Author: Danah Blanco
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A moment lost in time
Photo by me in Angkor Wat Almost five years later, I’m standing in the same spot, taking the same picture. Everything here is still the same; the past frozen in the eternal present. But life has changed many times. I have changed. Did I change? Isn’t there a part of me, just like these stones,…
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Shiva Nataraja
Nataraja or Shiva as Lord of the Dance is a very popular representation of Shiva in Hinduism. Personally, my favourite representation of life between all the symbols I’ve ever encountered. Shiva appears mainly in two forms, two different dances; Lasya and Tandava. Lasya is the gentle form associated with the creation of the Universe, while…
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Luna Llena en Tauro 3-4/11/17
Mañana cruzamos el umbral de la Luna Llena, esta vez en Tauro. Es una luna terrenal, su energía es estable, nos trae a lo que podemos tocar, oler, sentir. Una luna corpórea, física, que trae de nuevo nuestra atención a los pequeños detalles de nuestras vidas cotidianas. Este ciclo comenzó con la Luna Nueva en…
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Snakes
Snakes represent in many myths, religions and stories, death, rebirth and transformation, due to the casting of its skin. It is continually renewed, shifting a layer of its physical self in order to adapt. The Ouroboros, the snake or dragon eating its own tail, is one of the oldest ancient symbols. It represents many things,…
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Dragons
Japanese Dragons, like most Asian dragons, symbolise water deities and are associated to rainfall and bodies of water. Chinese dragons, Nagas of India and of Southeastern Asia, etc. There are innumerable examples of stories and legends that intertwine Chinese, Japanese and Indian mythologies. One thing is common though, the connection to the water element is…
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