Showing posts with label Forests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forests. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Continuing With The Green Legacy


PM Abiy With an elder in the Amhara region of Bahir Dar,
continuing with his Green Legacy
Source: [PM Abiy's Facebook Page]


More news here: Ethiopia Plants 5bln Tree Seedlings within Two Months

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Of Zombie Witches and Desolate Forests

J. S. Smith at The Orthosphere writes:
As a sixteenth-century witch hunter put it, when hags convene to invoke evil spirits, the place
“to be chosen [is] melancholy, doleful, dark and lonely; either in woods or deserts, or in a place where three ways meet, or among ruins of castles, abbeys, monasteries, or upon the seashore when the moon shines clear” (Reginald Scott, The Discovery of Witchcraft [1584]).
I wrote about this here: The Covert (is there any other way?) Satanic Imagery in the New Art Gallery of Mississauga Exhibit.

An excerpt from my article:
Here, a zombie witch (whose gender is nonetheless not clear) sits in a forest as she (it) genuflects its arms around its grey hair (casting spells?). Later in the video, this zombie witch joins other creatures as they run through the forest, two which are horned, and another a more "conventional" witch with a haggard grey face and decayed teeth.

Video still from Supernature (Preview 2 min)
Director: Lotte Meret Effinger
Camera: Melanie Jilg
Editor: Thomas Kühn
Music Composer: Florian Meyer
Poster 3D rendering: Marco Buetikofer