#art academia

ballerinas.

forestkodama:

princesssarisa:

wildefluorescent:

a-l-o-n-e-t-o-g-e-t-h-e-r:

meduseld:

sawasawako:

thinking about how orpheus turning to look back at eurydice isn’t a sign of mortal frailness but a sign of love

“Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?”
― Ovid, Metamorphoses

This is true no matter the version you’re reading.

1. Eurydice trips and Orpheus turns to help her because he loves her.

2. Orpheus cannot hear Eurydice behind him, and fearing that he’s been tricked, turns to make sure she’s there.

3. Orpheus makes it out of the Underworld, and so full of love and excitement to be with Eurydice, turns to embrace her, forgetting that they both need to be out of the Underworld.

No matter what happens in the story, Orpheus loses Eurydice because his love for her compels him to look.

Orpheus, I can forgive you, then,
There’s not a soul alive who wouldn’t have looked back

The Descent, by Tyler King

Don’t forget Gluck’s opera, where Eurydice doesn’t know Orpheus is forbidden to look back, Orpheus is also forbidden to tell her, she assumes he must not love her anymore, and Orpheus finally looks back to reassure her of his love because he can’t bear her anguish.

In that version in particular, but possibly in all retellings, a part of us wants Orpheus to look back, because his failure proves his love.

I’d be the voice that urged Orpheus
When her body was found
I’d be the choiceless hope in grief
That drove him underground
I’d be the dreadful need in the devotee
That made him turn around (Hey ya)
And I’d be the immediate forgiveness
In Eurydice

-Talk, Hozier

desbianherstory:

south asian lesbian cinema:

I. minor lesbian content/subtext

• Umbartha (1982), dir. Jabbar Patel
• Mandi (1983), dir. Shyam Benegal
• Razia Sultan (1983), Kamal Amrohi
• Ustav (1984), dir. Girish Karnad
• Khalnayak (1993), dir. Subhash Ghai
• Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996), dir. Mira Nair
  

II. lesbian characters/relationships

• Fresh Kill (1994), dir. Shu Lea Cheang
• Fire (1996), dir. Deepa Mehta
• Chutney Popcorn (1999), dir. Nisha Ganatra
• Nil Nirjane (2003), dir. Subrata Sen
• Sancharram (2004), dir. Ligy J. Pullappally
• Nina’s Heavenly Delights (2006), dir. Pratibha Parmar
• The World Unseen (2007), dir. Shamim Sarif
• I Can’t Think Straight (2008), dir. Shamim Sarif
• Soongava: Dance of the Orchids (2011), dir. Subarna Thapa
• Qissa (2013), dir. Anup Singh
• Mitraa (2014), dir. Ravi Jadhav
• Dedh Ishqiya (2014), dir. Abhishek Chaubey
• Angry Indian Goddesses (2015), dir. Pan Nalin
• Margarita with a Straw (2015), dir. Shonali Bose
• Family Album (2015), dir. Mainak Bhaumik
• Satyavati (2016), dir. Deepthi Tadanki
• Signature Move (2017), dir. Jennifer Reeder
• Kattumaram (2018), dir. Swarnavel Eswaran
• Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019), dir. Shelly Chopra Dhar
• Season of Love (2019), dir. Christin Baker
  
• Lihaaf (2019), dir. Rahat Kazmi
• Hum Bhi Akele, Tum Bhi Akele (2020), dir. Harish Vyas
• Geeli Pucchi (2021), dir. Neeraj Ghaywan
  

III. lesbian documentaries

• Exposure (1990), dir. Michelle Mohabeer
• Flesh and Paper (1990), dir. Pratibha Parmar
• Khush (1991), dir. Pratibha Parmar
• Bolo! Bolo! (1991), dirs. Ian Rashid and Kaspar Saxena
• Two/Doh (1996), dir. Michelle Mohabeer
• Rewriting the the Script: A Love Letter to Our Families(2001)
• For Straights Only (2001), dir. Vismita Gupta-Smith
  
• Many People, Many Desires(2004), dir. T. Jayashree
• Brown Like Me(2009)
• DESIGIRLS!(2010) dir. Ishita Srivastava
  
• Our Story: Women Who Love Women (2010), dir. Anoma Rajakaruna
• I Am (2011), dir. Sonali Gulati
• Project Bolo: Indian Lgbt Movement (2011), dir. Sridhar Rangayan
• …and the Unclaimed (2013), dir. Debalina Majumder
• And You Thought You Knew Me (2013), dir. Pramada Menon
• Purple Skies (2014), dir. Sridhar Rangayan
• Poshida: Hidden LGBT Pakistan (2015), dir. Faizan Fiaz
• Sangini (2016), dir. Nancy Nicol
• Ladies and Gentlewomen (2017), Malini Jeevarathnan
• Yeh Freedom Life (2018), dir. Priya Sen
• Take Me as I Am (2019), dir. Jeremiah Fernandes
  
• Stories of Lesbian Couples From Small Towns and Villages (2019), dir. Vatsala Singh

IV. lesbian short films

• Ferdous (1990), dir. Shakila Maan
• Lest I Burn (1991), dir. Shani Mootoo
• A Paddle and a Compass (1992), dirs. Shani Mootoo and Wendy Oberlander
• The Wild Woman in the Woods (1993), dir. Shani Mootoo
• Coconut/Cane & Cutlass (1994), dir. Michelle Mohabeer
• Two/Doh (1996), dir. Michelle Mohabeer
  
• Her Sweetness Lingers (1994), dir. Shani Mootoo
• Guerita & Prietita (1995), dirs. Kathy High and Shani Mootoo
• Sum Total (1999), dir. Sonali Gulati
• Petals (2001), dir. Suresh Natarajan
• Barefeet (2002), dir. Sonali Gulati
• Sara(2010)
• More Than A Friend (2010), dir. Debalina Majumder
• The Queen of My Dreams (2012), dir. Fawzia Mirza and Ryan Logan
• The Story of Nilu (2014), dir. Nilu Sherpa
• Story Teller: Anuja (2015), dir. Avani Batra
• Tremors (2016), dir. Shivangi Mittal
• If You Dare Desire (2017), dir. Debalina Majumder
• Rainbow In A Brown World (2017), dir. Rhea Dease
• Love. No Boundaries: A Film (2017), dir. Monisha Ajgaonkar
• Anthadhi(2017)
• Devi: Goddess (2017), dir. Karishma Dev Dube
• Roohi (2018), dir. Nayan Shah
• Ishq, Dosti and All That (2018), dirs. Rituparna Borah, Srishti Lakhera, Bhamati Sivapalan, Ritambhara Mehta
• The Booth (2018), dir. Rohin Raveendran
• U for Usha (2019), dir. Rohan Kanawade
• Long Distance (2019), dir. Anoop Lokkurs
• I Know Her (2019), dir. Fawzia Mirza
• Sheer Qorma (2020), dir. Faraz Arif Ansari
• The Song We Sang (2020), dir. Aarti Neharsh
• My Mother’s Girlfriend (2021), dir. Arun Fulara
  

angels.

lgbt+ flags.

this tumblr is a safe place for everyone! my private messages are open if you need to talk. i love you<3

marie-antoinette.

cats appreciation post.

some french ladies (clearer version by remini)

I decided to do do that to have a better idea of their looks. we can’t be sure they looked like that though! it is a reconstitution :)

gay men during renaissance.

-Grace in pink.

male hands.

edward payne (details)

nike’s victory of samothrace.

- my dear, dear lover. I wish I could never die so I could see you forever.

I believe in cats supremacy<3

they were good friends… :p

pink fairies

they exist. I know they are real. how can be life beautiful without fairies? I believe in them. I want to meet one of them, and collect pixie dust. fairies are amazing<3

je t'aime.

inis vitae sed non amoris

“Time is a game played beautifully by children.”

-Heraclitus