painting
❝Gotta have opposites…❞
Thursday, 20Dec2018 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
“A video describing the differences between the subspecies of Alaskan brown bears. To see and learn more…”
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Reach towards the light
Wednesday, 21Nov2018 Filed in: Gallery
❝The problem with making morality a part of religion is that some priests forget that they are measured by the lives around them. They think that their calling places them beyond "man's law.❞Read More...
❝Dianna and Actaeon❞
Monday, 19Nov2018 Filed in: Gallery
This is one of Titan's more famous works.
We've definitely moved into the Rubenesque Renaissance. No near waifs here.
What's most interesting about this piece is how it lowers Diana to not only mortal, but to the sensibilities of the time. There is no way that a Lady God would be embarrassed if caught nude. Gods make other humans embarrassed, not the other way around. Nude women bathers were a common motif. I suspect it had something to do with the real ladies being covered up most of the time. Note also that the one servant on the right isn't treated as a "real" woman, she isn't sexualized. That was also fairly common.
We've definitely moved into the Rubenesque Renaissance. No near waifs here.
What's most interesting about this piece is how it lowers Diana to not only mortal, but to the sensibilities of the time. There is no way that a Lady God would be embarrassed if caught nude. Gods make other humans embarrassed, not the other way around. Nude women bathers were a common motif. I suspect it had something to do with the real ladies being covered up most of the time. Note also that the one servant on the right isn't treated as a "real" woman, she isn't sexualized. That was also fairly common.
I’m a naturist in both senses of the word. Life doesn’t always need clothes. I admire the human body. I hope you can too.
Skinny dipping
Monday, 12Nov2018 Filed in: Gallery
“The simple fact is that genitals are no more sexual than any other part of the body--until we use them for sex.”— Is Nudity Inherently Immoral? from Family Skinnydippers
“Serena, Found of Savages” by Thomas Benjamin Kennington
Monday, 04Jun2018 Filed in: Gallery
“This week on Crash Course Mythology, we're talking archetypes. Specifically, we're talking about archetypes as they're applied to female deities. Goddesses, man. You'll learn about prehistoric fertility goddesses like the Venus of Willendorf, life and death goddesses like the Ancient Greek Fates and the Norse Norns. And we'll learn about regeneration goddesses like Ireland's Nimah, and Japan's Oto-Hime.”
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“This week, we're talking about theories of Myth. We'll look at the different ways mythology has been studied in the last couple of millenia, and talk about the diffeent ways people have interpreted myth, academically.” Read More...
“Venus” by Henri Pierre Pico
Monday, 28May2018 Filed in: Gallery
“Witches on the Sabbath” by Luis Ricardo Falero
Monday, 14May2018 Filed in: Gallery
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Luis Ricardo Falero, Duke of Labranzano, was a Spanish painter with a taste for female nudes in mythological and fantasy settings. This 1878 piece is called Witches on the Sabbath.
Notice the juxtaposition of the human figures with the non-human. The non-human seem even more carnal than the human in twisted ways. Between that and the floating, it's a pretty good bet that this depicts a psychedelic trip. It was understood that a lot of the imagery reported by witches may have occurred under the influence. Does that make it any less valid? Well, that's a question for another time.
Pay attention to the lady in the lower left corner. The expression on her face indicates something is going on, and it's a bit beyond a night out with friends. My guess is that it has something to do with the man whose arm she is hanging onto. I don't think it's an accident that his face is mostly averted. I think this is detailing an affair.
Notice the juxtaposition of the human figures with the non-human. The non-human seem even more carnal than the human in twisted ways. Between that and the floating, it's a pretty good bet that this depicts a psychedelic trip. It was understood that a lot of the imagery reported by witches may have occurred under the influence. Does that make it any less valid? Well, that's a question for another time.
Pay attention to the lady in the lower left corner. The expression on her face indicates something is going on, and it's a bit beyond a night out with friends. My guess is that it has something to do with the man whose arm she is hanging onto. I don't think it's an accident that his face is mostly averted. I think this is detailing an affair.
I’m a naturist in both senses of the word. Life doesn’t always need clothes. I admire the human body. I hope you can too.
“Oedipus and the Sphinx”
Monday, 16Apr2018 Filed in: Gallery
Not so silly
Sunday, 18Mar2018 Filed in: Gallery
“Andromeda Chained to the Rocks”
Monday, 19Mar2018 Filed in: Gallery
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
"The Woman, the Man and the Serpent"
Monday, 12Mar2018 Filed in: Gallery
John Byam Liston Shaw was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites and worked in a wide variety of mediums. Today he's best known as a teacher and not an artist in his own right.
Obviously this is a depiction of the Garden of Eden. Pay special attention to how the man is so passive, even to the point of being hidden behind the woman. He's still tense and resisting, but he obviously doesn't want to be there. This is emphasized by him being in the shadows.
The woman is embracing life and blossoming right before our eyes.
Obviously this is a depiction of the Garden of Eden. Pay special attention to how the man is so passive, even to the point of being hidden behind the woman. He's still tense and resisting, but he obviously doesn't want to be there. This is emphasized by him being in the shadows.
The woman is embracing life and blossoming right before our eyes.
I’m a naturist in both senses of the word. Life doesn’t always need clothes. I admire the human body. I hope you can too.
“The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch
❝We were born dreamers.
We can learn to be makers.
Technology lets us bridge our thoughts and our milieu.❞— NeoWayland, Why a Technopagan?
“The Birth of Venus” by Botticelli
Monday, 26Feb2018 Filed in: Gallery⭐︎ quotes & thinkums
Uh oh, I just revealed Secrets That Must Not Be Revealed. The Powers-That-Wanna-Be may insist I turn in my lucky charm.
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Monday, 05Feb2018 Filed in: Gallery
Moonlight and sunlight
Thursday, 28Dec2017 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
“The Nude Maja”
Monday, 28Aug2017 Filed in: Gallery
Lately when my articles have been good enough, I've experimented with posting links at reddit. The response has been a little mixed.
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Wednesday, 23Aug2017 Filed in: Gallery
“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”Read More...
Gaia returns
Wednesday, 19Jul2017 Filed in: Gallery
Another Gaia picture.
These are some of my favorites. And of course I really like the subject matter. Messy, very sexy, and Female.
Paganism is always about earthiness.
These are some of my favorites. And of course I really like the subject matter. Messy, very sexy, and Female.
Paganism is always about earthiness.
I’m a naturist in both senses of the word. Life doesn’t always need clothes. I admire the human body. I hope you can too.
Summer fairy
Wednesday, 28Jun2017 Filed in: Gallery
“Daphnis and Chloe” by Victor Borisov-Musatov
Wednesday, 21Jun2017 Filed in: Gallery
“Boy With A Dog” by Victor Borisov-Musatov
Monday, 19Jun2017 Filed in: Gallery
“Three Graces in a Cactus Garden” by Lotan Lotan
Monday, 05Jun2017 Filed in: Gallery
“To divide anything into what should be and what is, is the most deceptive way of dealing with life.”— Jiddu Krishnamurti
Life is good
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”— Stephen King
