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from the wonderful works of the Czech graphic artist Marina Richterova
more EX LIBRIS
Friday, March 11, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Alastair... The Temptation of St Anthony...
another scan from one of my favourite illustrators Alastair (Hans Henning Voigt)
Anger - One of the seven deadly sins in all his magnificence, holding two spiked balls aloft, his body dripping with blood,
from Alastair Illustrator of Decadence Victor Arwas - Thames and Hudson
previous ALASTAIR
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Thor Harris... drawing..
from an Ocean of Despair an illustrated comic by Thor Harris(Swans) published by Monofonus Press 2009
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (1634-1718)... Dream Alphabet ...1683
from my dream book! Alfabeto in Sogno (Dream Alphabet) by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli published in 1683
more here from what used to be a dreamy blog that inspired my interest in blogging, thankfully archives are still online.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
My works... drawing ...
for Blaise Cendrars...
"Braced Moving Lust" ~ Dolorosa 2011 pencil & gold ink
...and my eyes shone upon the ancient routes...
Friday, February 25, 2011
Cesare Nebbia... sketch...
click on image to enlarge
Moses and the brazen serpent c 1588 Pen and ink
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Works of Art.... Songye "Kifwebe" Mask
African masks will not make you invisible.
They neither hide, nor diguise, nor mask.
The gods that founded our earthly life in Africa send masks
to transmit energy to their children...
from Mirrors by Eduardo Galeano
The Songye tribe is located in the southeastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The most well known and highly sought after mask of the Songye tribe is known as the "Kifwebe" mask. These masks are typically associated with abstract shapes as well as beautiful textured lines and linear scarification. The lines are usually painted with alternating black and white stripes, which give an almost hallucinating effect. Kifwebe masks can be male or female, with crested comb structures identifying male masks, the higher the crest, the more powerful the mask as well as the greater the spiritual power of the dancer.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Rosaleen Norton... poem excerpt
Light's Black Majesty : Midnight Sun: Lord of the wild and
living stars:
Soul of Magic and master of Death;
Panther of Night... enfold me.
Take me, dark Shining One; mingle my being with you,
Prowl in my spirit with deep purrring joy
Live in me, giver of terror and ecstasy
Touch me with tongues of black fire.
Fed with the fire at the Black Opal's centre,
I drink living silver in moon-quickened streets,
And star-voices ringing:
All Strangeness is with me
Towering, invisible, changing the Earth
Hatred and heavens are blending within me: They beat in the
pulse of the stars,
For a god in my heart cries with primitive splendour
....
And I hear, through the seething of luminous silence-
Secretive, vibrant, the sound of the Solitude-
Calling of others like me.
Quietly they come, flitting softly a secrets; light-footed,
velvety, swift...
With eyes gleaming green, lambent flame of the Opal.
Kindred... we signal our quick recognition.
I am I ... but I know we are we
Panther of silence; god of Night; Lord of the wild inhuman
stars:
You are my own; teeming soul of solitude.
Here is no lonelines, secret Master-
You, Dark Spirit are with me.
RN
accompanying piece for "Black Magick" below
previous Rosaleen Norton post
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