Symbolism & Iconography in Art

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Bird Call

Someone sent this to me a couple of days ago, and it was the second time in as many days that she privately tagged me with a picture attached. Both contained a bird. My mythically inclined self was unable to keep quiet on the arrival of the second. I not-so-quietly suggested

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Do You Have Her Patience

That’s what he said to me. Or, more precisely, “Do you have the patience to be like the nun in the picture? She looks dreamy, like you. Would you take your time like she is? Would you have all the time in the world to seduce me?” My relationship with Him has always been complex.

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Rapunzel

I managed to find a few images which offer various takes on the myth of Rapunzel. Extremely long hair, a central theme of Rapunzel, doesn’t always come with a tower, and there are a couple of examples further down the page. I have no idea if the modifications provide additional insight into the artists who created them,

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Being Reminded

A fragment of memory… Of seeing this image a few months before. And of how it rattled me from the inside out without fully understanding why. Just the awareness of my stomach being turned and a desire to disembowel myself. Horror. I wanted to turn my head away. And yet I knew it

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What Really Remains

Tis a grim place to be. And I’ve sat there once or twice myself. Once, not all that long ago. I went to re-read the diary entry that I’d written under the influence of this picture when it first appeared in my life; it was appropriately titled “Fucked Off”. Back then,

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