sweetnothingsnyc: WOMEN OF MYTH: PERSEPHONE …I wondered what would it be like, to be a girl,
sweetnothingsnyc: WOMEN OF MYTH: PERSEPHONE …I wondered what would it be like, to be a girl, and free, and then a queen, and captive. To gain your freedom and return to the light, to your home, to your family, knowing that in six months you would descend beneath the earth once more. Would darkness ever be really dark again, and would light ever be wholly without shadow? Fresh and blooming things would be haunted by promise of future decay, and the darkness of the Underworld would never be permanent, since there is divine assurance that a shaft of light will break through to lead you back up to the sun. As the riotous colors of Spring and Summer give way to the fading leaves of Autumn, how would you prepare for Winter? 2016 has been a dark year, and it genuinely looks like we have a dark Winter ahead of us, both literally and metaphorically. I’ve felt a lot of despair and worry in the last few months, as well as some self-recrimination for things I have done, and for things I have left undone. Thinking about Persephone, about the symbol of Spring who ventures into the darkness, makes me wonder about what I’m taking into the darkness with me. Am I taking only my despair, or is there work I can be doing, that I should be doing, that will bring light, both to myself and to the people around me? …more Lingerie: Harlow & FoxStockings: FiorePhotography: @michirezin Model: Sweet Nothings -- source link
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