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I do appreciate the gentle reminder though that not everyone has their heads in the same place this is a very thought provoking article, thank you!

Looking at a piece of art will not tell me….how many coffee breaks the artist took or about her diet…or what model of car he drives….or which limbs were used to arrange the materials…or whether she wears glasses…or what his lineage is…..
…or what languages she is fluent in….or whether he has offspring…or how much time he spent contemplating the idea…or what the proto types exactly looked like…
.or who she met while on vacation.

All this attention to detail that every artist does…reminds me…I am being thought of by another, my time on display is not finished, I am someone’s treasure, I am wanted, and I belong to a lover.

The love affair continues.

There is an old Druidic story, told, I was informed, by the last Druidic King, Coel the Wise (You’ve heard of “Old King ‘Cole’) to his daughter, Elan, who was called by her Roman husband, ‘Helena’,and who was the grandfather of Constantine the Great. This was the Roman Emperor who allowed Christianity to be openly practiced in the Empire. The story goes like this:

When Adam, our First Father, died, the archangel Michael appeared to Seth, Adam’s third son, and gave him an acorn. Seth was told to plant it in his father’s (Adam’s) mouth when he buried him, and so he did. From that acord, a mighty oak grew, and it sheltered wayfarers and travelers for many a century. Then it died, and a well of healing waters formed around the root, and again, for centuries, the sick, lame, and halt would come and be healed. Then, eventually, even the well dried up. The trunk of the old oak, heavy with age and very solid, was drawn up and used as the wood of the cross that Christ was crucified upon, thus providing a straight line between the first, sinful, Man and the new, blameless, Man. Humanity had been given a second start, a second chance. Even Time reversed itself.

As artists and art-lovers, you will oftimes see a painting of the Crucifixion with a skull nestled at the foot of the Cross. Although Golgotha, the hill where Christ was crucified, was called, “The place of the Skull”, and some of the rock formations resemble a skull, the “skull” actually referred to was Adam’s skull, and its artistic placement at the foot of the Cross draws a straight line from the old, disobedient Adam, to the new, obedient Adam, Christ Himself. You may not concur with this line of thinking; but you must understand, if you are to understand art at all, that the preponderance of the inhabitants of Western civilization, especially artists, either believed it themselves or made good use of it for centuries and even a millenium.

Just thought you artists would enjoy a little background on a familiar subject. Hope it helps.

Best to all.