Haha, I'm sort of trying to keep track of what I've posted myself to keep the reposts and duplications to a minimum but I don't have a full log of everything. I do usually search the artist name to see whether they show up and I didn't find a previous post containing her name...She’s been featured on this thread before but I don’t mind; you chose mostly different examples from mine, and very fine ones too.
Possibly because I put “LiigaKlavina” as one word
Oh I know that forest ...
haha these foreign names just cause trouble don't they!?Possibly because I put “LiigaKlavina” as one word
Yes indeed, a problem that seems endemic in this type of fantasy art; too much detail, not enough contrast (and you’re absolutely right about line weight!)
Love #1 and #2
So you side with Einstein about "spooky action at a distance". Sadly, John Bell died before he could get the Nobel Prize for proving Einstein wrong about this with "Bell's Theorem". Perhaps, however, John Bell from the other side is now part of the spookiness? You are correct. As Richard Feynman famously said, "No one understands quantum mechanics". It is interesting to me that our perception of the world misses so much of the real one. But then the ancients had all kinds of misconceptions about the world that we think now are comical.Well for year's start they offer 'Burning Bowl Ritual to Banish the Yuck from Last Year' sounds very practical and results-oriented.
Is it witchcraft or 'spooky action at a distance' ... any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic... to quote two non-believers of the occult
For August it's 'Mythology of Lugh' well we have something about that by @Eulalia here on the site ... https://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/stretched-on-the-altar.1797/
Hmm, I don't think I really sided with anyone there just quoted the term, especially because 'spookiness' fits in with a thread that is about depictions of witches
Thank you for #1, #6 and #7Today is Imbolc, where witches celebrate the goddess Brigid (pronounced "Breed"). At this time, winter is slightly relaxing its grip, and nature is preparing for the coming spring. Traditionally, as this day falls almost exactly halfway between the feast of Yule (the winter solstice, shortest day of the year), and Ostara, the spring equinox where the day and night are of equal length which marks the start of spring.
Spring is not here yet though which is why ancient peoples observed the weather on this day to try to determine if they could look forward to an early warming of the world, or if the winter would remain with them right up until the equinox. It is from this that later weather-related practices and rituals emerged, such as Groundhog Day in the US (almost certainly brought to the New World by early Dutch settlers in the 17th century and observed to this day, particularly in the northeast states and especially in Pennsylvania of course, where this wonderfully quirky tradition lives on and has become a major tourist draw, no doubt spurred on by the wonderful Bill Murray movie)
So a happy Groundhog Day to all our American friends and Imbolc blessings to the rest of us
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It is snowing here in eastern Missouri. Let's hope winter ends soon!!!It is from this that later weather-related practices and rituals emerged, such as Groundhog Day in the US (almost certainly brought to the New World by early Dutch settlers in the 17th century and observed to this day, particularly in the northeast states and especially in Pennsylvania of course, where this wonderfully quirky tradition lives on and has become a major tourist draw, no doubt spurred on by the wonderful Bill Murray movie)
So a happy Groundhog Day to all our American friends and Imbolc blessings to the rest of us
This day is called Candlemas (Lichtmess) here with us and that is the old peasant rule for this day:
Today is marmot day in america.
Here we have snow! So we shall see!
Well, Punxatawney Phil supposedly saw his shadow and predicted more winter. He's only 40% accurate, though (or rather the ensemble of Phil's--replacing deceased ones given the short lifespan of groundhogs or more techically woodchucks is). One memorable moment occurred some years ago in New York, when "Staten Island Chuck", roused from hibernation to make a prediction and apparently irritated, bit Mayor Bloomberg. So there was a prediction of tetanus shots, at least.
