#orpheus' art

[caramelsourtoast]

(cat chibi) haruka sakura sketch!

main blog is @bitchyhideoutnerd

[bitchyhideoutnerd]

Got an art commission on my art blog @caramel-sour-toast but the guy deleted their blog after we exchanged like 3 words??

[polartss]

Suddenly I'm holding the world in my arms

[gigizetz]

eurydice <3

[mishoru]

It's an old tale

[wolfythewitch]

Hadestown au perchance

[yilune]

afterimage

[lylahammar]

Queen of the underworld 🌾

[letsnotdieartless]

They’re so Orpheus and Eurydice. But like. If Eurydice went willingly down so Orpheus could live, and Orpheus gouged out his eyes so he wouldn’t fail.

Partially inspired by this post and, you know, everything i love being orpheus and eurydice in some way

[galaxyhearth]

'And all that he loves is a woman,

A woman is all that it loves'

[maybemacdc]

happy hadestown uk cast recording day to all who celebrate

[caramelsourtoast]

shh..suzuri's sleeping..

[kittyoperas]

lover’s desire.

[nightwonder7]

Help him touch some grass

[mcsiggy]

i made this awhile ago and forgot about it until now so uhh here u go lol

[suzie-guru]

Despite the heavy rain in Grand Rapids, I took myself out and about and finally made it to where @hellenhighwater’s breathtaking and deeply moving work for ArtPrize, “Old Stories”, was being displayed.

It was thrilling to see all of this in person after watching their progression on @hellenhighwater’s tumblr. I kept wanting to grab others and go “Make sure to follow their tumblr! It’s a treasure trove!”

The pieces that moved me the most are incontestably the ones featuring the Minotaur - after Medusa, his story is the most tragic of the Greek Myths to me and these pieces made me ache for him even more. I fell in love with these statues through watching the progression of their creation, but seeing them in person? All I could think of is how badly he deserved to be rescued, saved from his imprisonment, his loneliness. It hit me like a gut punch.

Which is why I loved the third and final piece for his story so much. The original ending will always be told, but on the other end of the labyrinth, there’s a more hopeful, gentler ending where the walls crack and crumble, and Asterion steps out and away from his prison, gets to see the stars and feel the sun…

The piece I didn’t expect to move me so deeply was Narcissus.

As it says on the artist’s statement for the piece, in a mythos full of capricious gods, ravaging heroes, and half-human monsters, Narcissus’ only crime was being beautiful and solitary. How many girls have had to deal with the same persistence and accusations of coldness? Can’t he have the same protectiveness we give them? I never would have thought such things, but this work opened my mind. Thank you for that, @hellenhighwater.

Please, if you’re able to do so, come to Grand Rapids and see all of the works in person, especially @hellenhighwater’s! And vote for them!!!

Now, I’m off to write that story about Ariadne and Asterion being siblings that I always wanted to get around to…