@literatureladies mission 09 : minor characters — Nazeera Ibrahim
men are always so baffled by women’s clothing. So many opinions about a body that does not belong to them. Cover up, don’t cover up - no one can seem to decide.
Musketeers assemble!
Nguyễn Gia Trí - Two Ladies
Vietnamese, 1908-1993
Lacquer on wooden board with eggshells and natural materials
six details of ophelia
“the poet says that by starlight / you come seeking, in the night, the flowers that you picked / and that he has seen on the water, lying in her long veils / white ophelia floating, like a great lily.” — arthur rimbuad
paul delaroche / friedrich wilhelm theodor heyser / constantin meunier / john william waterhouse / ignasi moreal / john everett millais
“ nobody deserves anything, ” evelyn says. “ it’s simply a matter of who’s willing to go and take it for themselves. no one is just a victim or a victor. everyone is somewhere in between. people who go around casting themselves as one or the other are not only kidding themselves, but they’re also painfully unoriginal. ”
Inktober challenge 2018
Day 19 : Psyche
Day 20 : Medea
Day 21 : Hebe