the scars snaking across her face, hiding the bruises, aligning the asymmetry in her broken nose and jaw. Red matte on the lips, green shimmer on the lids. Flawless liner on the first try. She’s had lots and lots of practice. She films her transformation in secret for all to see and learn, and again, men are turned to anonymous stone faces screaming in horror. “Liar!” “Witch!” “Take her swimming on the first date!” These words do not discourage her. These words are a challenge. GlamGorgonXx posts another video.
Millennial Prometheus uploads another PDF to his site. He’s lost track of the printing and edition of this textbook. He knows they just rearranged some of chapters then charge 150 dollars per copy, and the professor wrote the book himself. the ZIP fills uploads successfully, and he starts uploading the next one. He isn’t afraid of the potential lawsuit. knowledge shouldn’t held out of reach like this.
Millennial Arachne spends every dime and every minute she can spare with her yarn. Weaving, knitting, crochet, she does them all. Everywhere she goes, she takes her yarn and hook or needles or even a small loom with her so she can keep working in her downtime. Everyone who sees her work adores her work; she can make yarn do anything but deal cards. But when she tries to sell her work - at the price of materials plus a dollar per hour of labor - everyone says “yeah, it’s great, but you charge too much, you need to bring your prices down a little” and walks off to buy the exact same thing with a trendy designer label sewn on for twice as much. The next day, they come around and ask her if she’d be willing to knit them a scarf or a baby blanket or crochet a toy dog for their child’s birthday. In exchange? “I’ll invite you to the party. You can have cake.”
Millennial Icarus was always told off by his father for procrastinating on school assignments. When he got to college, most professors had midnight deadlines for their assignments, but were pretty flexible with it. 12:30 or 1:00 AM was not a penalizing time to turn in a paper. In his engineering class, there was only one assignment that was graded at the end of the semester: a final paper of 2,000 words worth 100% of their grade. Like all the assignments before, this was due at 12:00, but the professor was adamant about no papers being accepted after 12:00 AM sharp. He finished the paper on his laptop at 11:50, reached for his beer in celebration, and ended up spilling it on his laptop, frying it.
@kata-speaks something I thought you’d like!
Thanks @midnightstarlightwrites!!!
July 3, 2016
carolinedattnerblankstein:
Unexpected Japanese version of a...
Unexpected Japanese version of a Vintage Corsican Asphodel detail…
Version japonaise inattendue d’un détail d’une Asphodèle corse…
South Corsica
© La Vintage Flower Collection
July 2, 2016
mamawinterwolf:
Signs And Symbols- AsphodelFlora-...
Signs And Symbols- Asphodel
Flora-
Asphodel~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SOURCE: “The Illustrated Signs & Symbols Sourcebook: An A to Z Compendium Of Over 1000 Designs” By Adele Nozedar
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
July 1, 2016
June 30, 2016
I was wondering if you could clear up some name pronunciations for me! How is Kore pronounced? As I was reading I read it as "Cory." And how is Aidon pronounced? I read it as Aiden or Aidan. I feel like I should know this haha
You’re correct! Aidon is pretty close to the existing name Aiden in terms of pronunciation, and phonetically, it’s pronounced ÆD-ən. Kore is phonetically pronounced KŌ-rə, with barely any emphasis on the ending schwa, which mimics an abbreviated æ sound.
Hey just wondering if you have to read receiver of many before you read destroyer of light?
Yes. Destroyer of Light is its sequel.
