Mid-Week Libation: Goddesses, Murderesses, Sunsets & Mandalas
Listen to two Goth/darkwave playlists, have a glass of Assyrtiko, meditate on the mandalas of Hend al-Mansour, read a murder(ess) ballad by Alice Cary, and watch the goddess Sasha Colby as Medusa!
Mid-Week Libation is our weekly curated splash of inspiration and culture!
This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Catherine Opie
Wildstar’s Wednesday Wine Pick: Gaía, ‘Assyrtiko by Gaia’ Wild Ferment (Santorini, Greece)
Two R&R Playlists for your listening pleasure: Misty Circles #1 and #2
The Art of Hend al-Mansour
Poem of the Week: “The Sea-Side Cave” by Alice Cary (April 26, 1820 – February 12, 1871)
The Sea-Side Cave by Alice Cary “A bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.” At the dead of night by the side of the Sea I met my gray-haired enemy, — The glittering light of his serpent eye Was all I had to see him by. At the dead of the night, and stormy weather We went into a cave together, — Into a cave by the side of the Sea, And — he never came out with me! The flower that up through the April mould Comes like a miser dragging his gold, Never made spot of earth so bright As was the ground in the cave that night. Dead of night, and stormy weather! Who should see us going together Under the black and dripping stone Of the cave from whence I came alone! Next day as my boy sat on my knee He picked the gray hairs off from me, And told with eyes brimful of fear How a bird in the meadow near Over her clay-built nest had spread Sticks and leaves all bloody red, Brought from a cave by the side of the Sea Where some murdered man must be.
Drag Performance of the Week: Sasha Colby (as Medusa!) - “Goddess”
Happy Wednesday everyone!
Today is the birthday of Marcus Aurelius, John James Audubon, Eugène Delacroix, Alice Cary, Natalie Curtis, Ma Rainey, Anita Loos, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Adrienne Monnier, Vicente Aleixandre, Jean Vigo, A. E. van Vogt, Bernard Malamud, I. M. Pei, Liu Guosong, Jimmy Giuffre, Carol Burnett, Cherry Muhanji, Giorgio Moroder, Marilyn Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Tukufu Zuberi, Joan Chen, Natasha Trethewey and Marianne Jean-Baptiste!
Who’s your favorite goddess this Wednesday?
Another interesting artist. My favorite goddess today is Hestia--goddess of hearth & home.