Beautiful

A place to restore a bit of what gets depleted in the battle with everything. Assume that this content isn’t mine unless listed as such.

This gold, sapphirine impression seal to legalize documents is from from the Bosporus around 575 B.C. . It shows a heron in flight, which symbolized a good omen. Master sculptor Dexamenos of Chios created the seal and that’s his name under the heron.

 

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I’m not showing the RIGHT way to do this, just the way that appealed to me. There’s a lovely subtlety and dignity of age in the originals, I’m just having fun with my updates..

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The beauty, loneliness, and comfort of Winter

The usual disclaimer: These photos are not mine, I am recombining and compositing images for the pleasure of seeing the new combinations.

 

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