Gratuitous Flake Post!

[capri0mni]

It's been far too long since I inflicted one of these on you lot:

Comments

[gordon-r-d.livejournal.com]

Oooooooh, I like that one. Froggies!

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

I've wanted to do a froggy flake for ages, but I couldn't figure out how. Then, when I tried to make a moon and stars flake, this afternoon, one of my star 'mistakes' looked a bit like a frog...

So I just did that again... only more so. I love when that kind of thing happens!

[tameritsekhmet.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's beautiful! :)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I really think frogs are one of my totem animals. Whenever they show up in my dreams, they always stand out in strong relief.

So I've wanted to honor them for a while.

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

That's interesting - the Egyptian frog headed goddess Heqet is known for protecting women who are giving birth, or pregnant - by extension I see that as an analogy for creativity.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

:::Nods:::

Well, as Sean Kane points out, in his book Wisdom of the Mythtellers (which is fabulous, btw -- all about the worldview of oral cultures, versus literary ones), the surface of water, whether it's the ocean or a mudpuddle, represents a membrane between this world and the Otherworld.

Seeing how frogs have evolved eyes that can see both above and below the water at the same time, it's no wonder that they've come to represent my muses.