Writer Anais Nin
Apparently “she wore this costume to a ‘Come as Your Madness’ party thrown by filmmaker Kenneth Anger. She dressed as the fertility goddess Astarte, but she put this birdcage over her head.” (via)
Risk
And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to Blossom.
—Anaïs Nin