We speak of all our failings. We show and tell our flaws. We recall our shortcomings and traumas. The steps we can't un-take. The things we can't un-say. We compare the spindles that our pricked our fingers. Every poisoned apple. Every tree of knowledge. Every forbidden fruit. We tell the stories of our heartache, because when can share in each other's suffering, we can also share our strengths...
We lose a job. We lose friends. A loved one dies. A marriage ends. Something perfect turns out not to be. Something meant to stand forever, crumbles apart and falls. Everything that flickers eventually fades. Every expression of fixity yields to alteration and sway.
Between the experience and the recognition, the remembering lasts longer than the event.
Meet this red jasper #intaglio from #Wales depicting the Roman god #Mars standing in the nude, wearing only a crested helmet and the folds of a cloak over one arm. He cradles a long spear and holds a sheathed sword with its belt.
🏛️ Mars, Roman intaglio, Amgueddfa #Cymru - National Museum Wales
I have THREE reviews to post today on 5 different sites and possibly another later. This meme is an accurate representation of my current frazzled state.
It's the after-thoughts, the thoughts about what comes after, the afterwards, that are the hardest things to imagine. Whatever's next. Whatever the new normal is. What comes after 'this', whatever 'this' is; the trauma, the heartache, the celebration, the achievement, the event.
Meet this Roman stone statue of the god #Mars, found in #York. It was carved from local sandstone in the 4th century CE. #Eboracum was a fort and later a city in the Roman province of Britannia that became the city of York. Eboracum was a busy port and a provincial capital with residents from all over the Roman Empire.
We can only measure our velocity in relation. In the velocity of our relations. But, what is the worth of measuring the aim and rate of something so fleeting and so small? Minuscule mammals on a mid-sized planet. Wanderering dust upon a wanderer, wandering around a common yellow star...
Tetrassarion #coin dated 162/163 CE. The reverse depicts Ares fully dressed in his armour with helmet, shield, and spear. Facing him stands Aphrodite of the Pudicitia type, holding one hand to her genitals and one hand to her breasts.
As a new user, I’m enjoying Mastodon’s vibe so far but the one thing that is a letdown is the trending hashtags. I’ve been checking them regularly over the past couple of weeks and it seems like they’re pretty much always like this....
You don’t think the #tuesday chatter is exciting? For real though, I get the same vibe. It usually makes me close the app shortly after I open it. Maybe I’m not giving it enough of a chance.
This is so bizarre. Who is going around putting #tuesday or #wednesday on their posts? They want to capture the audience that wants to read more about what day it is?
Thanks to all of you who said me modeling the jewellery is a good way to go. Many of you made me smile a lot :) so this is me taking your advice!
And you can still see neutral crystal background to each item or set on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/GenderlessBySkaly
Ps. Any orders placed today or tomorrow (27th or 28th) will get a bunch of extra little gemstones in your package because I love gifting ✨️
Why are Mastodon's trending hashtags so ... dull? (lemm.ee)
As a new user, I’m enjoying Mastodon’s vibe so far but the one thing that is a letdown is the trending hashtags. I’ve been checking them regularly over the past couple of weeks and it seems like they’re pretty much always like this....