James recently pointed out that 'William Wallace' (seen above) was also the name of one of Abe Lincolns sons. I figured the banner tied in with recent themes explored on this blog and thought that was the end of it.
After finishing the front of the Snowman my daughter suggested we turn the back of him into a Snowgirl. We added some breasts and the lump of snow gradually evolved into a Hermaphrodite: half-female half-male. Once we completed the body I couldn't resist a quick squeeze.
Before calling it a night I took this profile shot of my two-faced Snow-Hermaphrodite: I'm not sure what it means, but I suppose it all points to the (s)NOW.
JaWeS:
"The multiple faces on the Lord Marshal's mask-helm represent his all-seeing astral eyes. The spine motif on the back of all Necromonger armor relates to the notion of "Purification" through the spine."
the armor is called Mockodile
from wiki
Janus (or Ianus; "archway") was the god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings and endings ... you might see I deal with the subject here
Actor Sam Worthington played the character 'Jake Sully' in Avatar. The name Sully entrains with the Blue MONstar (Avatar) called 'Sully' from the movie
Here's another thing. Mel Gibson was bound to a wheelchair in the movie Conspiracy Theory, just like Jake Sully in the movie Avatar.
Jared Leto's latest movie role landed him in a wheelchair.
Jared, who plays John Lennon's killer Mark Chapman in 'Chapter 27', revealed gaining 60lbs to play Chapman left him unable to walk.
He said: "My body was in shock from the amount of weight I gained. I don't know if it was gout - but I had a definite problem with my feet. I couldn't walk for long distances. I had a wheelchair because it was so painful."
The wheelchair points to the Chariot which helps guide us towards/through the Doorway of Duality, overseen by the Two-faced Janus. To me it's about moving beyond previous limitations. Getting back on your feet. Moving forward again after a period of immobility.
I wonder if JANUs has anything to do with the Doorway of JANUary, which has just come to a close.
Ratte:
I posted in the next post too
here's the heads
you crack me up Arrowsmith!
ReplyDeleteAlso your snowman is so much better than the sad, grassy one me and my daughter made. He eventually fell into the gutter. (started raining)
ReplyDelete-It's funny cuz one of the reasons I didn't love Avatar was because the main guy reminded me of Mel Gibson.
Obviously Mel is talking, I wonder what he is saying?
I was relating to Jon earlier tonight after I put that picture what my impression on Janus are. I work for an artist. My current assignment is look through the treasure trove of gargabe and stuff that Karl collected over 80 years and make furniture. I'm making stands for his collage books. He told me to think of Brancusi which is like the tower of Babel.
ReplyDeleteI found while searching a sculpture of Jesus with thorns, but the base is broke. I found a similar size sculpture of Jesus Mercedes, a Mexican dude I think. I wanted to cut them in half and make Janus. Then I accidentally dropped the Jewish Jewish Jesus and it broke almost perfectly the way I wanted to cut it. SO i cut the Mexican Jesus, stuck nails in him since he was solid and the Jewish Jesus was hollow. Then I filled the Jewish Jesus with plaster and stuck them to-get-her.
A little later on I was reading about the Sun and dual imagery. I recall hearing about Janus, but I will have to go back to remember more.
Really wild to see that sync together
juggling the red and blue pill
ReplyDeletethe source and the reflection
shadow and substance
geocentri and heliocentric
360 calender and 365 calender
orange sun and the blue sun
kinda playing with these ideas
it's all bullshit
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ahm on fire today
nah, seriously, i dig. its the duality between duality and... um... non-duality, right?
[wrong]
Rich: what a moment! and the shot of your lil daughter is ridiculously cute. i agree; it all points to the here and now. the nowhere now here...
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silly dualism ... signs of mirrors ... stuck in the maze of the mind somewhere in the 12 undulations
ReplyDeleteAnd if Tommy would have just gone walking with is wife in the sNOW he wouldn't have had to fly his bubble to Orion!
ReplyDeleteOMG you guys have no idea.... This is straight up unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteJanus is Jupiter is NOW.
ReplyDeleteJake will like that this post was done at 7:24.
ReplyDelete24/7 sync is the way.
Beautiful RA!
ReplyDeleteJames, interesting addition.
Mercy and Severity.
Great catch with the "Monsters Inc."
Syncs well with the Grammys,
Lady GaGa's performance being the most obvious expression of the theme which carried throughout the show.
Love the additional story of the pipe Jim.
Janus
IAN-US
ION-US
YONI
Oannes
YANIS
IA-SUN (IAO)
JA-SUN
JOHN
Keep your EYE-ON that one!
I'm sure will see it stir up some more interesting syncs soon.
~SE~
The alchemical REBUS would fit in with this as well.
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I dunno what message Mel is delivering Ishmael, but he definitely likes focusing on themes of sacrifice in the movies he directs:
ReplyDeleteHuman sacrifices in Apocalypto
Sacrificing himself in Braveheart
Sacrificing JC in Passion of the Christ
I think it points to the sacrifice of the ego. We can accept the dissolution of identity, or fight it. I tend to keep fluctuating between the two.
Also, I like your reference to the Tommy post. In it you mentioned Tom Riddle which brought to mind this image. Stick that in yer Janus pipe and smoke it! :)
Toure, the syncpocalypse has begun...without a doubt.
Jim, love it!
StrangEye, thanks man. Glad to see you're still hanging at the Whole.
you boys BLOW my mind. I'm so proud to be associated with you.
ReplyDeleteRA here is an old post that might tease out a little more meaning regarding Sully and his door.
The Monkey and the Monastery!
ReplyDeleteMonkeys...
~SE~
You wrote: "To me it's about moving beyond previous limitations. Getting back on your feet. Moving forward again after a period of immobility."
ReplyDeleteBRILLIANT, DUDE! Thanks, that's inspirational to me. I see the FLOW NOW.
So has anyone though about this sync?--A big topic of discussion at the inner whole has been racism/anit-semitism. This post has Mel Gibson at its heart. Mel Gibson cannot be talked about now w/ out a discussion of his racist rantings and what that means. Then, Mel recently came out in support of Tigers sins. so interesting.
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