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8 January 2022 - BUNJIL'S SHELTER - AUSTRALIA

BUNJIL'S SHELTER

- AUSTRALIA -

G'day folks,

The exact age of the painting in this cave is unknown, but it’s estimated that the artwork is well over a thousand years old.

According to creation stories from Aboriginal Australians, Bunjil is a principle legendary hero, the creator who provides for all and remains a protector of the natural world, his people, and their beliefs.

It’s believed Bunjil created the land, water, plants, and animals. It’s also a belief that Bunjil established the laws and religion of the region.

When Bunjul finished his creation works, it’s said he transformed into an eagle and flew into the sky where he lives today.

The rock painting inside the cave depicts Bunjil and two helpers. Bunjil appears in many Aboriginal Australian creation stories. The Bunjil Shelter sits within the Gariwerd, a cultural landscape that supports people both physically and spiritually.

Clancy's comment: I must get to see this. It's only two hours from my home.

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19 November 2021 - ANCIENT ROCK CARVINGS FROM NORTH AMERICAN CULTURE

ANCIENT ROCK CARVINGS FROM

NORTH AMERICAN CULTURE

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A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture exists in Ohio.

Some of the best-preserved rock art in Ohio is scrawled across an otherwise ordinary hunk of rock. The figures, an eclectic blend of straightforward designs and abstract creatures, preserve traces of a vanished Native American culture.

Nearly 40 images, collectively known as the Leo Petroglyph, are etched into the large slab of sandstone. Scanning the chunk of rock reveals familiar subjects like birds, fish, footprints, and stick figure humans. Other more abstract designs, including one that looks like a cartoon man with horns, are scattered within the mix as well.

It’s thought that people from the Fort Ancient culture made the petroglyph, though it’s unclear why or exactly when. The best guess is that people began carving the mysterious designs into the flat sandstone canvas about 1,000 years ago.

The petroglyph was originally found along the edge of a sandstone hillside that loomed above a gorge. The rock was carefully extracted and relocated to its current spot, where it lies protected from the elements beneath a shelter. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

There’s a short nature trail beginning at the shelter, which descends into a small gorge with bedrock overhangs, almost certainly shelter for early humans. It’s well worth it to check out the path.

Clancy's comment: These always fascinate me.

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1 May 2021 - ARTISTIC WATERMELON CARVINGS

ARTISTIC WATERMELON

CARVINGS

G'day folks,

We've seen food carvings before, but the competitors in this watermelon carving competition have undeniably elevated the genre to a higher art form! And if you think it looks easy, just remember that any tiny mistake requires you to start all over again with a new watermelon.

Clancy's comment: Amazing skills, eh?

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1 March 2021 - TOMOKO SATO'S MAGNIFICENT CARVINGS

TOMOKO SATO'S

MAGNIFICENT CARVINGS

G'day folks,

For an artistic mind, even a seemingly boring ordinary object can become an art medium.

The Japanese artist, Tomoko Sato, for example, works with things most of us reserve for the fridge - radishes, watermelons, apples, and other fruit and veg. The artist is inspired and incorporates techniques from Thai fruit carving art, an indispensable traditional element of Thai New Year (Songkran) celebrations.

Needless to say, the carving of such intricate designs on food requires a great deal of skill and precision. Here are gorgeous examples of these edible masterpieces. After seeing these beautiful food carvings, you’ll never look at an apple or watermelon the same way again!