Declaration of Spring

meathiel's gorgeous icon (from the Llewellyn Tarot's Lovers card) inspired me to take a decisive step away from the grief-shadowed dark colors that have been this journal's default and create a space of springtime affirmation.

No more dark colors for a while.

Time to "kiss the springtime" as a friend said to me.






It's important that I not take my parallels to Persephone too strictly. I'll never be able to fully enjoy the living world if I believe that being engaged here necessarily means increasing my separation from my husband in the underworld.