Written By Selene
April 26, 2020, 10:36 p.m.(3/9/1013 AR)
I thought to start something with an Oathland flair, for I have had reason to meditate and consider the Valardinian Crusades of late. There isn't much widely written as I have seen on them, and should any Oathlander be so kind as to improve a Whisper's insights into their history, I would be most grateful.
Then a letter dropped from Legate Ailith reminded me of another project long in the making, one I set aside some months back. Trying to stitch faith into a cloak or robe, and doing it justice to the Pantheon, is not easy. Here I sit in my atelier, surrounded by ten of thirteen designs and Athenais questioning whether I have gone mad to think the last three are done in an hour.
Where was my creativity all this time?
Then a letter dropped from Legate Ailith reminded me of another project long in the making, one I set aside some months back. Trying to stitch faith into a cloak or robe, and doing it justice to the Pantheon, is not easy. Here I sit in my atelier, surrounded by ten of thirteen designs and Athenais questioning whether I have gone mad to think the last three are done in an hour.
Where was my creativity all this time?
Written By Selene
April 7, 2020, 2:58 p.m.(1/26/1013 AR)
I shouldn't be overly fond of one dress over another, though hearing of Princess Sabella in diamonds of ironwool makes me rather delighted indeed.
Such symmetries, such beauty. I hope it pleased her.
Such symmetries, such beauty. I hope it pleased her.
Written By Selene
April 6, 2020, 12:12 a.m.(1/22/1013 AR)
I am grateful for many things.
Truly for the warmth of spirit and kindness displayed by some cherished friends in this city. They are the lights of my day, the dawn breaking over the horizon on my thoughts.
Truly for the warmth of spirit and kindness displayed by some cherished friends in this city. They are the lights of my day, the dawn breaking over the horizon on my thoughts.
Written By Selene
March 30, 2020, 5:39 p.m.(1/10/1013 AR)
I have not nearly enough messages in my hands this week. If you seek a correspondent over any topic at all, do send me word.
Written By Selene
March 21, 2020, 4:48 p.m.(12/20/1012 AR)
When loss is a sorrow, hope is a gain. Spring will come, darlings.
Written By Selene
March 6, 2020, 4:14 p.m.(11/18/1012 AR)
When everything has to be right, something isn't.
Written By Selene
Feb. 4, 2020, 1:51 p.m.(9.293438326719576/10.432546296296294/1012.69111986056 AR)
Discretion, that rarest of draughts, is more precious to us now than water in the stony desert.
Written By Selene
Jan. 26, 2020, 1:43 p.m.(8.650704365079365/23.439444444444447/1012.63755869709 AR)
Ode to the garden, how welcome is the sepulchral gloom that embraces me, and warms the gloaming with a smile.
Written By Selene
Jan. 23, 2020, 9:42 a.m.(8.424539930555556/17.77423611111111/1012.6187116608796 AR)
What beautiful things demand to be made in honour of so many upcoming events. The fantasies of an ocean, the tumbling of Thorns. Are there others I have missed?
Written By Selene
Jan. 17, 2020, 11:26 p.m.(8/2/1012 AR)
East of the Sun
As the starlight fades,
And the crimson tinge is gone,
The weary soul sings
As hope on golden wings
Alights with the coming dawn.
As the starlight fades,
And the crimson tinge is gone,
The weary soul sings
As hope on golden wings
Alights with the coming dawn.
Written By Selene
Jan. 17, 2020, 6:50 p.m.(8/1/1012 AR)
The unexpected turns of life reward the patient. The joy of greeting an old friend is finer than brocade. Almost.
Written By Selene
Jan. 15, 2020, 2:56 p.m.(7/25/1012 AR)
How the error of a moment
is but a grain
beginning the avalanche.
Can we cry foul
Lashing the sea
and halt the tide?
is but a grain
beginning the avalanche.
Can we cry foul
Lashing the sea
and halt the tide?
Written By Selene
Dec. 27, 2019, 10:02 p.m.(6/15/1012 AR)
I heartily endorse traveling to the Lyceum for a hint of sun and balmy warmth. It is just the thing to inspire the spirit and ease the grip the city imposes on the mind.
Written By Selene
Nov. 21, 2019, 9:22 p.m.(3/27/1012 AR)
The flowers will bloom.
Stars turn in the sky.
What is this longing under faltering snow and soughing breeze?
Stars turn in the sky.
What is this longing under faltering snow and soughing breeze?
Written By Selene
Nov. 11, 2019, 12:20 a.m.(3/5/1012 AR)
She lends her pen
To silver thoughts
Benedictions
A gift of green roads
And pearls by the sea.
She lifts her voice
In gratitude
With every word
She will remember
The Kind Goddess.
Written By Selene
Nov. 6, 2019, 10:32 a.m.(2/24/1012 AR)
I should not want to wrap myself up in a warm blanket and settle in with this magnificent book about healing techniques by Marquessa Keaton, but I rather wish. The details are so rich, even for a complete initiate to the arts like myself.
Such beautiful troves of knowledge are an asset to acquire.
Such beautiful troves of knowledge are an asset to acquire.
Written By Selene
Oct. 25, 2019, 4:02 p.m.(1/28/1012 AR)
I've been quietly blessed by the soft hours to rest, and take strangely direct satisfaction from my work for once.
Written By Selene
Oct. 24, 2019, 2:45 p.m.(1/26/1012 AR)
An afternoon spent in thought and tranquil contemplation at the Shrine of Limerance has a way of reframing one's thoughts.
Oaths, promises, bonds of loyalty: they seem such a philosophical exercise. Many would not stop and think how profoundly a promise, or a social ranking, affects their lives. For nobility, the picture is clearer. The allegiance owed within a chain of fealty is a prominent factor in events, payments between houses, promises made. A wedding too affects everyone in society choosing to abide by those sworn vows. It is more than transactional for nobility or Crownsworn citizens. Something deeper underpins the foundations of these acts and deeds.
How deep does it go?
Consider that for yourself for a time.
Oaths, promises, bonds of loyalty: they seem such a philosophical exercise. Many would not stop and think how profoundly a promise, or a social ranking, affects their lives. For nobility, the picture is clearer. The allegiance owed within a chain of fealty is a prominent factor in events, payments between houses, promises made. A wedding too affects everyone in society choosing to abide by those sworn vows. It is more than transactional for nobility or Crownsworn citizens. Something deeper underpins the foundations of these acts and deeds.
How deep does it go?
Consider that for yourself for a time.
Written By Selene
Oct. 15, 2019, 4:02 p.m.(1/9/1012 AR)
Such unexpected and delightful discoveries at the Golden Hart have relit a flame deeply banked these past few weeks. Perhaps there is some charm buried in the very building by Princess Valencia to lend itself so to loosening those shackles on my creativity.
Written By Selene
Oct. 6, 2019, 9:40 p.m.(12/19/1011 AR)
I tire of aeterna. Bring me richness of hue!
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