"Bird Gods" is a strange book from 1898. It argues that birds are the root of most mythologies. Not death, childbirth, sex, war, astronomy, or any of that fluff.

The illustration style is ... neo-Celtic meets Art Nouveau, maybe? These are my favorites, but you can find more here:
https://archive.org/details/birdgods00kaygoog/

#celticart #internetarchive #celticknots #illustration #inktober #artnouveau #birds #OldBooks #BirdsOfMastodon #irish #tattoo

Please tell me there's a better way to make the corners of these kind of braided frames.

#braid #frame #lineart #askfedi #celticKnots

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Happy St. Patrick's Day friends!!

https://themettagarden.com/2023/03/17/the-beautiful-wisdom-of-celtic-knots/

~j
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#StPatricksDay #SaintPatricksDay #Ireland #Celtic #CelticKnot #CelticKnots #CelticKnotwork #TrinityKnot #TibetanEndlessKnot #Life #Love #Path #Practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

In no particular order:

#reading
#writing
#coding
#archaeology
#anthropology
#geology
#astronomy
#camping
#python
#butterflyhabitat
#nativeplants
#prairierestoration
#linocut
#drawing
#geometric
#celticknots