Ziad Shihab

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SF - Not SF

This is science fiction. This is science fiction. This is not science fiction. Andrei Tarkovsky, of course. I’ve been putting the finishing touches to my list of offbeat science-fiction films, and in doing so remembered that I’d posted these shots on Twitter some time ago. The annotated list is one of the longest things I’ve written for this site which I’ll be posting next week. Tarkovsky isn’t on it even though Stalker has long been a favourite film of mine. With a couple of...

Valknut

ValknutSourceURL: http://symboldictionary.net/?p=741 ValknutSourceURL: http://symboldictionary.net/?p=741 Home A Visual Glossary of Religious Symbols Mailbag: Symbol questions and answers Subscribe . Valknut Also known as: Hrungnir’s heart, heart of the slain, Heart of Vala, borromean triangles The emblem at left found on old Norse stone carvings and funerary stelés, is sometimes called "Hrungnir’s heart," after the legendary giant of the ...

Flies Like Us

We may detest flies, but our relationships with them are extraordinarily complex and often intimate. As well as vexing us, biting us, and making us sick, flies help feed us, remove our waste, and control our pests. They also consume us when we die—and many don’t even wait that long. Some indication of the fear, […]

Duos 19 – Adverts for Actual Hats

The poems are taken from a series, Adverts for Actual Hats, in which William Repass and Dan Ivec observed a number of Ivec's illustrations - all featuring a hat of some sort - and dreamed together prose poems which act as deranged commercials for the hats seen in the drawings. If the reader is understandably covetous of such headgear, they may direct queries via Instagram: @venial_usa. In the 19th of the Duos series, new poetry by Dan Ivec and William Repass. The post Duos #19 – Advert...

Alchemical Symbolism in a Coat of Arms

Adam McLean Alchemical Symbolism An alchemical coat of arms Back to alchemical symbolism indexFrancis Thynne (1545-1608), was a herald and antiquarian who was well connected to the major figures of the Elizabethan age. In the 1570's he developed a particular interest in alchemy. He combined this with his knowledge of heraldry to create his 'Insignia Philosophorum', essentially a coat of arms for alchemical philosophers. He depicted this in a notebook which has survived in the Bodleian L...

Images from Greek alchemical manuscripts

Images from Greek alchemical manuscripts Images from Greek alchemical manuscripts Back to apparatus page Distillation equipment. The still of Democritus. The Balneum-Mariae. The gold making equipment of Cleopatra. The three armed still of Mary the Jewess.

This Vision Experiment Resolved a Centuries-Old Philosophical Debate

This Vision Experiment Resolved a Centuries-Old Philosophical DebateSourceURL: http://nautil.us/blog/this-vision-experiment-resolved-a-centuries_old-philosophical-debate?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication This Vision Experiment Resolved a Centuries-Old Philosophical Debate Posted By Jim Davies on Aug 14, 2020 "We conclude," the researchers wrote, "that objects have a remarkably persistent dual character: their objectiv...

Examples of Symbolism in Art

Symbolism is to convey the hidden meaning to the reader or listener. It tells us about artistic expression and represents abstract ideas.  However, it is not limited to poetry and literature. Symbolism is one of the most important elements which gives depth to art; it can be the color of the painting or the depiction of characters that are significant to symbolic to some specific themes. A painter uses symbolism when he wants to put emotions and ideas in the picture which we can’t experience ...

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