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Todd Powelson
Todd Powelson works as a Graphic Designer, Illustrator, and Visual Artist.
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Athena
Updated and Rewritten 11/22/20
Athena is recognized as the goddess of civilization, wisdom, arts & craft, inspiration & creativity, strategy, skill, strength, & justice.
Written by
Todd Powelson
Athena
ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) May 6, 2020
'Nother new Athena
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Todd Powelson
Alive With Moonlight
ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) JULY 25, 2018
Tall trees reach into the sky, branches creating new eye shapes for the moon to peek through with each step. These moon eyes became hypnotic, watching the moon watch me.
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Todd Powelson
Set and the Dismemberment of Osiris
10/9/20
This is a dream image.
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Todd Powelson
Picasso’s Vollard Suite Revisited
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 25, 2012
I just can’t get enough of Picasso's artwork, and it is time to revisit those Vollard Suite prints.
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Todd Powelson
The Hero
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 6, 2016
I finished reading a comic series a few weeks ago, called The Hero, that has quickly become one of my very favorites.
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Todd Powelson
Between the Trees
ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
I think I've finally finished this new artwork, called "Between the Trees". See the evolution of the idea.
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Todd Powelson
Queen of Cups
ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) June 8, 2020
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Todd Powelson
Planting Osiris' Spaceship in the Underworld
ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) July 30, 2020
A #dream image that has stuck with me for years and pressed itself into my imagination.
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Todd Powelson
My Buddy
06/24/2020
Fly free, Buddy. I love you forever!
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Todd Powelson
Coyote
ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) OCTOBER 3, 2018
It started a few months ago last spring with a pair of coyote I'd sometimes run into. I'd spot them up the hills. By the river.
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Todd Powelson
David Hockney’s Trees
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 11, 2013
I like to watch documentaries while I draw sometimes.
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Todd Powelson
The Wolf
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 15, 2015
The Wolf was an end and a beginning.
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Todd Powelson
Wings Across the West
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 10, 2014
There is something special about our feathered pals.
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Todd Powelson
The Green Man
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 9, 2014
Branches and bark on his face and skin, leaves as his hair, with flowers and foliage growing out of his mouth.
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Todd Powelson
The House in Grey
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2015
I’ve got Marc Chagall on my brain again.
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Todd Powelson
Franz Marc: Horses, Deer and Animal Destiny
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 29, 2016
Today I just wanted to look at some of Franz Marc‘s paintings.
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Todd Powelson
“East Meets West” in Ghost Town Cisco
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 7, 2012
I’d travel down to the ghost town Cisco to do some weekend work in the surrounding area and earn a little extra cash.
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Todd Powelson
They Live!
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 22, 2012
There is another Presidential debate tonight…
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Todd Powelson
The Uncanny X-Men
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 25, 2014
When I was a kid the Uncanny X-Men were my thing.
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Todd Powelson
Dovilio Brero the Atlantean
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 6, 2014
It's a strange but interesting world!
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Todd Powelson
Michelangelo and the Creation of Man
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 17, 2013
In Michelangelo‘s “Creation of Man” the figure of God and the Heavenly Host actually form the shape of a human brain.
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Todd Powelson
Paracelsus Research Society
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 27, 2011
Alchemy is an old science, a forerunner of chemistry.
Written by
Todd Powelson
“H” is for Homunculus
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 25, 2011
There are many systems of magick (gratuitous “k” included) that I find very interesting.
Written by
Todd Powelson
Locke & Key
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 19, 2013
One of my favorite comics, Locke & Key.
Written by
Todd Powelson
Prophet
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
Catching up with the comic series Prophet.
Written by
Todd Powelson
Creepy Yearbook
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 31, 2013
Gotta love Charles Burns!
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Todd Powelson
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 19, 2012
One of my favorite paintings is Paul Gauguin‘s “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?”.
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Todd Powelson
Fiddler on the Roof!
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 11, 2012
All about Marc Chagall!
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Todd Powelson
Aaaaah Matisse
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 6, 2012
I stumbled upon this picture the other day and I can’t get it out of my mind.
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Todd Powelson
De Chirico – The Mathematician
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 8, 2012
This last week I came across the drawing above by artist Georgio de Chirico called the Mathematician.
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Todd Powelson
The Exquisite Corpse
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JUNE 24, 2012
The Exquisite Corpse is a game invented by the Surrealists
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Todd Powelson
Wassily Kandinsky
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 21, 2012
If the world is supposed to end sometime today, I at least want to see some of Wassily Kandinsky‘s artwork again before we all blow up…
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Todd Powelson
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 27, 2013
Searching for and studying reproductions of Utagawa Kuniyoshi‘s woodblock prints has become something of an obsession.
Written by
Todd Powelson
Yoshitoshi’s Underwater Fight!
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 29, 2013
I wanted to post Yoshitoshi's “Underwater Fight” because I really like this picture!
Written by
Todd Powelson
Minotauromachy
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 4, 2013
I love this picture so much!
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Todd Powelson
Manifest Destiny
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JUNE 15, 2014
I did read the first collection of a new series called Manifest Destiny.
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Todd Powelson
Mindscapes, Talking with Gods, and Captured Ghosts
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 27, 2014
One thing I like to do while I draw though is have a documentary playing.
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Todd Powelson
I am Groot!
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 3, 2014
Off to see Groot and Company later today. Trees are such good buddies!
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Todd Powelson
The Celestials
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 5, 2014
I was probably first introduced to The Celestials way back in Thor 300.
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Todd Powelson
The Blind Minotaur
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 8, 2013
I’m kind of on a Minotaur kick.
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Todd Powelson
Albrecht Dürer’s Engravings
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 24, 2013
I’ve been looking at Albrecht Dürer’s engravings a lot this week.
Written by
Todd Powelson
The Flash
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
This post is dedicated to Finn and Jake!
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Todd Powelson
Happy Halloween!
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 31, 2014
Love, The B.P.R.D
Written by
Todd Powelson
The Vision
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 3, 2015
Nerdy nerdy, geek out!
Written by
Todd Powelson
Secret Wars
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 9, 2015
Marvel Comics is doing some very cool stuff in all of their books, and all of those books tie into their newest event, Secret Wars.
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Todd Powelson
Jan van Eyck’s Last Judgement
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 6, 2014
I’ve been looking at a lot of old religious artwork lately, and have been enjoying the work of Jan van Eyck especially.
Written by
Todd Powelson
Artwork at the Mustang Temple
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JUNE 22, 2014
Lost Treasures of Tibet
Written by
Todd Powelson
The Wheel of Life
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 24, 2014
Uncle Samsara
Written by
Todd Powelson
The Raft of the Medusa
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 24, 2014
The picture of the day today is “The Raft of the Medusa” by Théodore Géricault.
Written by
Todd Powelson
Woman with a Crow
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 12, 2014
Thinking about Picasso‘s image “Woman with a Crow”
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Todd Powelson
Cubes & Bikes & Ladies
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 9, 2014
It seems like a great day to look at artwork by Fernand Leger.
Written by
Todd Powelson
Baltimore
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 4, 2015
I’ve recently discovered a comic book that has revived my interest again, called Baltimore.
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Todd Powelson
Cityscapes
ORIGINALLY
Today I’m posting some of Georgia O’Keefe‘s cityscapes.
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Todd Powelson
Hunters in the Snow
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 14, 2014
Pieter Bruegel‘s painting “Hunters in the Snow”
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Todd Powelson
Swimming with Niki de Saint-Phalle
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 28, 2014
Today I am looking at the work of Niki de Saint-Phalle.
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Todd Powelson
Promethea
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 11, 2015
Promethea is another comic series that might suit your mood this time of year.
Written by
Todd Powelson
The Invisibles
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 18, 2015
Comictober!
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Todd Powelson
The White Lama
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 25, 2015
I meant to talk about The White Lama…
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Todd Powelson
America
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 7, 2018
Remember?
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Todd Powelson
Sailing to Byzantium
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 15, 2013
(I feel old today…)
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Todd Powelson
in Just
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 14, 2013
The poem “in Just-” has wedged itself into my imagination.
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Todd Powelson
A person’s life purpose…
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 19, 2013
A person’s life purpose
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Todd Powelson
Skinwalker Ranch
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 27, 2013
I was probably in Junior High or something when I first heard about skinwalkers.
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Todd Powelson
You Call A Tree A Tree…
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 7, 2013
I probably first read The Hobbit when I was about nine years old.
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Todd Powelson
The Epic of Gilgamesh
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JUNE 29, 2014
“I will stamp my name upon men’s minds forever!”
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Todd Powelson
Designa
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 18, 2015
I like to spend time wandering through bookstores, just to see what I can find.
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Todd Powelson
Figurative Jackson Pollock
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 15, 2015
I really enjoy the work of Jackson Pollock.
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Todd Powelson
Elegy to the Spanish Republic
ORIGINALLY
It occurs to me that I haven’t posted any Robert Motherwell
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Todd Powelson
Dürer’s Self Portrait
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 15, 2015
I’ve always really liked this self-portrait by Albrecht Dürer. Let's all look at it again
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Todd Powelson
František Kupka
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 22, 2015
I’ve been visiting with the work of Czech painter, František Kupka.
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Todd Powelson
The Four Seasons with Japser Johns
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 10, 2015
This week, I’ve found myself going back and visiting with the work of Jasper Johns. Specifically, “The Four Seasons” series.
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Todd Powelson
View From A Window
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 31, 2015
I like to look at these sort-a township city-scape type paintings.
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Todd Powelson
Guardians of the Secret
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 9, 2015
Jackson Pollock’s painting “Guardians of the Secret”
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Todd Powelson
More Picasso…
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 13, 2015
I’ve had Picasso on my mind this week, and decided I’d post some more of his artwork to satisfy my hungry eyes.
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Todd Powelson
Klimt’s Hygeia
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 24, 2016
Gustav Klimt‘s piece Hygeia, above, is really a detail of a larger painting… but such a beautiful portrait!
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Todd Powelson
Klimt’s Water Serpents
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 31, 2016
I’m still looking at the work of Gustav Klimt this week.
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Todd Powelson
I Saw the Figure Five in Gold
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 24, 2016
I was reminded of Charles Demuth‘s painting “I Saw the Figure Five in Gold” earlier this week
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Todd Powelson
Three Musicians
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 1, 2016
I felt like looking at Picasso‘s painting(s), called “Three Musicians”.
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Todd Powelson
Rams, Goat and Baboon
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 22, 2016
Picasso has drawn, painted and sculpted many great pieces of art featuring animals.
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Todd Powelson
Max Ernst’s World of Moss, Fern and Forest
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 14, 2016
Max Ernst is definitely one of my favorite painters, and I especially love his invention and work with grattage.
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Todd Powelson
Pavel Tchelitchew
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 28, 2016
Today I’m going to post a number of paintings by Russian born painter, Pavel Tchelitchew.
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Todd Powelson
Superimposed, Francis Picabia
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 22, 2016
I’ve been coming across a lot of work by Francis Picabia that I was previously unfamiliar with.
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Todd Powelson
As the crickets’ soft autumn hum
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 4, 2017
So are we to the trees...
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Todd Powelson
I Never Saw a Wild Thing
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 27, 2011
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.
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Todd Powelson
The Hollow Men
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 23, 2011
A penny for the Old Guy
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Todd Powelson
William Blake
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 1, 2012
I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
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Todd Powelson
Osip Mandelstam
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 12, 2012
And I was alive
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Todd Powelson
The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 6, 2013
Some words I have been thinking about a bit this week…
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Todd Powelson
A Message from Horus?
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 15, 2015
It may be obvious if you scroll through my recent posts, but I’ll just restate that I’ve got ancient Egypt on my mind.
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Todd Powelson
Beyond the Dreamtime – Ainslie Roberts
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 28, 2016
I’ve been obsessed with the paintings of Ainslie Roberts. His work is new to me, and I’m very glad I’ve discovered it.
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Todd Powelson
Göbekli Tepe
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 22, 2013
Göbekli Tepe was first discovered in Turkey in the ’60s, but it wasn’t until 1996 that work was really started by archaeologist Klaus Schmidt.
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Todd Powelson
Ancient Venus Figures
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 4, 2015
I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while… or at least start collecting images of these Venus clay figurines.
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Todd Powelson
ISIS Militants Destroying Antiquities in Iraq
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 1, 2015
We learned last week that ISIS militants were destroying ancient historical artifacts on display at the Mosul Museum in Iraq.
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Todd Powelson
Happy Easter!
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 5, 2015
I’m pretty partial to Leonardo Da Vinci‘s “Virgin of the Rocks”.
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Todd Powelson
Samsara
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 19, 2015
It's all just Samsara.
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Todd Powelson
The White Shaman
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 17, 2015
Rock art located in Texas called The White Shaman.
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Todd Powelson
Sky Goddess & Alien Sky
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 24, 2015
I’ve been coming across images of the Egyptian sky goddess Nut a lot lately.
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Todd Powelson
A Dream of Osiris
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 19, 2015
Dreams can be pretty important. Maybe not always, but they certainly can be.
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Todd Powelson
Owls and Athena
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 7, 2016
It was an owl, and it was actually there and gone pretty quick.
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Todd Powelson