Showing posts with label Mythology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mythology. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Pentagonal Venus: the φ (phi) in Αφροδίτη (Aphrodite)

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A detail of Sandro Botticelli's   Birth of Venus   (1485), the  Uffizi .  Geometry (G): 2023, DS. "For Plato – and so for the membe...
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Sunday, August 27, 2023

Venus in the Dovecote (Part II): The Ancient Sanctuary

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The ruins of the great  Sanctuary of Aphrodite  in Paphos, Cyprus. The Sanctuary of Aphrodite Paphia "The Sanctuary of Aphrodite Paphia...
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Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Venus in the Dovecote (Part I)

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Dovecote  at Nymans Gardens, West Sussex, England. (All images on this page have been altered for design continuity.) Poems to Venus written...
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Thursday, April 4, 2019

Sub Rosa (Another Interlude)

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At the Garden Gate  - digital - 2019, DS. (Click-on post images for enlargements.) "In the driest whitest stretch of pain'...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

The Starman & The Swan People (Part II)

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"Some Sanskrit mystics locate seven planes of being, the seven spiritual lokas or worlds within the body of Kala Hamsa, the Swan ou...
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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

The Starman & The Swan People: A Dream

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Swanstar - Prismacolor drawing on Bristol Board - 1976, DS (Currently in the collection of a friend.) (All images in this post can b...
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Thursday, June 8, 2017

For the Angels - 3:03; the Passions of Angels (Part II)

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Psyché ranimée par le baiser de l'Amour ( Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss ) - marble sculpture - 1793, Antonio Canova, housed in ...
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Sunday, March 20, 2016

The Language of Birds & the Alchemy of Love: The Music Box

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Still Life With Music Box  - digital - © 2016, DS Note: The original image posted here has been replaced with the most current ...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Patron Saint #11: Frida Kahlo: Portraits of La Santa Muerte

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Autorretrato con collar de espinas ( Self Portrait with Necklace of Thorns) - oil on canvas -  1940, Frida Kahlo (Apart from this im...
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Monday, April 13, 2015

In the Company of Green Women

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Green Woman boss, Carlisle Cathedral - 2006, Greenshed (As always, this image, and those on the remainder of the post can be clicked to ...
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