Chapter 7: Persephone looked at the birds pecking the crimson pomegranate seeds. If she married as the Queen suggested, Zeus would no longer be her legal guardian and she would just owe him the same obedience as the rest of immortals. If she got married, the prohibitions, the clandestine readings and that suffocating fear of being discovered in her actions would end … But, by marrying a god, she would still belong to someone. Her husband would be her new family and he would have full control over her words and actions. Accepting such fate would be an outrage to her poor maiden’s heart.
‘Sunt Lacrimae Rerum et Mentem’ . This was my first time experimenting with gouache and though I probably didn’t use it the way it is meant to be used, I enjoyed the process which was so refreshing after the tedium of pastel and charcoal. Painting, with its soft and fluid motions, will always feel both wild and calm in my hands.
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