Accidentally a Hermit

Nihilism, nature, death, and the occult. And some original poetry. Avatar: Carl Gustav Carus, Wanderer on the Mountaintop, 1818. Header: Sandro Botticelli, La voragine infernale (Chart of Hell), ca. 1485.

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-Saint Margaret-

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Art by • Ian Miller

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The day awakens the night, 1905 - oil on canvas

— Gaetano Previati (Italy, 1852–1920)

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John Singer Sargent - Frieze of the Prophets (1892)

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Lunar night

Ivan Aivazovsky, 1899

Oil on canvas, 45 × 73 cm

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Queen Spanking Pawn - Bryan Charnley 1989

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Hannah Hoch

The Father

1920

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Austin Osman Spare, The Sun (Tarot Card), 1906

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985). Moïse meurt en vue de la terre promise, où il ne devait pas entrer (Deutéronome,XXXIV,1 5), or, "Moses died looking to the Promised Land, where he should not enter (Deuteronomy XXXIV, 1 5)," c. 1956.

I've been fixating on the story of Moses since watching The Ten Commandments about a month ago. At the heart of his story lies a terrible, troubling, heartbreaking reality--or multiple heartbreaking, troubling realities, as is often the case with Old Testament stories. He took hundreds, maybe thousands, of lives to fulfill the will of God, and through a moment of human ego was denied access to the Promised Land.

The portrayal of Moses in Ten Commandments reminds me of how the Kwisatz Haderach was exulted by the Fremen in Dune. Both Paul Atreides and Moses fulfill their wonderful, terrible divine destinies at the cost of human life. Troubling implications about destiny, no easy answers, lots to chew on.

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The Defence of the Sampo, by Joseph Alanen, ca 1910

In Finnish mythology, the Sampo (sometimes known as Sammas) was a magical artifact forged by the "Eternal Hammerer" Ilmarinen that brought riches and good fortune to its holder.

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The Raft of the Medusa (1819) by Théodore Gericault. Musée du Louvre.

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Jean Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962), ''The Sketch'', Christmas Number, 1923

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Leonor Fini (1907-1996), 'Gardienne des phoenix', 1952

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Norman Saunders, cover art for "Dime Detective", Aug 1950

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'The Metamorphosis of Daphne'. Trapani, Italy. Coral figure; with gilt-copper mounts; on a later square wood base. 17th century.

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Nicholas Hely Hutchinson aka Nicholas Hutchinson (British, b. 1955, Dorset, England) - Walking down to the Flooded River, Paintings: Oil on Canvas

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Valentin Serov - Crow and canary (1896)