#flying south

[caleod]

31-8-24

[julianplum]

❄️🪿🪽🦌🌞 // willow grouse in winter // gouache on hot press paper

[bowsbugsandgabapentinhugs]

[vox-anglosphere]

Geese massing on the Ottawa River before the long flight south.

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Fall

Sally Andresen

The geese flying south

In a row long and V-shaped

Pulling in winter.

"Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle... And Other Modern Verse" - compiled by Stephen Dunning, Edward Lueders, and Hugh Smith

[rainbow-multishipper]

What is Qrow x Willow?

Hiya! Personally I use Flying South or Find It In A Bottle for Qrow and Willow.

Thanks for the suggestion! Remember ask box is OPEN for Ship Summaries, Headcannon Requests and Ship Trials!

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

the first snow in harbin, northeastern china

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500-year-old Snake Figure from Peru (Incan Empire), c. 1450-1532 CE: this fiber craft snake was made from cotton and camelid hair, and it has a total length of 86.4cm (about 34in)

This piece was crafted by shaping a cotton core into the basic form of a snake and then wrapping it in structural cords. Colorful threads were then used to create the surface pattern, producing a zig-zag design that covers most of the snake's body. Some of its facial features were also decorated with embroidery.

A double-braided rope is attached to the distal end of the snake's body, near the tip of its tail, and another rope is attached along the ventral side, where it forms a small loop just behind the snake's lower jaw. Similar features have been found in other serpentine figures from the same region/time period, suggesting that these objects may have been designed for a common purpose.

Very little is known about the original function and significance of these artifacts; they may have been created as decorative elements, costume elements, ceremonial props, toys, gifts, grave goods, or simply as pieces of artwork.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art argues that this figure might have been used as a prop during a particular Andean tradition:

In a ritual combat known as ayllar, snakes made of wool were used as projectiles. This effigy snake may have been worn around the neck—a powerful personal adornment of the paramount Inca and his allies—until it was needed as a weapon. The wearer would then grab the cord, swing the snake, and hurl it in the direction of the opponent. The heavy head would propel the figure forward. The simultaneous release of many would produce a scenario of “flying snakes” thrown at enemies.

The same custom is described in an account from a Spanish chronicler named Cristóbal de Albornoz, who referred to the tradition as "the game of the ayllus and the Amaru" ("El juego de los ayllus y el Amaru").

The image below depicts a very similar artifact from the same region/time period.

Why Indigenous Artifacts Should be Returned to Indigenous Communities.

Sources & More Info:

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Snake Ornament

Serpent Symbology: Representations of Snakes in Art

Journal de la Société des Américanistes: El Juego de los ayllus y el Amaru

Yale University Art Gallery: Votive Fiber Sculpture of an Anaconda

[noodledrawsandstuff]

Certified creature

[thunderstruck9]

Breyten Breytenbach (South African/French, 1939-2024), En faisant mouche [Hitting the Mark], 1965. Oil on canvas, 59 x 81 cm.

[marshbarks]

STYLE WEEK, DAY 1 💚💙 | collab w/@slobbykitty used the prompt aftercare, for vampire kyle bandaging up stan after feeding on him. they're so fun, i absolutely adore these two ♥

[muttsterion]

Ha...just membered today's the 23rd anniversary of "Kenny Dies" airing. So 23yrs ago Kenny "died for good". Damn.

[batfambrainrotbeloved]

hi hope you're not dead <3

Im alive just activley dying <33 (im sick as fuck rn- and not in a compliment way in a "im stryggling to write cohesive sentences way)

[nocternalrandomness]

AgustaWestland AW109 operated by the South African Air Force

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

You should definitely do Dioprosopa clavata! Not too much info out there about them, but they gotta be one of the most aesthetically pleasing insects out there in my opinion :)

[jadafitch]

Portland Breakwater "Bug" Light, Casco Bay, South Portland, Maine. Though Bug Light may be the shortest lighthouse in Maine (26 ft tower, 39 ft above sea level), it may too be the most visible. Greeting nearly every vessel moving in and out of Portland Harbor. Also loved by locals, it watches over the regular picnickers and kite-fliers in adjacent Bug Light Park.