I'M GONE.

Etel Adnan, from Night (Nightboat Books, 2016)

Jeanette Winterson, Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles

in greek mythology, the sirens were dangerous creatures who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. sirens were believed to combine women and birds in various ways: in early greek art, sirens were represented as birds with large women’s heads, bird feathers, and scaly feet; later, they were represented as female figures with the legs of birds, with or without wings, playing a variety of musical instruments, especially harps. sirens were sometimes depicted as beautiful women whose bodies, not only their voices, are seductive.

Jennifer Niven, All The Bright Places

Anne Sexton, A Self-Portrait in Letters

🤙 - can you teach me how to portray my muse that well?