Eh-lee-sah ([info]visioluxus) wrote,
@ 2009-06-09 09:47:00
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Toads and Diamonds

Toads and Diamonds, originally uploaded by VisioLuxus.


"This gift I make you," continued the fairy, "that with every word you speak, either a flower or a jewel will fall from your mouth."

-"Toads and Diamonds" by Charles Perrault

I always found this fairytale fascinatingly awful. Although the bad sister was punished with toads and snakes falling out of her mouth I can't imagine that flowers and jewels falling out of your mouth every time you open it is all that much better.

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[info]0utre
2009-06-09 04:52 pm UTC (link)
I absolutely love this, and I think Id KILL for that dress!

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[info]sweetnovicane
2009-06-09 07:14 pm UTC (link)
When I was scrolling down my flist earlier, I literally stopped and said "whoa!" when I saw this. In a good way, of course.

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[info]juushika
2009-06-09 07:42 pm UTC (link)
Do not be jealous of your sister.
Know that diamonds and roses
are as uncomfortable when they tumble from
one's lips as toads and frogs:
colder, too, and sharper, and they cut.

Writes Neil Gaiman, in Instructions. I'm not a huge fan of his work but I adore this poem, and of course it was the first thing I thought of—because, yes, it is so true: neither is really a reward. You can hear the whole poem here.

And the photo? Beautiful. ^_^

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[info]m4g1c4lm3
2009-06-09 08:33 pm UTC (link)
oh how wonderful
i love your words behind it as well

i will have to check out "toads and diamonds"

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[info]trapdoorspider
2009-06-10 04:09 pm UTC (link)
Dress, lighting and colours are amazing, as always.

Flowers, maybe not so bad because at least some of those are edible. Diamonds? Ouch... In the version of the fairy tale I grew up with, it was gold pieces, which I can't imagine would have been much fun either.

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