A Christmas Image by Thomas Nast

The Calanais Standing Stones are an extraordinary cross-shaped setting of stones erected 5,000 years ago. They predate England’s famous Stonehenge monument, and were an important place for ritual activity for at least 2,000 years 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Ballachulish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Wotan's Informants by David Kreitzer

Stormy Meadow, 2022

My first speed painting of 2022 - this in between major projects. I should hopefully finish the next painting this week.

Frithiofs återkomst (ur Frithiofs saga)
by August Malmström

"Das ewig-weibliche zieht uns hinan"
(The Eternal Feminine draws us ever onward)

"All formal dogmatic religions are fallacious and must never be accepted by self-respecting persons as final." ~ Hypatia

KNIGHTING CEREMONY

The knighting ceremony usually involved a ritual bath on the eve of the ceremony (the would-be knight usually dressed in white). Then an all-night prayer vigil would begin.
Kings or lords would raise a soldier to a knight by lightly striking (dubbing) the knight’s shoulder with the flat of his sword. The knight was given a sword, a pay raise and, frequently, a plot of land. Most knights were required to be at least 21 years old.

Around 70% of clothing worn today is made of plastic. This has countless other health problems for us. The issue of low sperm count barely scratches the surface.

Every time you wash synthetic materials, tiny bits of micro-plastics are released into the water system, which flow to the oceans, are eaten by fish, which are then eaten by us.

Avoid polyester, nylon, acrylic and polyamide. Instead, wear cotton, silk, wool, etc.

It’s more expensive, but is infinitely better for you.

For most people it’s not possible to just replace most of your clothes at once. It costs a lot of money. For the last year I’ve been doing the following:
• Get rid of all synthetic underwear.
• Do not buy any more plastic clothes.
• When buying new clothes, ensure they’re 100% natural materials.
• Slowly phase out and replace plastic clothes.