Ncantari - ᴸᴬ 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐇𝐄 .

Mad, really mad, a stranger to herself and others, oblivious to the world, […] around her neck a necklace of curses and tears.

— Simin Behbahani, A Cup of Sin: Selected Poems, transl by Farzaneh Milani and Kaveh Safa, (1999)

⠀ take⠀me⠀to⠀𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋,⠀ˡᵉᵗ⠀ᵗʰᵉ⠀ᵈᵉᵛᶦˡˢ⠀ʰᵉᵃʳ⠀ᵐʸ⠀ⁿᵃᵐᵉ ﹔ ⠀ for⠀I⠀have⠀​ᴺᴼ⠀𝐆𝐎𝐃⠀left⠀to⠀ʎɐɹd⠀to⠀ .⠀

⅋̳  𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐈  …  a private   and selective   portrayal   of  𝑬𝑴𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑨 𝑫𝑰 𝑪𝑨𝑹𝑳𝑶  ⸻   𝖑𝖆 𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖆 𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖆 .

⠀⠀ ⠀⠀…⠀⠀ ⠀⠀a  𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐇𝐄  born  to  an  ancient  bloodline,  Emilia  is  the  daughter  of  a  legacy  whispered  in  candlelit  rituals  and  bound  by  the  secrets  of  witches  who  have  lived  among  mortals  for  centuries.  Raised  in  the  sun-drenched  heart  of  𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐋𝐘,  she  and  her  twin  sister,  Vittoria,  spent  their  days  steeped  in  tradition  —  tending  to  their  family’s  bustling  trattoria,  grinding  fragrant  herbs,  and  weaving  magic  hidden  beneath  ordinary  touch.  Emilia  was  the  careful  one,  the  dreamer  with  a  cautious  heart,  raised  under  the  watchful  eye  of  her  grandmother,  who  taught  her  the  sacred  ways  of  𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐀 𝐃𝐀 𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐈  and  the  peril  of  stepping  too  close  to  the  darkness.  [  ...  ] And  then  𝐓𝐇𝐄  𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓  𝐎𝐅  𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃  came.  Emilia's  world  shattered  with  her  twin  sister's  brutal  murder.  𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐅  burned  away  the  girl  she  once  was.  𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄  forged  the  woman  she  would  become.  The  careful  witch  turned  reckless.  The  believer  in  𝐒𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐃  𝐋𝐀𝐖𝐒  became  the  one  who  broke  them.  In  her  desperate  search  for  truth,  Emilia  ventured  into  the  realm  of  𝐋'𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈 𝐎𝐒𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐈,  walking  paths  from  which  no  witch  had  returned  unscathed.  What  was  once  forbidden  became  her  𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍,  her  weapon.  With  every  step  deeper  into  the  unknown,  she  felt  herself  unraveling  —  becoming  something  new,  something  feared.  A  force  willing  to  tear  apart  the  heavens  and  the  underworld  alike  to  reclaim  what  was  taken  from  her.  𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓  𝐀𝐍𝐃  𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒  war  within  her,  but  one  thing  is  certain  —  she  will  not  stop  until  the  wicked  have  𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐃  𝐈𝐍  𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃.

𝖓𝖚 𝖘𝖙𝖚𝖉𝖎𝖚 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖗𝖆⠀ ﹕ ⠀cursed lineage ⠀ ❝⠀𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 ˢʰᵃᶜᵏˡᵉ⠀❞⠀﹒⠀sicilian gothic⠀﹒⠀ancient prophecies⠀﹒⠀forbidden scripture⠀﹒⠀flour dusted hands⠀﹒⠀the seven deadly sins⠀❝⠀𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐈𝐍 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡⠀❞⠀﹒⠀veiled grief⠀﹒⠀

₀₀₁.𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐃 ₀₀₂.𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 ₀₀₃.𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 ₀₀₄.𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 ⅋ 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐒 [ are always welcome ! ] ₀₀₅.𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐒

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per noctem in nihilo vehi : to vanish by night into nothing.

Anne Carson, Dictionary Excerpts in Nox

“mouth, open like an angel in a cathedral.”

— Luce Irigaray, Elemental Passions.

In no version are they not hunting us.

— Jihyun Yun, from “The Daughter Transmorphic,” Some Are Always Hungry

Maria Denise Dessimoz, The Inevitable Anguish of Desire

i feel like i'm going Italian

Stills from ‘Collection 02; A Tale in Four Parts’

directed by Daniela Garza and Katherine Goguen

shot by Katherine Goguen

I’m not afraid of you anymore. Because I’m holding the axe.