ScarletRose: as the artist molds the clay the clay molds the artist (personal growth through artistic expression).

ColonelCrockett: yes that is true.. our true selves become disciplined..

http://www.marysprayersrosaries.com/images/zurbaranstfranciskneeling.jpg

http://www.gnsm.org/images/jesus.jpg

nobleheart: the jesus image brings a question to mind. What is the origin of the halo? As far as I know there isn't any scriptural (Christian or otherwise) to support the image and I've heard that it was added to certain images as an emblem of holiness (to distinguish holy characters from other characters in art).

What Was the Origin of the Halo? Surprisingly, the halo is both pagan and un-Christian in origin. Many centuries before Christ, natives decorated their heads with a crown of feathers. "They did so to symbolize their relationship with the sun-god: their own 'halo' of feathers representing the circle of light that distinguished the shining divinity in the sky. Indeed, people came to believe that by adopting such a 'nimbus' men turned into a kind of sun themselves and into a divine being."


Later in history, the Roman emperors who began to think of themselves as divine beings wore a crown in public to imitate the sphere of light from the sun.


The need to preserve art objects also added to the development of the halo. "Statues were kept not in museums but in the open. Therefore they were subject to deterioration through various causes. To protect them from the droppings of birds, the rain and the snow, a circular plate--either of wood or brass--was fixed upon their heads!"

http://www.trivia-library.com/a/what-was-the-origin-of-the-halo.htm

harley: thank you, I thought it might have such an origin but I wasn't sure. Speaking of the sun it too appears several times in classical paintings, perhaps the famous Renaissance painters got some of their inspiration from pagan beliefs?

harley: Thanks girlie girl.. how interesting that is.. and I got to learn something I hadn't learned before and that is the reasoning of the halo or circular sheild on statues..

ScarletRose: I didn't know either Scarlet until I looked it up. You learn something new every day!

harley: lol I know.. I also recently learned why the sky is blue.. to think all these years I wondered.. hmmm

the frequency of the light rays.. is what makes the sky blue..

The Witches Dance in Aloway Kirk

All Saints Day

Halloween Searsport 47

Deiflcu

Two Jacks

ScarletRose: I believe the term is "Rayleigh Scattering". I took a college course in Geography so I should know the proper spelling, sadly when I passed the course I dumped most of the information into my mental recycle bin (you know what they say, "garbage in/garbage out", an inexact use of the term but I think it applies, LOL)

The blue color of the sky is caused by the scattering of sunlight off the molecules of the atmosphere. This scattering, called Rayleigh scattering, is more effective at short wavelengths (the blue end of the visible spectrum). Therefore the light scattered down to the earth at a large angle with respect to the direction of the sun's light is predominantly in the blue end of the spectrum.

Yes.. more correctly worded and in more detail.. although.. this is still talking about the frequency of the light rays.. :) I just didn't have the time to go into depth..

Blue Sky

ScarletRose: the real question is did we spell it right. (spelling is a difficult art to master, LOL)

ColonelCrockett: hahaha.. yes.. we did..

Now.. off to shower.. meeting in one hour!

harley: ty harley.I study native north american shamanism,but also lately have gotten in reasearch on pre-christian spirituality & its influence of early christians.
also the templar knights & related mysteries.

ScarletRose: yes,but do you know why the earth is curved?
its because god didnt think it was wise for us to see to far down the road ahead.

what really was st.vitus' dance in history?

nobleheart: I think you are confusing Christianity and Catholicism. (but that's a debate for a religion board)

nobleheart: Check this out
http://www.evemero.com/oilpainting/stvitusdance.html

Foxy Lady: that is lite and refreshing.. kind of makes me thirstie for Fresca! LOL

Fresca huh? LOL

heavenlyemma: Yes.. it is a citrus drink.. the colors look similar to the colors on the can.. haha

my fav pop:
http://www.beveragesdirect.com/images/productpix/large/2400463.jpg

ScarletRose: Have you tried the new flavors?

Is the beauty of a natural system in the nature or in the system?

ColonelCrockett: both

ColonelCrockett: Depends.. are you visual.. or do you enjoy your brain being stimulated firstly..

just depends on what floats your boat! whoo hoo

nobleheart: I think alot of people would say both. It is a case of "say what you think others will want to hear"
ScarletRose: tsk, tsk, scarlet. the system is just as visual as the nature and both nature and system can stimulate the mind.

ColonelCrockett: I know what stimulates me.. hehe..

ScarletRose: you blinded me with . . . artistic license, LOL ;)

ColonelCrockett: So Deep!! LOL

http://www.artsinharmony.com/webpictures/chensplendidlight.jpg

http://www.artworldofsherway.com/Featured%20Artists/Colville/Collection/sevencrowsColville.jpg

http://www.progressiveart.com/pino/pino-2004-thinking-of-you.jpg

http://www.naturesscene.com/artists/pino/pino-morning-breeze.jpg

nobleheart: oh Steve those are so pretty.. I have a picture (just a print) that I hang in my bedroom with Three young ladies sitting on a garden stairway.. the girls reminded me of my two daughters and my neice..

ScarletRose: I'm glad you liked them
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always looking for something cool & art-related,I found this.
Beautiful Japanese wrapping cloth called furoshiki(an oversized square cloth, dyed in a variety of colors and patterns) are used in a creative artisitc way to wrap gifts,store things or carry things.The origin of the furoshiki goes back to the 14th century.

I did not know this art form existed:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=furoshiki&sa=N&tab=wi
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=furoshiki

http://www.jun-gifts.com/specialcollections/furoshikicloth/furoshikicloth.htm

http://www.sacada.com.au/Gallery/big/Sacada_SantaCrash.jpg
http://www.ivan.co.nz/WilsonLapp/Linda/santa-wait.jpg

virtual art:
http://www.lastplace.com/
http://icom.museum/vlmp/galleries.html
http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/
http://www.virtualdali.com/
http://www.megart.com/
http://www.tonycurtis.com/

want to express your creativity...ok try these:
http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/
http://www.goriya.com/java/spirograph/spirograph.shtml
http://www.elfmovie.com/swf/etchasketch/
scienceu
http://www.zefrank.com/byokal/kal2.html
http://www.scienceu.com/geometry/facts/solids/handson.html
http://www.wackerart.de/fractal.html
http://hem.passagen.se/mnomn/fractal.html
artsafari

nobleheart: Due to your love of Art. I only felt it right to include you as a moderator of this board. You have brought so much to this topic and shared many links.. thank you!

ScarletRose: Congrats Nobleheart on your moderatorship! Keep up the good work young man!

ScarletRose: Good decision! ;)

ColonelCrockett: Hey Colonel.. long time no see.. where ya been hiding?

ScarletRose: just sticking to the shadows reducing my number of games . . . you know . . . real important stuff, lol. ;)

ColonelCrockett: whoo hoo.. sounds like me.. :)

ScarletRose: I've been missing the discussions on all the boards due to time constraints, sadly.

ColonelCrockett: Work sometimes catches up with all of us I am sure..

..I promise to be nice,polite & promote nice art.
today,I would like to introduce the work of some artists:

howard behrens
love this artist's warm pastels
http://www.villagegallery.com/big025/seaside_large.jpg
http://www.piersidegallery.com/artists/behrens/hb2004b-sienaarbor.jpg
http://usimages.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/lg/4/4/Howard-Behrens-Vista-Riviera-44539.jpg
http://www.paragonfineart.com/images/perez/tango.jpg
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ROB GONSALVES
seeing beyond the invisible
http://www.jeanstephengalleries.com/gonsalves-carvedinstone.jpg
http://www.discoverygalleries.com/images/gonsalves14.jpg
http://www.discoverygalleries.com/images/gonsalves16.jpg
http://www.jandiart.com/Rob_Gonsalves/images/Rob-Gonsalves_WhiteBlanket.jpg
http://www.carolschwartzgallery.com/gonsalves05.jpg
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cornelius krieghoff
http://virtualart.admin.tomsk.ru/k/kriegho1.jpg
http://www.levisauctions.com/current/photos/LARGE/065.jpg

ScarletRose:
true but remember in life,there is always light at the end of the tunnel...it's usually another train.

cosmicdom: ty cosmic {blush} didnt think anyone noticed