#a cat at Corinth

[thebrickinbrick]

Have a few sneak peeks at my barricade day project in progress, courtesy of Cats:

[lesmisscraper]

Gavroche picking out the spy among the barricade. Volume 4, Book 12, Chapter 7.

Clips from <Il cuore di Cosette>.

[peaceinthestorm]

Lovis Corinth (1858-1925, German) ~ Young Woman with Cats (Portrait of Charlotte Berend-Corinth), 1904

[Source: mireillemosler.com]

[eyeless-smiles]

our muses have been separated from each other by circumstance for a considerable amount of time and have sex for the first time since being reunited. (Rashad @thecreativeforge )

Rashad has been gone a while. And while the Nightmare has no qualms about being left to his own devices in a spectacular palace, he finds that he's growing bored.

There's only so much luxuriating a predator can do before it grows restless. The eyes of every attendant he crosses begin to glint like delicacies. And he can only stave that hunger for so long.

He'd managed to convince one handsome young thing working in the kitchens to a quick fuck in a storeroom. But it was lackluster. And he finds himself wondering whether living this life of luxury is worth it when he's left to his own devices like this.

He hasn't left Rashad's room in a while. Peeling through history books and snorting over the inaccuracies. But he's more intent on listening to the humming of activity in the palace. The sound of preparations being made. And he finds himself oddly burning with anticipation.

Only when he hears footsteps approaching the door does he finally raise his head from the book in his hands. From where he lounges naked across Rashads bed, save for the glasses perched on the bridge of his nose. A pristine smile stretches across his lips as the Nightmare intentionally tries to smother the excitment it feels for Rashad's return.

"I was beginning to think you'd forgotten about me."

@thecreativeforge

[korinthiakos]

Good kitty!

Send me "Good boy/girl" for my muse's reaction to your muse saying that to them! ( accepting !! )

The blond main coon lets out a purr. You've fallen for their trap. You think they're a good kitty. Watch your hands, or they'll get you.

[melvingaines]

The Christian Diet

A message for Akron Alliance Fellowship Church, Sunday, August 25, 2024. If you haven’t already heard, my lovely bride and I have a new family member.  We had prayed for a young kitty to replace our beloved Harry, and last weekend, we picked up Oliver (nicknamed Ollie), a four-month-old Siberian mixed kitty with a brown tabby color.  We found him at a local PetSmart a week before we adopted…

[saturnmused]

@catfcng // corinthian & the cat king // starter call.

❝ that's a nice offer, and ordinarily i would say yes, but ― i know who your parent is. and i'd really rather not get in the cross hairs of more endless. ❞ there's a certain longing on his features, the result of arousal more than any other inherent attraction. the cat king would make a nice meal, but the corinthian has to restrain himself and be good here, in order to stave off future consequences. ❝ apologies. maybe another time. ❞ when he's feeling more adventurous reckless. he takes an assessing look at other, though, more intrigued by other's interest in him than anything else. ❝ i'm not really your type, either, am i ? ❞

[sgiandubh]

By Zeus, they are stupid!

Back to our favorite mythomaniac, now suddenly proclaimed an expert on all things Greek/Olympic.

I had to howl. I mean, it's mandatory, at this point:

Calling all stations: there is NO Mount Olympia in Greece, you lost soul who thinks she's clever.

You should never have touched a sacred topic on this page: the Peloponnese. And you have finally managed to anger me. Seriously so: pursue at your own risk.

Archaia (that is 'Ancient' for you, Sinister Stupid Savant) Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, is one of my favorite places on Earth. It is situated in the North-West of the Peloponnese Peninsula, in the region of Ilia, beyond Corinth. That is Southern Greece for you, self-appointed Derailed Encyclopedia.

Mount Olympus, the cradle of the entire Greek Pantheon (that's all the Greek Gods, for you, Pretentious Idiot) is situated near the town of Litochoro, in Eastern Macedonia (as that guy, Alexander, you might have heard of him), in the region of Pieria. That is Northern Greece, for you, Arrogant Liar.

Distance between the two is very clear on a map:

557 kilometers, which means 347 miles. It would take me more than six hours to drive Zorba the Car from point A to point B and it took people like the ancient Olympic (not Olympian, you Faceless Pretentious Nobody) athletes probably more than one week.

Doubling the religious dimension of the athletic events, Archaia Olympia always functioned as Ancient Greece's UNGA (United Nations General Assembly, you Parochial Twat), with envoys from all the Greek city-states and overseas congregating there for the Games, but also (more often than not) to negotiate trade and/or peace agreements (Olympic truce, anyone?). This is perhaps why, unlike Nemea's stadium light cheerfulness, there's still a palpable sense of solemnity, today, in Olympia.

This cat, photographed by me in July 2022, in front of the Archaeological Museum of Olympia (I have already written about it in here: https://www.tumblr.com/sgiandubh/724219876757176320/a-stupid-shippers-guide-to-the-peloponnese-part) doesn't seem to give a damn about all of this, though:

Your credibility was already subzero, madam. I will soon be done with you, finally debunking your uninformed lies about S's copyright EUIPO trial. Even when you do not spew your gratuitous hatred, your overinflated ego and your foolishness betray the Aggressive Fraud that you are.

God, you're brainless. And your denseness is absolutely insulting, at this point. And to think there are people actually believing all the crap that you send into this world!

PS: torch is lit ahead of EACH and EVERY Olympic Games (Summer AND Winter), you Unspeakable Imbecile:

[Source: USA Today https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2013/09/29/olympic-flame-relay-sochi-games/2890815/]

[pseudonymphomania]

Part of my Flowers series, here is Satan in his Nara Kingyo Museum outfit. I’m loving the goldfish motifs on all the brothers outfits but Satan is the only one with a giant cat on his. I’ve chosen Acanthus for him, because the flower represents art, immortality and rebirth. The leaves are commonly found in corinth architecture which is the most ornate of the three classic architecture styles. I’m eyeing the rebirth meaning for him since he was born from Lucifer despite his dislike of that fact, to reanimate when he finds himself in things he loves instead of being defined by Lucifer and becoming not just wrath but his own person. The classical references relate to some of his hobbies.

What flower would you choose for him?

[summerscaries]

🚨 TOP TEN ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN (Hellenic) POTTERY SHAPES (and their best in show) 🚨

A lot of these are going to be from Athens. This isn’t because Athens is the best polis at pottery, but because most of the surviving material culture from Greek antiquity was found in Athens. This is just the facts of classics, deal with it.

10.  The Oinochoe ⭐️⭐️

This is just a pitcher. A boring boring pitcher used to pour wine. It could have been so much more. where’s the flare? I have nothing left to say.

Best in show: Wtf is he doin with that hog? Wheelbarrow racing? Just kidding, this is actually Herakles defeating that boar and bringing it to Athena. which is cool  but its still just a fucking pitcher. (~510 BCE Athens)

9. The Alabastron ⭐️⭐️⭐️

It’s a little vial/jug that holds oils and perfumes. BORING. Do more, be better. Alabastra  are the type of vase that wouldn’t stand a chance in a fist fight. I need a bad bitch piece of pottery and this shit isn't cutting it.

Best in show: This Etruscan alabastron. She’s cute! I too like to paint little cats. (620-590 BCE, Corinth)

8.  The Amphora ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

She’s tried and true. She’s a classic. She’s basic as hell. Amphorai have many uses but mainly they’re just glorified modern kitchen Pyrex. They just contain shit. Grains? ✔️ Oil? ✔️ Human Ashes? ✔️ Multipurpose icon, but it’s also the only pottery type with its own emoji 🏺 so she’s too mainstream for my taste. All my homies appreciate the amphora, but it’s never gonna be top 5.

Best in show: Exekias’ pot of mythic warriors Achilles and Ajax playing a lil game. How fun! I love a game night. (~540 BCE Athens)

7.  The Stamnos ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

The amphora’s cooler cousin. stamnoi are bad bitches all around. They’re stouter and are made to hold liquids like water and wine (and sometimes as diluting vessels.) They have the same powerful vibe as amphorai but they’re more underground, you’ve probably never heard of them before.

Best in show: Listen. Is she a little flawed? Yes. Is she serving cunt? Kinda. This stamnos depicts Dionysus and his maenads and satyrs! Rad as hell. (370–360 BCE Etruscan)

6. The Volute Krater ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Kraters are wine mixing pots where water is added to super concentrated wines to make them actually drinkable. Kraters have many different styles but the best of them is the Volute Krater - just like a normal krater, but with fancier handles. They’ve got a very classic look I think, I’d want to hang out with one they seem like they have really expensive and classy tastes. The sugar mommy of ancient pottery.

Best in show:  What a pretty mother fucker. (~320 BCE Etruscan).

5. The Lebes Gamikos ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

So... This one is really weird looking and also really pretty. Has maybe the least practical lid I’ve ever seen but who can even blame it when it looks that pretty? A lebes would have been used as a cooking pot. A COOKING POT. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHIPPING THIS BITCH OUT TO MAKE MAC AND CHEESE????

Best in show: TO COOK WITH??????????? It’s got Eros on it and a smaller decorative lebes as the handle. So extra and for what? (350 - 325 BCE Apulia.)

4.  The Loutrophorus ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

 These guys are tall and skinny and potters liked to go ham on the handles. They were ceremonial vases that held water. They’re just really impressive. I mean just look at it. Potters and Painters got to go crazy on these things because they were only really used for big and important rituals and events so they could be as fancy and special as they wanted.

Best in show: I mean,,,, come on folks. This piece has the head of a woman on the lid and each side is decorated with tons of gods and goddesses. It is ornate, it was expensive, it is a fucking queen. (330 BCE)

3. The Kylix  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Perhaps a little over rated but definitely not as overhyped as the amphora, the kylix is a wide shallow pot used for sippin’ on drinks in super style. They have painted eyes and when you drink from them the eyes become part of your face and the handles look like ears. This is life changing information. These bitches are big and dramatic, much like me. They were really popular in Mycenean Greece (before the dark ages that birthed the classical Hellenic period we all know and love -- the ancient Greece of ancient Greece) which just screams Scorpio energy; how mysterious and cool of them. These baddies have art not just on the outside, but the inside too! 

Best in show: Reminds me of that crazy look anime characters get when they’re about to go off the rails (~510 BCE Athens.) a second less cool kylix is also pictured to show you what they would look like when you drank from them. Hilarious.

2. The Pyxis ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pyxides are the unsung hero of ancient pottery. Most pottery charts will not feature them. But Pyxides are a girl’s best friend.

The pyxis serves as a little jewelry box, a little box for all your trinkets, a little makeup kit. This is the fun type of versatility (👀🏺 get good amphora) These little guys sit on your ancient vanity and open up from the top with a fun shaped handle. Because they were made for women we get a lot of cool insights on women’s lives (and a lot of wedding stuff) in antiquity from these little guys!

Best in show: THIS pyxis depicting a bride preparing for her wedding. Outside she takes a little bath with Eros (winged god of love who later becomes our modern Cupid) and inside he sits on her lap. Talk about a wing man! (~410 BCE Athens.)

1. The Kantharos  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

If you don’t think a kantharos could steal your girl you’re wrong. These bitches have everything you could ever look for. They’re smaller drinking cups that were most likely used for rituals due to how crazy ornate most of them are. Some of them are even molded to look like heads, that is simultaneously really badass and also very unserious!!

Best(s) in show: A classic ornate kantharos with silver plating depicting the death of Orpheus and the kidnapping of Helen. Look at how fucking GORGEOUS it is (~415 BC.)  And a head kantharos (also called a janiform kantharos as they have two faces!) of a satyr and a woman. Imagine drinking from this I would feel so powerful (420 B.C. Athens.)

[ranger-ribbons]

Ranger Series Operators Headcanons

Ziggy isn't an orphan, he has a father. His father runs another cartel and has been quietly running it underground so far that not even the other cartels have heard more than whispers of.

Dillon and Tenaya's birth names are Daniel and Genevieve

Tenaya's implants are more complete than Dillon’s so once Venjix is defeated, she remembers everything. Dillon's memories come back slowly

Summer, Scott, and Flynn are ride-or-die friends. They'd hide bodies for each other if necessary and can communicate without speaking if necessary

Dillon thinks he stayed in Corinth for Summer, under the impression that she was the one who hooked that first fight into the satellite for Dillon’s borrowed car. Ziggy, forever the king of playing himself down, doesn't correct Dillon, he's just happy Dillon stayed.

None of the Series Operator Rangers are straight. Scott, Flynn, and Summer are all bisexual, Dillon is unlabeled and likes anyone (demisexual if he vibed with labels), Ziggy is gay (or bisexual leaning towards men), and Gem and Gemma are queer. Doctor K is the only one who's straight

If he knew to go looking, Dillon would find his parents' graves in the Wastes. They died protecting their children from Grinders, they were traveling to Corinth. Dillon's car belonged to his father

Gem and Gemma have a form of telepathy left over from the experiments done on them at Alphabet Soup, it's why they can finish each other's sentences

Ziggy has had a crush on Scott, Flynn, Dillon, and Gem, and a platonic one on Summer. He can't help it! They're badasses and Ziggy’s got a thing for people who could obviously kick his ass

Flynn is the oldest of the core Rangers at 25, Scott is 24, Dillon and Summer are both 21, Summer being a few months younger, and Ziggy is 18. Gem and Gemma are in their late 20s, Doctor K is 19

Dillon didn't just click with Ziggy, he actually only tolerated his Wastes partner for the few weeks they were in the Wastes together. But, somehow Ziggy grew on him

Ziggy is Dillon’s best friend, baby brother, and maybe more rolled up into one. Dillon adores Ziggy, but won't let it show. Ziggy, of course, knows this and adores Dillon right back

Scott, Summer, Flynn, Dillon, and Ziggy are all in what amounts to a Queer Platonic Relationship. They seek each other out automatically at this point. If so inclined, that relationship could turn romantic real quick

Scott gives doberman vibes, Summer gives white cat vibes, Flynn gives husky vibes, Dillon gives black cat vibes, Ziggy gives orange cat vibes

Ziggy was once a gymnast, which is the only reason he was able to fight as well as he did at first

The Rangers spar together even after Venjix is defeated

Dillon doesn't like Scott, but he does respect and love him

They're all fucking idiots at best, but Scott can and will chain himself to any of the Rangers if they try to run away.

All the Rangers have some form of abandonment issues. The least of which is Flynn, who has issues regarding his mother's death, the most of which is Ziggy, who was abandoned at the orphanage at age five

The Rangers are always in a rainbow of shipping, but none is more obvious than the RPM Rangers. You can ship anyone with anyone (except Gem/Gemma of course)

The hit on Ziggy’s head never went away, and he never expected it to. He was in the mob from age 10 to age 17, he knows better than to expect kindness from people who would kill him in a heartbeat

On that subject, Ziggy doesn't leave the garage unless he has another person (Dillon) with him

Dillon and Tenaya don't go back to their original names, but they do take their original surname of Sevenson (which is where Venjix got the Seven from)

All the Rangers have PTSD and nightmares. They sneak into each other's beds or have puppy piles on the floor. Usually, you'll see specific patterns with sleeping arrangements. For example, Ziggy hasn't slept in his own bed since the Venjix virus started taking over Dillon, but he rarely ended the night in his own bed even before that

Flynn is the fan-favorite Ranger, but it's a close tie with Dillon and Scott

[thebrickinbrick]

Index Post of Brick Illustrations

4.12 Corinthe

4.12.1 A History of Corinthe from its Foundations Part One Part Two

4.12.2 Preliminary Gayeties Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five

4.12.3 Night Begins to Descend Upon Grantaire Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four

4.12.4 An Attempt to Console the Widow Hucheloup Part One Part Two

4.12.5 Preparations

4.12.6 Waiting

4.12.7 The Man Recruited in the Rue de Billettes

4.12.8 Many Interrogation Points Concerning a Certain Le Cabuc Whose Name May Not Have Been Le Cabuc Part One Part Two

4.13 Marius Enters the Shadow

4.13.1 From the Rue Plumet to the Quarter Saint-Denis

4.13.2 An Owl’s Eye View of Paris

4.13.3 The Extreme Edge

4.14 The Grandeur of Despair

4.14.1 The Flag: Act First

4.14.2 The Flag: Act Second

4.14.3 Gavroche Would Have Done Better To Accept Enjolras’s Carbine

4.14.4 The Barrel of Powder

4.14.5 End of the Verses of Jean Prouvaire

4.14.6 The Agony of Death After the Agony of Life

4.14.7 Gavroche as a Profound Calculator of Distances

(4.15 The Rue de l'Homme Armé - omitted)

5.1 The War Between Four Walls

5.1.1 The Scylla of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine and the Charybdis of the Faubourg du Temple - omitted

5.1.2 What Is To Be Done in the Abyss If One Does Not Converse? Part One Part Two

5.1.3 Light and Shadow

5.1.4 Minus Five, Plus One Part One Part Two

5.1.5 The Horizon Which One Beholds From the Summit of a Barricade

5.1.6 Marius Haggard, Javert Laconic

5.1.7 The Situation Becomes Aggravated Part One Part Two

5.1.8 The Artillery-Men Compel People To Take Them Seriously

5.1.9 Employment of the Old Talents of a Poacher and That Infallible Marksmanship Which Influenced the Condemnation of 1796

5.1.10 Dawn - omitted

5.1.11 The Shot Which Misses Nothing and Kills No One

5.1.12 Disorder a Partisan of Order

5.1.13 Passing Gleams

5.1.14 Wherein Will Appear the Name of Enjolras’s Mistress

5.1.15 Gavroche Outside

5.1.16 How From Brother One Becomes Father - omitted

5.1.17 MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT

5.1.18 The Vulture Become Prey Part One Part Two

5.1.19 Jean Valjean Takes His Revenge

5.1.20 The Dead Are in the Right and the Living Are Not in the Wrong

5.1.21 The Heroes Part One Part Two Part Three

5.1.22 Foot to Foot Part One Part Two

5.1.23 Orestes Fasting and Pylades Drunk Part One Part Two

5.1.24 Prisoner

Other Posts

A preview with cat pictures

Posters

“He could be your brother.”

The retreat

The first assault

Defensive line

Places

“Think or pray.”

[is-the-battlemech-cool-or-not]

SLDF Naval Assets, as of Operation TOUCHDOWN, 2153

SLS McKenna's Pride, McKenna-class battleship, SLDF Flagship (Commanding General's Squadron)

SLS Zughoffer Weir, McKenna-class battleship

SLS Bismarck, Texas-class battleship

SLS Ukraine, Texas-class battleship

SLS Chieftain, Liberation (Stefan Amaris)-class battleship (reactivated from museum ship status)

SLS Galactica, Dreadnought-class Battleship (reactivated from museum ship status; extensive refit)

SLS Quicksilver Mongoose, Du Shi Wang-class battleship (recovered from Clan Homeworlds mothball fleet during Operation PICKPOCKET)

SLS Great Coyote Spirit, Nightlord-class battleship (recovered from Clan Homeworlds mothball fleet during Operation PICKPOCKET)

SLS Warspite, Nightlord-class battleship

SLS Barham, Monsoon-class battleship (recovered from Clan Homeworlds mothball fleet during Operation PICKPOCKET)

SLS Kumamoto, Monsoon-class battleship (recovered from Clan Homeworlds mothball fleet during Operation PICKPOCKET)

SLS Shizuoka, Monsoon-class battleship (recovered from Clan Homeworlds mothball fleet during Operation PICKPOCKET)

SLS Enterprise, Enterprise-class supercarrier

SLS Seoul, Samarkand-class carrier (recovered from Clan Homeworlds mothball fleet during Operation PICKPOCKET)

SLS Beijing, Samarkand-class carrier (recovered from Clan Homeworlds mothball fleet during Operation PICKPOCKET)

SLS Corinth, Thera-class carrier

SLS Blood Drinker, Black Lion-class battlecruiser

SLS Arctic Wolf, Black Lion-class battlecruiser

SLS Dark Wolf, Black Lion-class battlecruiser

SLS Jade Aerie, Black Lion-class battlecruiser

SLS White Aerie, Black Lion-class battlecruiser

SLS Streaking Mist, Black Lion-class battlecruiser

SLS Emerald Talon II, Black Lion-class battlecruiser

SLS Tripitz, Black Lion-class battlecruiser (hulk recovered from New Vandenburg system in return for concessions to Taurian Concordat; repaired and refitted)

SLS Bloody Fang, Cameron-class battlecruiser

SLS Turkina's Pride, Cameron-class battlecruiser

SLS Invincible, Tharkad-class battlecruiser

SLS Blue Talon, Aegis-class heavy cruiser

SLS Jade Talon, Aegis-class heavy cruiser

SLS Red Talon, Aegis-class heavy cruiser

SLS Gold Talon, Aegis-class heavy cruiser

SLS Chaos Sailor, Aegis-class heavy cruiser

SLS White Terror, Aegis-class heavy cruiser

SLS Auspicium, Aegis-class heavy cruiser

SLS Manassas, Aegis-class heavy cruiser (experimental refit)

SLS Talismantia, Sovetskii Soyuz-class heavy cruiser (leased from Clan Sea Fox)

SLS Dire Wolf, Sovetskii Soyuz-class heavy cruiser

SLS Accalia, Sovetskii Soyuz-class heavy cruiser

SLS Ciaravella, Sovetskii Soyuz-class heavy cruiser

SLS Soyal, Soyal-class heavy cruiser

SLS Victoria Ward, Liberator-class light cruiser

SLS Jerome Winson, Liberator-class light cruiser

SLS Surprise, Kimagure Surprise-class pursuit cruiser

SLS Admiral Russell Nga, Kimagure-class pursuit cruiser (recovered from Clan Homeworlds mothball fleet during Operation PICKPOCKET)

SLS Vision of Truth, Potemkin-class troop cruiser

SLS Renown, Potemkin-class troop cruiser

SLS Abyssal, Potemkin-class troop cruiser (leased from Clan Sea Fox)

SLS Bonaventure, Potemkin-class troop cruiser (leased from Raven Alliance)

SLS Eden Rose, Potemkin-class troop cruiser (leased from Raven Alliance)

SLS Okami, Lola III-class destroyer

SLS Caleuche, Lola III-class destroyer (leased from Clan Sea Fox)

SLS Ranger, Lola III-class destroyer

SLS Emerald Tornado, Whirlwind-class destroyer

SLS Jade Tornado, Whirlwind-class destroyer

SLS Sabre Cat, Essex-class destroyer

SLS The Iowa, Essex-class destroyer

SLS Abundantia, Essex-class destroyer

SLS Deathblow, Essex-class destroyer

SLS Manchester, Suffren-class destroyer

SLS Queen Lynx, York-class destroyer

SLS Brimstone, York-class destroyer (recovered from Clan Homeworlds mothball fleet during Operation PICKPOCKET)

SLS Exodus Avenger, York-class destroyer (recovered from Clan Homeworlds mothball fleet during Operation PICKPOCKET)

SLS Exodus Crusader, York-class destroyer (recovered from Clan Homeworlds mothball fleet during Operation PICKPOCKET)

SLS Exodus Sentinel, York-class destroyer (recovered from Clan Homeworlds mothball fleet during Operation PICKPOCKET)

SLS Nebulous, York-class destroyer (recovered from Clan Homeworlds mothball fleet during Operation PICKPOCKET)

SLS The Protector, York-class destroyer (recovered from Clan Homeworlds mothball fleet during Operation PICKPOCKET)

SLS Rogue, Congress-class frigate

SLS Fire Crest, Congress-class frigate

SLS Kerensky's Pride, Congress-class frigate

SLS Silver Merlin, Peregrine-class corvette

SLS Green Kestrel, Peregrine-class corvette

SLS Killing Blow, Vincent Mk42-class corvette

SLS Arm's Reach, Vincent Mk42-class corvette

SLS Simas Osis, Vincent Mk42-class corvette

SLS Liberator, Volga-class transport (leased from Clan Sea Fox)

SLS Megalodon, Volga-class transport (leased from Clan Sea Fox)

SLS Matahourua, Carrack-class transport (leased from Clan Sea Fox)

SLS Tethys, Carrack-class transport (leased from Clan Sea Fox)

SLS Far Star, Carrack-class transport

SLS Enlightened Path, Carrack-class transport

SLS Nebula, Carrack-class transport

SLS Glory Road, Carrack-class transport

SLS Blessed Vision, Carrack-class transport

SLS Pathfinder, Carrack-class transport

SLS Guiding Vision, Carrack-class transport

SLS Bright Star, Carrack-class transport

SLS Faithful Rite, Carrack-class transport

SLS Dover, Faslane-class yardship

SLS Necessitas, Faslane-class yardship

SLS Harmonia, Faslane-class yardship

SLS Glamorgan, Faslane-class yardship

SLS Clementia, Newgrange-class Yardship

[sailforvalinor]

So, I am back in the States!! HUZZAH, I am so happy to be home. But now I can talk a little about where I was, I’ve been living in Greece for the past three and a half months—so much happened that I don’t know how exactly to talk about it, so here’s a few of my favorite things:

THE RUINS. OH MY WORD, THE RUINS. I wanted to be an archeologist as a kid and I was living her DREAM. There are kind of just ruins everywhere, I was seeing them all the time, but of all of them I think I’d have to say that my favorite was either the ruins at Delphi or Ancient Corinth. (Y’all, I probably saw Paul’s tent shop.)

The coffee is absolutely fantastic there, you can get a good latte or cappuccino at any restaurant almost guaranteed. They also have amazing chocolate croissants, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to eat one in the States again. There is also the gift from heaven that is Lemon Coke, it comes in a solid yellow can and you can find it just about everywhere, restaurants stock them along with their regular Coke half the time. It is SO good and I don’t know what I’m going to do without it, and putting lemon in regular Coke is NOT the same.

Among other things, I got to take Greek Mythology, which was by far my favorite class of the semester. (Also, coincidentally, I took my final the same day that Percy Jackson premiered. Weird.) I also took Greek, which I did alright in. One of the most interesting problems I ran into with it was that my pronunciation was far better than my vocabulary, so anytime I’d greet someone in Greek (because I didn’t want to sound like a dumb American), they would usually assume I was fluent and start speaking to me in rapid-fire Greek. And then I’d have to shamefacedly ask if they spoke English 😂

The cats! There is an absolutely ridiculous amount of stray cats in Greece—I’d usually pass no less than three just on my way to the coffee shop. I wasn’t a cat person previously, but this semester might have turned me into one.

I found an absolutely wonderful church, as well as a Bible study with a ton of girls my age, the latter of which was something I was lacking growing up.

In general, I feel like I gained a lot of confidence on this trip, both in a broad sense and spiritually. For our Christmas Eve service today, my dad asked me to talk about a Christmas poem since I’m so passionate about poetry (I got to blab about Gloria in Profundis guys!!!), and it occurred to me afterwards that there was no way I would have been comfortable doing that before I left. There was a lot this trip taught me, but one of the greatest things I think I learned was how to be an independent member of a church without my parents. They’ve always told me that they wanted me to make my faith my own, which of course I’ve always understood, but that’s a little difficult when your dad is the minister. Being halfway across the world really forces you to be independent and weigh your own priorities, and having to make the active choice every morning to get up and take the hour-long trip via often uncomfortable public transport to church, to talk to people and make friends and not be antisocial and hide in a corner, was really good for me. I found myself becoming way more comfortable with both talking openly about my faith (something that used to terrify me) and just talking to people in general.

There was honestly so much on this trip that could have gone wrong, but it didn’t, and I’m so grateful for that. It of course wasn’t all sunshine and roses (the living was, shall we say, challenging), but there were so many moments where I felt God blessing me with something and going “Hey! This is for you! I’m giving this to you on purpose!” and I got so much comfort out of that.

All of that said, I am VERY happy to be home.

[eyeless-smiles]

♧ - Cain slapping Corinthian’s hand away from something it shouldn’t touch. [ could be anything on himself or any item in his house or idk ]

The Nightmare retracts its hand from the silver framed picture. It's maws never leaving the depiction of a woman inlaid within its confines.

"Mmm, she's pretty." The Corinthian notes as it lowers its hand. Heeding Cains desire for the monster to refreign from touching it. Onyx shades flick from reflecting the portrait to Cains own visage.

"Let me guess, she's the reason you abandoned your post."

@hellroyalty

[globalworship]

Jesus Leaving Home (surrealist art)

Born and raised in Chicago, Dierdre Luzwick (1945-2018) was a visionary surrealist artist, writer, philosopher and social critic. Her haunting imagery in her fine charcoal drawings focused on both western civilizations’ ancient roots and modern day challenges. Dierdre perfected her individualistic, highly detailed surrealistic drawings over a career that spanned more than fifty years, using fine charcoal as her medium. https://www.dierdreart.com/biography.html

Surrealism is one of my favorite art movements, and Dierdre has become one of my favorite surrealist artists. Two books of her art have been published so far - the first contains 60 of her illustrations of Old Testament stories. I’m delighted to own both of these books.

Here is Dierdre’s “Jesus Leaving Home.” The drawing is one of over 40 in her Christ-Kin series, drawings reimaging the story of Jesus in a modern-day setting, which, unfortunately, has never been published,

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Dierdre frequently included animals in her charcoal drawings. In this one, I spy two cats, a dog and a raccoon.

I wonder what is the significance of the number 517? I found this online: "The number 517 means 'hard-working' and 'diligent' in numerology." *

A workman's container labelled "NAILS" is quite prominent by Joseph.

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See her marvelous 'Nativity' art at https://globalworship.tumblr.com/post/736191435514183680/the-nativity-art-by-diedre-luzwick

See more of her magnificent art at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070207926184 and https://www.dierdreart.com/

You can puchase many prints of her art at https://mdartgalleries.com/artist/dierdre_luzwick

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There are multiple Bible verses that include the number 5:17, including:

Matthew 5:17: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them". This verse appears in the Sermon on the Mount and summarizes Jesus' relationship to the Old Testament.

2 Corinthians 5:17: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!". This verse is considered one of the most well-known passages in Paul's letters to Corinth.

Ephesians 5:17: "Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is".

As far as I know, the artist left no notes on symbolism in her paintings before she died, so we will never know for sure what the prominent "517" in this drawing.