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Radical Anthropology

An interesting piece here on difference between human and other species' #cultural complexity, highlighting the aspect of #diversity.

True enough, but this is not dealing with the #symbolic, the shared #imaginary. Humans share their dreams about things that don't exist. Crows, chimps, elephants, whales, they don't.

Try Rainbow Snakes, for instance. Instead of being diverse, they are astoundingly similar around the world. Come and and hear our talk with Ivan Tacey on Tuesday for more on that.

theconversation.com/humans-are

The ConversationHumans aren’t the only animals with complex culture − but researchers point to one feature that makes ours unique
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Ele Willoughby, PhD

This is a whimsical mini print of a couple of Snowflake Beetles a widely unknown, quite possibly, completely #imaginary creature. These miniscule #insects are camouflaged to match their environment, fresh fallen snow. Each of their hexagonal shields (the elytra) are disguished as snowflakes. Through an extraordinary instance of biomimicry, each pattern is as unique; it is believed that no 2 Snowflake #Beetles are the same.*⁠
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#linocut #printmaking #snowflake

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Ele Willoughby, PhD

As we approach the Year of the Snake, has me thinking back to this print.

Some believe that the chrysanthemum snake is imaginary. Who am I to say?⁠
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While other snakes are known to use scale roughness to aid in camouflage, give a bristly appearance, to produce “eyelash” fringes or even tentacles on their snouts, the cryptic chrysanthemum snake (also known as the daisy snake) is the only known snake with 🧵
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#imaginary #linocut #printmaking #compositeCreature #snake #MastoArt #YearOfTheSnake

A square linocut print 8” x 8” with a grey-green snake with yellow flower-like scales on its head as it stands tall in its tail, disguised amongst yellow chrysanthemums with grey-green stems and leaves.
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Horror Nerd Online

Imaginary (2024) (4K Ultra HD Steelbook) Available October 1

#horror – #horrormovies – #Imaginary – #LionsgateHomeEntertainment – @Lionsgate – An original horror story that taps into the innocence of imaginary friends – and begs the question: Are they really figments of childhood imagination or is something more terrifying lying just beneath? STARRING: DeWanda Wise, Taegun Burns …

#horror #ad #Releases #Imaginary

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Ele Willoughby, PhD

Happy birthday to #philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) who, amongst other things speculated about a teapot orbiting in space. This lino block print of Russell's Teapot is part of my series of Imaginary Friends of Science of charismatic thought experiments. In this case, the alledged china teapot, in orbit between Earth & Mars is an analogy by the philosopher to make the case that the philosophic burden of proof 🧵
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#linocut #printmaking #SciArt #MastoArt #philosophy #skepticism #Imaginary

A Russell’s Teapot linocut print in blue and black in on a white Japanese washi paper with a subtle pattern in the palest blue. There’s a corner of Earth on the right lower corner, in blue with swirling clouds. Then the starry black space with two dotted arcs to indicate orbits of the small red dot of Mars at the top left and the enlarged image of the china teapot in blue and white in the middle, in a circle to show it’s been enlarged so we can see it. At the top, text is carved in white: RUSSELL’S TEAPOT. At the bottom are a series of symbols for the bodies in the solar system, from left to right: Sun (dot in circle), Mercury (circle with horns on cross), Venus (woman symbol, circle over cross like modified ankh), Earth (cross within circle), stylized teapot, Mars (circle with diagonal arrow going to top right), Jupiter (like a stylized 2 with a vertical slash through horizontal line), Saturn (like a stylized h with a bar on top), Uranus (circle with vertical arrow), Neptune (trident).
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Ele Willoughby, PhD

My mandriltee for #MerMay! Some believe that the mandriltee is imaginary. Who am I to say?

Though it appears to be rotund, short-armed mermaid with strange facial markings, the mandriltee is neither fish nor primate & certainly not the composite creature of myth. Their name, however, is inspired by their unlikely ressemblance to the mandrill, & they are of the order Sirenia (which comes from the word siren, another name 🧵1/

Linocut of the “Mandriltee” in teal on a square sheet of cream coloured washi paper. An animal like a manatee with the face of a mandrill in black, turquoise and red fills the square.
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Ele Willoughby, PhD

I added a 3rd colour & finished my very small edition of hand-printed aluminum foil lithographic prints of a wolpertinger, a composite creature from German folklore. A mythical deer-hare hybrid, something like a jackalope, often described as a fanged hare with antlers, bird parts (like wings or feet or even beaks) & other small mammal parts like those from a fox, pine marten or, as in this case, a squirrel body. 🧵

Detail of my wolpertinger (fanged, winged hare with antlers and squirrel tail) print made with kitchen litho in black, green and yellow on cream coloured washi paper with bark inclusions. It has a black outline, green fur and yellow striped open wings.
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my wolpertinger (fanged, winged hare with antlers and squirrel tail) print made with kitchen litho in black, green and yellow on cream coloured washi paper with bark inclusions. It has a black outline, green fur and yellow striped open wings.
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#printmaking#wolpertinger#kitchenlithography
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