#RELIEF

[egypt-museum]

Human fertility has always been a topic of curiosity and devotion. Many cultures consider fertility to be a necessity for the survival and perpetuation of mankind and since early times, myths were created to explain this fabulous process.

Fertility gods were ubiquitous in numerous ancient human cultures and were used both to understand fertility and to cope with infertility by means of rituals and offerings.

Relief depicts the fertility god Amun-Min, shown in his ithyphallic form, in the Temple of Luxor.

[blue-nebraska]

elder tree print, '22

ID: a black and white relief print of a tree in a field. the trunk is wrapped in ivy and vines, with low hanging branches

[temiree]

Another Twitch emote for my channel, specifically for expressions of relief! I'm not 100% sure if I'm happy with this so I might try remaking it someday. We'll see!

[star-and-space-ace]

Please donate and share if you can!! 🍉

Hello, I'm Shahd from Gaza.

I was born in 2006.

I got married a year before the war.

My husband, my daughter, my mother-in-law, and my uncle and I lived in a house before it was bombed.

We were happy until the war broke out.

The war on Gaza began on October 7, 2023.

Here, hell began for us in Gaza. We lost our home and became homeless. My husband had nothing, and I had nothing.

My husband, his family, and I were displaced to the southern Gaza Strip for 15 months. I didn't go with her. Those were months of longing for my mother and brothers who were in northern Gaza.

My brothers Ahmed and Abdullah remained in the northern Gaza Strip. We were displaced several times because I live in Rafah, a border area close to the army.

During our displacement, we left the house and ran down the road to escape the shells and planes. Then came the thunderbolt. The shock was that death was faster than my brothers could escape... Here, here, we lost our loved ones. I lost my brothers, the apple of my eye, Ahmed. Ahmed left no children. And my mother is in pain because they departed to God without saying goodbye, without a kiss on their foreheads, a farewell kiss. After a while, we returned home. The house was severely damaged by demolition and the falling of stones from their places, which sheltered and protected us. Now, nothing protects us except some worn-out candles that do not protect us from the heat of summer or the cold of winter. Our suffering is great, but with your help, we may reach a better and more dignified life. I appeal to you to help me support myself, my mother, my loved ones, and my family. What you provide makes a difference in our lives as individuals. We live in a world that has forgotten the meaning of humanity and giving. May God bless you all. Please help me help my family. Anything you provide, even if it is small, will mean a lot to me. Please donate to me.

[wandering-cemeteries]

Ancient Roman sarcophagus depicting the myth of Selene and Endymion, 3rd Century CE.

Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome

Feb. 2024

[classycookiexo]

[arthuntblog]

Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948) [Germany] — ‘Für Tilly’, 1923. Oil and rotating handle on panel (25,7 x 16 x 4,9 cm).

[xylographica]

Becoming Animal

This was the main part of my thesis from last year, an exploration of my experience growing up being encouraged to leave behind the connection to nature I had as a kid, and now my journey into reforming that connection.

[romegreeceart]

Contest between Apollo and Hercules for the Delphic tripod

* Temple of Apollo Palatinus, Rome

* 1st century CE

attribution: Sailko, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

[metrocentric]

서울 / Seoul

[egypt-museum]

Relief of Banebdjedet of Mendes in the Temple of Khnum at Esna.

[blue-nebraska]

ID: A relief print of a grey coffee percolator with a green and pink trout overlaid on top. Pink type around the image reads, "there's a fish in the percolator."

[depoesiaypoetas]

No te extraño, porque extrañar implica amor, y la costumbre es otra cosa, quizás más fuerte, pero no quiero conformarme con eso.

No te extraño, es sólo que la nostalgia, ciertas tardes, me respira en la nuca, confundiendo el dolor con algo bueno.

No te extraño, es sólo que, como las adicciones, acostumbrarse a un humano y cortar de tajo el contacto, también genera esa supresión de neurotransmisores.

No te extraño, es sólo que los domingos me invento razones por las que estar triste, y se cuela tu nombre entre los espacios de mis costillas.

No te extraño, es sólo la suma de los lugares donde estuvimos, las madrugadas con frío, el cine desvelados y los abrazos, que son más míos que tuyos igual que siempre.

No te extraño, es sólo la excusa para escribir sobre el desamor, para expresarme por algo, para ahogarme en un vaso de agua, sintiendo alguna tormenta y luego aliviarme con un rayito de sol.

No te extraño a ti, ni lo que fui contigo, extraño sentir alguna emoción que me mantenga viva.

No te extraño, no es amor, no eres tú, soy totalmente yo…

Clara Ajc

[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

[cypressure]

Extraction (2021), linocut on paper, edition of 5+AP

How do we engage with extinct ecologies and fossil life? Study or consumption? Discovery or destruction? In answer, this print juxtaposes an azhdarchid pterosaur, recently proposed to be a top predator, and an oil derrick.

You can buy a print in this edition on my gumroad store!