Ether 2:3 3 And they did also carry with them deseret, which, by interpretation, is a honey bee; and thus they did carry with them swarms of bees, and all manner of that which was upon the face of the land, seeds of every kind.
The Nest - Maggie Taylor
Deseret - Theodoros Stamos
Bee families in the forest - Ivan Shishkin
Bees - Henri Matisse
Emblemata - Beehive - M.C. Escher
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
Ether 2:3 3 And they did also carry with them deseret, which, by interpretation, is a honey bee; and thus they did carry with them swarms of bees, and all manner of that which was upon the face of the land, seeds of every kind.
"Any over-ritualized religion since the dawn of time can make its priests say yes, we know, it is rotten, and hard luck, but just do as we say, keep at the ritual, stick it out, give us your money and you'll end up with the angels in heaven for evermore."
And it is unique. As a - near universal - rule, he didn't picture humans.
This is why his pictures were pervading in barracks, in Hungary and in the block. Pictures without human targets can not be attacked from any ideologic direction. Even for Shades, I think.
by the way our stairway is wallpapered by pictures discarded from The Army. Many Shishkins... (the Ivan (see here) ones!)
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
ludwigm wrote:And it is unique. As a - near universal - rule, he didn't picture humans.
This is why his pictures were pervading in barracks, in Hungary and in the block. Pictures without human targets can not be attacked from any ideologic direction. Even for Shades, I think.
by the way our stairway is wallpapered by pictures discarded from The Army. Many Shishkins... (the Ivan (see here) ones!)
Really interesting, ludwig. Thanks for the commentary and I will have to spend some time looking at his work...
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
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- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
