Art, of course, by the intriguing, intense, incomparable,  AmaDenchArt!

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Amaranth was trying out a new technique for doing scales, and this happened. @___@ *______________*

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I'm not sure what I can say about this beautiful bust of Amethystine, aside from gushing ad nauseum about its quiet, dignified perfection. But then I wouldn't seem as refined or as stately as this utterly classy art portrays me to be.

This reminds me, in fact, of something Ama told me some time ago and has repeated once or twice in the last few years. It was something about how she perceived me when she and I first encountered one another, here on FA, and she revealed it after we had gotten to know one another much better.

She said that I had seemed 'erudite' (and perhaps she had also said 'enigmatic', but that's probably just something I wish I had been called, because it's a cool word and it goes with my tendency to try to list qualitative words with the same first letter, as much as possible), and proper, and that she remembered wanting to live up to what she imagined my expectations would be, of her, or of people in general.

This work of art, more than any other I've received from her or anyone else, embodies that perception of Amethystine. The art of others, and Ama's art especially, has always made me and my character greater than we really are, elevated us, made me want to live up to the art and the reputation and the appearance and the perception; be it how I act or talk, or what I write or how I write it.

Being seen as something better than you are, and knowing you are thusly seen, it can motivate one toward self-improvement. Many people have enacted this impulse within me, but none more than Amaranth.

Knowing Ama has made me want to be a better person.. a better snake.. and a better snakeperson. :}===<3

Put simply: 'My Maiden Motivates Me'

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How To Snake

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A serpentine,

To be quite fine,

must abide these lines:

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Cunning constrictor: clear cut & clean

Reptilian rapture: captured, refined

Intense inhumanity integrated in intellect, keen

Sublimely scale-skinned: smooth & streamlined

Proud, proper python: polished, pristine

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