Starting To Realize The Reason I Find Soraya So Relatable Is, Because I Struggled With Feeling Like I

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kreia: that was not the most pleasant landing i've endured. next time, we should perhaps seek out a more reputable pilot.

atton: okay boomer

Yeah, I’m worried about her too. 

So um like... does anyone know what happened to Richelle Mead? She dropped hints about releasing more VA content on the reddit AMA in June last year and then never mentioned it again. Not only that, but she’s entirely disappeared from social media and hasn’t posted anything in 11 months. It’s like she’s fallen off the face of the earth. Where did she go? Is she OK?

I love how Penelope’s all, “I don’t have time for your nonsense, I’ve got work to do”. 

John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) “Penelope and the Suitors” (1912) Oil on canvas Pre-Raphaelite Located in the Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland

ROFL. Angeline is hilarious! 

Sydney: Angeline, why are you drawing a pentagram on the floor?

Angeline: You told me to satanise the dorm before you returned.

Sydney:

Sydney: I said ‘sanitise’, Angeline.

LOL. That should be the title of a newspaper article. 

May Alcott Nieriker

-Very loosely the basis for Amy in Little Women, May Alcott’s illustrations for Little Women were panned by critics. After studying in Europe, her paintings were twice selected by the famous Paris Salon. 

-In addition, she wrote and published a book called, Studying Art Abroad and How to Do It Cheaply, which gave advice to aspiring American artists (particularly women) on how to learn to paint in Europe while on a budget. 

-She was praised for being a talented copyist of J.M.W.Turner, and also specialized in still life paintings. One of these still life paintings was selected by the Paris Salon in 1877.

-Unfortunately, she died shortly after giving birth to her daughter Louisa May “Lulu” Nieriker in December 1879. Lulu was raised by her aunt Louisa May Alcott until the author’s death in 1888. She was subsequently raised by her father Ernest Nieriker. 

-In 2002 there was an exhibition of her work titled “Lessons, Sketching, and dreams: May Alcott as Artist”.

Fascinating insights about Floralia and Flora’s cult. 

The Floralia is a Roman festival honoring Flora, the goddess of spring, flower gardens, and crops. It was held each year from April 27th or 28th to May 3rd. She is married to Favonius, the God of the West Wind. Flora was one of the most important goddesses in the Roman pantheon, one of only 15 deities to have a cult administered by a state priesthood consisting of a married couple, who were appointed for life.

The celebration of the Floralia included theatrical performances, competitive games, and a sacrifice to Flora, presumably at her temple on the lower slope of the Aventine Hill near the Circus Maximus.

About the base image:

Flora, or the Primavera of Stabaie; 1st century CE fresco from Stabaie, Italy. Collection of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli via Wikimedia Commons (X). Image license: Public Domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer and in the United States - published anywhere (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before 1926.

Manipulation: I 'healed' some of the fresco's more obvious flaws and added the floral border.

You combined two of my favorite things. Ancient Rome and John William Waterhouse. Thank you!

A Roman Offering, 1891, John William Waterhouse

Medium: oil,canvas

https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-william-waterhouse/a-roman-offering