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Post by LostSoul on Sept 16, 2009 19:15:26 GMT -6
The whore of Babylon...A lovely pop piece! Once more; red plays a "passionate" part in your art...
And, I thought that those were dowsing pendulums; they just look so familiar; but, I couldn't place them...
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Post by sin on Sept 17, 2009 6:17:19 GMT -6
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Post by Sarak G'hash on Sept 17, 2009 8:49:35 GMT -6
I finished two of the paintings, working on the third. I plan on painting all 9 Gates. The gates come from the book, "The Club Dumas", the book on which the film "The Ninth Gate" was based. I am painting the original engravings vs. the edited movie version. 6th and 9th Gates Started the Third Gate awesome!
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Post by LostSoul on Sept 17, 2009 19:18:07 GMT -6
Brava!
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Post by sin on Sept 18, 2009 7:37:27 GMT -6
{still working on it }
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Post by LostSoul on Sept 18, 2009 8:39:34 GMT -6
Progressing nicely.
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Post by sin on Oct 25, 2009 14:57:37 GMT -6
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Post by sin on Oct 25, 2009 14:59:06 GMT -6
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Post by sin on Oct 25, 2009 15:00:05 GMT -6
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Post by Shaz'rahjeem on Oct 28, 2009 6:34:49 GMT -6
Your art is nice. I particularly like the women witht eh spider on her face. It has a very Voudou feel to i think.
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Post by sin on Oct 28, 2009 9:50:34 GMT -6
It's a Catrina, manifestations for the Day of the Dead. An 'elegant dead lady'. I'm actually dressing up like one for Halloween too. I made a headpiece of roses, rather than the Hat featured here. More similar to the doll, than the real-life ladies. :-) Read up on it here: www.sac-be.com/la_calavera_catrina.shtml
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Post by I AM the Way on Oct 28, 2009 9:59:06 GMT -6
"Skeleton of the Female Dandy"
cool.
VS
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Post by LostSoul on Oct 28, 2009 10:09:20 GMT -6
Lovely work.
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Post by Thoth Respa on Oct 29, 2009 4:12:23 GMT -6
was the painting done with oils?
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Post by sin on Oct 29, 2009 7:24:20 GMT -6
was the painting done with oils? Acrylic actually, I only paint in oil from time to time, I haven't the patience to wait for it to dry. My last painting took over 4 months to dry!
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Post by sin on Oct 29, 2009 7:34:11 GMT -6
I like the idea of the political satire, middle class imitating the upper class in such a way. It's that tongue-in-cheek humor I enjoy so much. I'm not really into Mexican culture, I prefer the Roman holiday for the dead - as it calls to my Italian ancestry. Nov 1 & 2 'All Souls Day' or 'All Saint's Day'. Each year I honor an ancestor, since 2006 that has been my father who died at the young age of 48. He was a devout Catholic man, so I include Catholic symbolism on my 'altar of the dead'.
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Post by LostSoul on Oct 29, 2009 9:04:17 GMT -6
You honor his memory well, Cora...
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Post by Sarak G'hash on Oct 30, 2009 4:09:04 GMT -6
was the painting done with oils? Acrylic actually, I only paint in oil from time to time, I haven't the patience to wait for it to dry. My last painting took over 4 months to dry! acrylic paints rock! that's all i use as well. i wouldn't have the patience for the oils to dry either..lol. i think babysitting grandkids has used up ALL of my patience!!
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Post by Shaz'rahjeem on Oct 30, 2009 7:35:26 GMT -6
Oil paints are a massive hastle. But a lot of effects in the paintings comes from the slow drying. So colours can be blended for better depth etc. rather then the layering that is usually used in acrylic paints. Not to say you can't blend on colour fields for lighting and depth effects with acrylics, but it is better if you don't have to rush.
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Post by Sarak G'hash on Oct 30, 2009 7:55:22 GMT -6
Oil paints are a massive hastle. But a lot of effects in the paintings comes from the slow drying. So colours can be blended for better depth etc. rather then the layering that is usually used in acrylic paints. Not to say you can't blend on colour fields for lighting and depth effects with acrylics, but it is better if you don't have to rush. that's one of the reasons it takes so long for me to get a painted tshirt done.
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Post by sin on Nov 3, 2009 7:17:54 GMT -6
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Post by Madguten on Nov 3, 2009 7:27:40 GMT -6
Wonderful, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PICTURES!
Thanks for showing them.
IA! IA! KTULU FTAGN!
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Post by X'Drekth Nuszeth Ritee on Nov 3, 2009 12:50:22 GMT -6
Cool pics! Thanks for sharing them.
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Post by Ny'obstaresh on Nov 3, 2009 22:34:22 GMT -6
Great, as always.
Ia, Cora'sahn!
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Post by sin on Nov 4, 2009 7:42:28 GMT -6
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Post by sin on Nov 4, 2009 7:43:33 GMT -6
The Roman Day of the Dead, falls on 11/8 this year :-) The celebrations aren't over!
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Post by Ny'obstaresh on Nov 8, 2009 1:11:26 GMT -6
That's today in NZ! Yay death woooooo! haha ;P
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Post by sin on Nov 9, 2009 11:11:30 GMT -6
Share a bit from my Ecstasia instructor:
"These are some of the Roman customs and ecstatic Mediterranean customs concerning the day(s) of the dead. First of all, there are three of these in the Roman calendar and the one that falls on November 8th is the last one of the year. Traditionally it is one of the days where the cemetary gates were opened and the dead were allowed to visit the land of the living. On this day we put on our masks that represent the deceased members of our families and walk the streets. This is a day that honors both dii parentes (ancestors) as well as manes (malevolent dead). There are other days during the year that honor one or the other but only the three Days of the Dead are meant to honor both of them at once.
To protect your home from the wandering dead it is customary to place the heads of gorgons (gargoyles serve the same function but come from a later date) on the front of your doors and windows to keep unwanted spirits out. Offerings for dii parentes are made inside the home at the lararium while offerings to dii manes are made just outside the front door or area closest to the street but still connected to your home. Fragrant foods are the best offerings as are incense and wine. Any fragrant food is good, even exotic and foreign foods. Heavily scented flowers, even augmented with perfume and oils are traditional as well. Expense is also something of a key.
Ancient Greek custom states that persons who have seriously wronged the dead while they were living had to make an offering of blood to the malevolent dead to break the curse the dead would lay upon them for the wrong. In cases of murder only the blood of the murderer would do (usually poured on the grave site itself but that isn't connected to this sacred day). Other Greek customs include drinking wine from the skull of the deceased person you wronged to show sincere remorse. This is a much more modern but still rural practice. (This only works if your culture keeps an ossuary tradition.) Ether way... blood for blood. Remember that if you owe the dead something.
On the days of the dead it is important to set up a table for the dead and not merely a plate at the family table. The living are forbidden to eat from the table of the dead; it shows a lack of respect. At the end of your rituals all food offerings and incense leavings must be either buried or completely burned. It doesn't get thrown away, it has to actually go into the ground (the underworld). Usual customs concerning the wearing of white for ritual are not observed for this, instead the colors are black. Red continues to represent blood and it is especially unwise/suggestive to wear that color. Trance dancers and musicians should wear black while monitors should wear white to distinguish themselves and keep separate.
Those who wish to honor a specific person may chose to wear that person's mask. The mask can be removed with no dishonor once evocare is achieved and the emotions become very strong. The important thing is to focus on the task of trance, bringing all thoughts and emotions inward and not focusing on external things like your mask, clothing or external voices too much.
If you wish to participate in the traditional period of ritual fasting it begins today. Today you should give up something that you eat that means a lot to you. The day of the ritual, after the ritual, you may consume said substance again. It must be something that you eat or drink regularly so that you feel the effect through the week. Also this would be the day to begin drinking more water and taking niacin regularly to help purge your body of impurities.
The ritual begins with alpha ecstasis music to work into a basic trance state and then it will switch to evocare music, specifically laments, to bring the focus onto the dead. Each participant should have one or two preferred chants that can be used to honor the dead they are focusing on. This is one of the few rituals where multiple persons are allowed onto the rug at the same time. Usually because mourning dances are not as animated as other ritual dances. The best bet is to begin in the Wise One position and rock back and forth. Tears should be allowed to flow freely as are screams and wails. Self mortification is also very common. No doubt you have all heard about wailing, pulling your hair and beating your breast and the earth. All are very common and very normal for a Day of the Dead trance ritual.
When its over the participants are supposed to look haggard; make-up and face paint will have run, eyes will be puffy, people will be distant and probably tired. The ritual banquet is still consumed in the normal way afterwards with a separate table for the dead only. Every food item placed at the table of the dead must be buried that night by the ritual host. Where you bury it is not important because all the Earth is a part of the Underworld.
(Note: This ritual differs slightly from a normal mourning ritual because it involves an actual holiday and incorporates the traditions of that holiday.)
Anyone can do this in their own home or chose to gather in groups if you wish. Recorded music may be used if you like. I'm a big fan of Moon Moth Mixes by Solace; its mostly instrumental. (Nothing wrong with that.) But anything you want to dance to is perfectly fine. Even Gothic Industrial music and Death Metal. Anything that evokes a sense of death. This is not a happy holiday."
Source: Julia R. Zay, Trancendentaldance.com
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Post by sin on Nov 16, 2009 10:35:23 GMT -6
Despite the Nor'Easter that hit Virginia this weekend, I still went to a retreat. I hosted a few workshops, one of which was a mask-making workshop. This was my mask, made it from scratch. www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=9ddabf3bddcf8731cef51a&skin_id=601You can see the entire slide-show here, and all the various masks made by the other women at the retreat. I also did a review of these event: www.paganspace.net/forum4/topics/spirit-sisters-retreat-2009One of the workshops included a talk on Ho’oponopono, which had many similarities to The FOURTH Way, but focused on reconciliation and forgiveness. Not really my thing, but everyone else seemed to dig it.
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Post by Madguten on Nov 16, 2009 12:06:23 GMT -6
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