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Echoes of Hallowmas 🦋

Some cultures lack names For a color, you see. Hence good old Homer And his “wine-dark sea.”

A usage so quaint, A phrasing so old, For verses of romance Is sheer fucking gold.

Words are in flux And meanings they drift But the word purple You’ve given short shrift.

The concept of purple, My friends, is old And refers to a pigment once precious as gold.

By crushing up molluscs From the wine-dark sea You make a dye: Imperial decree

Meant that in Rome, to wear purpura was a privilege reserved

For only the emperor!

The word ‘purple’, for clothes so fancy, Entered English By the ninth century

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Why then are voilets Not purple in song? The dye from this mollusc, known for so long

Is almost magenta; More red than blue. The concept of purple is old, and yet new.

The dye is red, So this might be true: Roses are purple And violets are blue

”You really were the lesser of the two…” 🔵🔴

🗡️⚖️ let justice be done upon them! ⚖️ 🗡️

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I'm scared ahead of the new episode.

Original meme:

Bloom Into Me I've been itching to repaint Rose Knots a while now and this was a fun painting to keep me sane through all the boring video editing for my upcoming Star Projector Kickstarter.

The original Rose Knots looked quite different and at this point I'm not sure it's even meant to be a repaint anymore, hence the new title as well. This new one was painted in Procreate, while the old one was done in SAI. The different brushes and program settings always brings out a different style in how I paint. Does this happen to anyone else?

The original Rose Knots

Painting timelapse~

"Frozen Moment"

Dropping the latest Sketch-a-Wish, voted on by my lovely Patreon members for December! Featuring Katniss and Peeta from Catching Fire when they take a day off on the roof of the Capitol training center.