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There is a statue of Sappho located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York that I think expressed what Sappho is about perfect:



She's portrayed as the sort of artist or musician who is both brought to life by beauty and totally consumed by it, which is constantly evident in her poetry. she talks of love and sexuality as a powerful reason to be, but also a thing that annihilates the self completely and renders a person obsolete, useless.
'With his venom/ Irresistible and bittersweet/ That loosener of limbs, Love/ reptile- like/ strikes me down'
she talks of love as if its a sort of monstrous thing she is trying to escape because it makes her lose all agency. And I think this is what I love most about Sappho, she values her strength and her independence, she loaths loose limbs, but she understands that to love and be loved is a sort of pleasure that comes at a high price.