<aside> 💡 Analysis - Willow trees are linked with goddesses of the underworld like Hecate & Persephone - the latter even had a grove of willows.
https://www.icysedgwick.com/willow-folklore/
Ophelia is a famous literary character who drowned after collecting wildflowers, standing on a branch of a willow tree before the branch breaks and she falls into the brook, singing in the water before her clothes get water-logged and she drowned. The painting below, by John Everett Millais, is a famous depiction of this scene. It reminds me of the lyrics from exile “balancing on breaking branches”
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<aside> 👸 Relevance to Taylor’s Life:
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<aside> 🌈 Queer History:
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