[High Museum of Art :: Atlanta Ga]
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Just as most beliefs, the Yoruba culture includes a world of myths, allegories, poetry and the love and wisdom of the Ifa divination system which helps to remind the Yoruba people of their past and customs that have survived through history and have helped shape their literature and religion as we know it today.
Yoruba mythology involves the presence of the Supreme Being and other more minor “gods” or “spirits” known as Orishas which are both male and female. The exact number of Orishas is not known, but it is said to be about 401. Either way, the Orishas are spirits sent out by the Supreme Being to help humanity succeed on earth and teach them all they need to know spiritually.
Most orishas are said to come from the spirit realm to become incarnated as humans on earth. They lived as normal humans but had great wisdom and power during their existence. On the other hand, some practitioners believe that the Orishas were ordinary humans who were divinized after they died because of the way they led their lives and others physically and spiritually.
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Fingal's Cave, Island of Staffa, Scotland, Thomas Moran, 1884-5
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jedediah doodle page
yay ! actually good art this time ! who cheered..
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i haven’t actually drawn jedediah since november / december ! i wanted to revisit my past design for him that i posted a few days ago here . he’s a joy to draw , especially after so long . i just hate drawing cowboy hats .
as for the clone high jedediah.. i’ve been wanting to draw natm in the clone high style for awhile . i just haven’t mastered the style yet ( if my previous post is any consolation ) . i used professor hirsute as a reference cause i think they kinda look alike LOL
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Claude Monet, Automne sur la Seine Argenteuil
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Transforming Fashion by Iris Van Herpen @ the high museum in 2016
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I AM CRAVING CUPID DEITY HORROR AND NO ONE IS SUPPLYING IT‼️‼️‼️
As silly as Cupid is, she’s truly an anomaly to Ever After. In a world where the person who holds the most power is a monarch or a magic caster, what are they to a god? No one’s heard of a cherub or even a demigoddess before, let alone an actual monster, which Cupid is. Faybelle had no clue what she was in Fairy’s Got Talent. She’s the only one of her kind in Ever After and I wonder if some people are frightened at the prospect of not knowing what she is? How much does Milton even know of the divine? Giles knew of Monster High but truly how much power does Milton think he has over Cupid when she’s not even a fairytale outside of the Headmaster-Student Dynamic?
Give me Cupid horror or give me death!!!
(THERE WAS THIS ONE FANART ACTUALLY OF THKS EXACT CONCPET AND I CANNIT FIND IT!!!!)
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