["and Longingly I Long…"] Sappho, Tr. Dan Beachy-Quick

also a poem from the new, unreleased collection. very possibly my own all-time favourite.

i think we as modern humans have a tendency to forget that historical people were also humans who had thoughts and feelings and dreams just like we do

Brothers

'people have always been people' goes for simple human compassion & humor but only if it also means understanding that historical people have always been as complex and nuanced and innovative as they are now. their food and clothing and language and tools, particularly of ordinary people, however different than you're used to, should not be assumed to represent cultural inferiority or that those people had inferior tastes or intelligence or capacity for feeling than you do

— Vincent van Gogh, from a letter to Theo

[text ID: but the sunflower is mine in a way.]

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Francois-Louis Schmied - The City Of Troy

Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, Book 1 “Inferno,” Canto 5 [tr. James (2013)]