grim

Posted on Sat 25 July 2020 in art • Tagged with polaroid, originalart, fujifilm

Pretty Grim! It's an Instax (polaroid type) mess up! Love it!

Grim


History: Ziggurat

Posted on Sun 19 July 2020 in history • Tagged with definition, dictionary

A stepped tower, or recessed pyramid used in construction of Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian Temples. Such towers were frequently constructed from mud brick, a common building material of ancient Mesopotamia.


Consistency

Posted on Sat 18 July 2020 in art • Tagged with inspiration, originalart, survival, poetry

Damned if I'm anything other than consistent.

Consistency


History: Code of Hammurabi

Posted on Sun 12 July 2020 in history • Tagged with history, writ

1750 BCE

A collection of 282 ancient laws used in governing the people of old Babylon. The Code of Hammurabi is one of the best known sources of ancient law text. The Code provides severe penalties for criminal behavior, but these penalties varied according to specific social class. Hammurabi's Code …


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History: Enlil

Posted on Sun 05 July 2020 in history • Tagged with definition, dictionary

One of four important early Mesopotamia-era deities including An, Enlil, Enki and Ninhursaga. Enlil was the god of wind. Enlil was considered to be the very powerful. Followers believed that Enlil symbolized the just use of force. Like the wind, Enlil encompasses the dual characteristics of fertility and destructive force …


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Rendezvous - Alan Seeger

Posted on Sat 04 July 2020 in art • Tagged with warfare, history, poetry

I Have a Rendezvous with Death

Alan Seeger

Jun 22, 1888 - July 04, 1916

I have a rendezvous with Death

At some disputed barricade,

When Spring comes back with rustling shade

And apple-blossoms fill the air—

I have a rendezvous with Death

When Spring brings back blue days and fair …


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