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i didn't know about the sacrifices! so many young & beautiful boys died. the Greeks believed flowers were them returning. the anemone,, the hyacinth. (home depot garden center hits different now). that belief was their grieving yes
which marks the Greeks as more ..civilized than early Mesopotamians ? there, gods needed feeding. humans were labor, and sacrifice was transactional. here, tragedy. losses one can't undo

i feel i'm back in rome's borghese museum. blind visitors palming the ratto di proserpina statue. feeling persephone's helpless manhandled skin. I never felt so moved
but somehow my suffering potential over her amplifies. her mom demeter wastes away on Earth longing for her ..secondary effects. life and love can be so painful . fairness is a compromise. we as a society have been thinking about personhood for so long

i'm going to be moving differently on goodreads for a little while. i have some theories i need to have a go at