The Narcissus are blooming in the garden, and so today’s post is dedicated to the myth of Echo and Narcissus. Their myth is one of my favorites — a meditation on desire, numbness, and reflections. Like many artists, I’m a bit fascinated by the concept of witnessing as explored in the myth: what it means to see and be seen, the way our hearts seek for mirroring in our Beloveds. Below you’ll find a curated collection of music playlists, self-portraiture, poetry, a podcast episode, and plant profile — all celebrating the theme of self-love, narcissism, mirroring, and the story of the beautiful youth who transformed into a flower beside a reflecting pool — and the nymph whose obsession with him led to her dissolution.

There are stories inside of us: secrets and desires and memories and fantasies piled up and up and up and up. All of them mirrors — all sizes, shapes, designs.