Sunday, November 3, 2013
"Thinking Cap"
7:43am
Sharpie pen on 9x12" bristol board...
The 'thinking cap' has doors on it, showing there's more than one doorway. Julia thought the doors look almost like eyes with eyebrows above them, a way of seeing, as well as entering. Perhaps the 'hat' is like eyeglasses to aid the mind. She thought the pentagram equals "higher mastery".
Julia also thought the hat reminded her of the Royal Albert Hall, with its arched windows, (and where 'the stars' perform). Julia and I had recently watched a concert on PBS that was performed there by the captivating Emile Sande.
After I'd drawn him, I too thought of musical connections, for the 'thinking man' in the drawing reminds me of Boy George and the wild hats and long hair he used to have. I got to wondering what he's up to, and it turns out he's got a new album out. In one song, he asks:
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What's the word on the street? Have I lost my crown? Will I be king of everything? |
I hope the 'Boy' finds a good gateway to overcome the problems that vexed him in the past.
Monday, November 4, 2013
"The Cool Head"
4:57am
Photo from _Tutankhamun_, text T. G. James, photos A. DeLuca
I futher notice Tutankhamun's statue of Ptah is wearing a feathered garment. Perhaps the feathers are alluding to the falcon-headed Horus, and Ptah's reconciling aspect: "Horus and Seth 'were reconciled and united...their quarreling ceased...being joined in the House of Ptah...'" (from the Shabako Stone, quoted by Simson Najovits in "Egypt, Trunk of the Tree", (Algora Publishing, 2003), page 191)
With Ptah's reconciling nature, the Force of Set is united with the Vision of Horus. To do this, it is necessary to channel that Force upwards, which requires 'the cool head'.
I got another clue in a four line verse in the Universalist-Unitarian hymnal:
"Since what we choose is what we are", it begins with this: I choose the cool head.
Since what we choose is what we are,
And what we love we yet shall be,
The goal may ever shine afar,
The will to win it makes us free.
To the 'Doxology' tune, by William de Witt Hyde (1858-1917)
From Singing the Living Tradition, (Beacon Press, UUA 1993), #374
