yes, I recall I saw that movie in some talk. It caused quite some discussion (though it was actually completely off topic). It kind of reminds me when I was in elementary school I read in a book that our sun will turn into a red giant and eventually swallow the earth (came with quite impressive illustrations about the end of the world). I was really disturbed about that. Nowadays I only worry about silly things (like, my laptop's battery is low... need to find an outlet). Best,
When I first saw this, I thought it was an old woman, perhaps the comment "presence of the ancestors" tricked my mind. Actually, winged women with snakes for hair are gorgons.
Actually, winged women with snakes for hair are gorgons.
good point - I didn't recognize the snakes.. On the other hand, the bat wings and google put me on the track that she may be a Minyad, maybe Leucippe...
I guess that's a question that cannot be answered from the internet ;-)..
Best, stefan
4:40 PM, June 12, 2007
Oh well, I promised you photos from Europe, didn't I? Here's how you look like if you hang above a door frame for too long ;-)
Seen somewhere in Rome around here, close by the Piazza del Quirinale. Still think you like buildings where you can feel the presence of the ancestors?
posted by Sabine Hossenfelder at 6:28 AM on Jun 9, 2007
"Femme fatale, post mortale"
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Oh, Bee! I told you not to share that photo of me! ;-)
8:54 AM, June 09, 2007
It's too angel-like to be you Rae, unless you have wings. Reminds me more a math lecturer I had (after seeing my homework) ...
9:13 AM, June 09, 2007
... and we almost left that corner without pics :-).
This happy lady is hanging over the 1st-from-the-left doorway of the Palazzo della Consulta Roma. Perhaps her appearance is due to being attached to the heavy responsibilities of the Constitutional Court of the Italian Republic....
10:06 AM, June 09, 2007
The dear lady might be more happy if she had a third breast to serve wine, or better yet, offered her apples for sale. :-)
10:28 AM, June 09, 2007
Yuck...! Bizarre!
1:43 PM, June 09, 2007
Dear Amara :-)
yes, and thanks so much for pointing it out, I would have missed it without you! Best,
B.
3:18 AM, June 10, 2007
Off-topic alert.
Global warming is not the only thing we need to worry about.
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/%7Etcox/localgroup/
11:11 AM, June 10, 2007
Hi Arun,
yes, I recall I saw that movie in some talk. It caused quite some discussion (though it was actually completely off topic). It kind of reminds me when I was in elementary school I read in a book that our sun will turn into a red giant and eventually swallow the earth (came with quite impressive illustrations about the end of the world). I was really disturbed about that. Nowadays I only worry about silly things (like, my laptop's battery is low... need to find an outlet). Best,
B.
6:11 AM, June 11, 2007
When I first saw this, I thought it was an old woman, perhaps the comment "presence of the ancestors" tricked my mind. Actually, winged women with snakes for hair are gorgons.
10:52 PM, June 11, 2007
Hi Carl,
well, parts of her anatomy let me conclude that she might have been hanging there for a while.
-B.
8:40 AM, June 12, 2007
Hi Carl,
Actually, winged women with snakes for hair are gorgons.
good point - I didn't recognize the snakes.. On the other hand, the bat wings and google put me on the track that she may be a Minyad, maybe Leucippe...
I guess that's a question that cannot be answered from the internet ;-)..
Best, stefan
4:40 PM, June 12, 2007