Hyacinthus and the Daughter of Babylon

A risograph print of a mixed media piece of ink, acrylic paint, graphite, and cut paper. 36”x24” 2021

CW: mention of sexual trauma

The Daughter of Babylon is the Enochian tarot card of ecstasy and femininity. The Bible describes Babylon as the mother of whores and a witch. Inevitably, a fertility goddess. She helps me heal my sexual trauma and reclaim my sexuality. Hyacinthus is another sexual martyr, another lover, another endangered trans. Apollo, in play, threw a disc so hard at Hyacinthus that it struck him dead. From his blood grew the hyacinth flower—trans blood as a shapeshifter. The Daughter and Hyacinthus can never be destroyed by the gods who dared to touch them.