Egyptians were the first to symbolically associate the ostrich with justice. Maat, the goddess of justice, is usually depicted wearing an ostrich feather. The image above shows a scene from the Book of the Dead that depicts the “Weighting of the heart” ritual. In the “Weighting of the heart’ ritual, the heart of of the… Continue reading Symbolic Literacy: Justice and the Ostrich
Category: art
Discussing a Few of My Favorite Paintings
I am not an artist, but I love art. As an amateur mathematician who is interested in geometry (also Lill’s method), it should not be a surprise that I am interested in visual arts. One of my main hobbies is trying to discover interesting paintings, especially paintings created before 20th century. I am not a… Continue reading Discussing a Few of My Favorite Paintings
2 Interesting Kickstarter Projects
Recently I finally decided to create a Kickstarter account to back up 2 projects that I discovered while browsing the website. My website is too small to help the 2 funding campaigns, nonetheless I want to share a few thoughts about the two projects. The Frogs by Michael Wells “The Frogs” is a point-and-click adventure… Continue reading 2 Interesting Kickstarter Projects
Translating Mitelli’s Illustrated proverbs (Proverbi Figurati)
As a personal challenge I want to start a series of posts where I try to translate the “Proverbi Figurati” by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (published in 1678). My Italian language skills are probably at the lower intermediate skills, so don’t expect too much from me (not to mention that this is 17th century Italian). After… Continue reading Translating Mitelli’s Illustrated proverbs (Proverbi Figurati)
Muh Memes
Muses of Internet, who give glory through memes, come hither, inspire your faithful servant “ I’m not a memelord. In fact, this is my first attempt at creating memes. So forgive me if my memes are not of the highest quality. I created my memes on the imgflip website. This is the first website I… Continue reading Muh Memes
Music by Johann Gottlieb Naumann
Johann Gottlieb Naumann is a German composer from the 18th century. He is probably most famous for creating the Dresden Amen chord sequence. Today he is probably considered an obscure composer considering the results you get when you google “Johann Gottlieb Naumann reddit”. I discovered Naumann a few years ago, probably doing random Youtube video… Continue reading Music by Johann Gottlieb Naumann
Romanian Christmas Carol “Sus la ‘naltul cerului”
’tis the season to be caroling, so I want to share a Romanian Christmas carol. The Christmas carol is called “‘Sus la ‘naltul cerului” ( Up to the heaven’s highness). The best version is probably the one made by the Anton Pann Ensemble for their “Concert Colinde 2010” album. Lyrics The Romanian lyrics are taken… Continue reading Romanian Christmas Carol “Sus la ‘naltul cerului”
Symbolism: Victory and the Palm Tree
Since antiquity, the palm tree had a few symbolical associations. In various ancient civilizations, the palm tree or the palm branch was the symbol of victory, triumph, peace or eternal life. There is a lot of interesting info on the “Palm branch” Wikipedia page. In this post I want to focus on the symbolical association… Continue reading Symbolism: Victory and the Palm Tree
My Favorite Songs About Liberty and Rebellion
If I were to make predictions, I would say that the future doesn’t look too bright. I see more centralization of power and curtailment of liberties and freedoms all over the planet. I would not be surprised if in the near future more countries introduce a social credit system like the one implemented in China.… Continue reading My Favorite Songs About Liberty and Rebellion
Mantegna Tarocchi Symbolism: Justice (Card 37)
Let’s try to analyze the symbolical elements of Justice from Mantegna Tarocchi. You don’t need to be familiar with Mantegna Tarocchi to appreciate the symbolism. Nonetheless, you can learn about this mysterious deck here and here. Some Context Justice is the 37th image in the Mantegna deck. Cards 31 through 40 can be grouped together,… Continue reading Mantegna Tarocchi Symbolism: Justice (Card 37)