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There are many rock art sites in Joshua Tree NP, but this is the only one with signs leading to it. A shallow cave has been painted and pecked with a variety of symbols - this is just one part, a deeper cleft with red and black iron oxide markings.
The reason this site is unguarded is that it has already been vandalized. In 1961, Disney made a film here, "Chico, the Ridiculously Anthropomorphized Coyote" I think it was called. They repainted and maybe added a few to make the glyphs stand out. The panel they 'touched up' has green and purple paint - not the red, yellow and black pigments available to the original artists.
Looks like the Disney crew missed this section, probably too deep in to be part of a shot or easily painted. In addition, the iron oxide has been applied and afterwards pecked to make both pictograph and petroglyph in one. That's a realistic touch that falls outside the Disney ethos.
Sculpture above the entrance to the GLO Art Hotel in Helsinki's design district.
They're not glyphs or even ideograms but images from Finnish folklore.
The series on the left seems to be about evolution, since we go from brine-shrimpy creatures on the bottom to the magnificent owl at the top, Is that our destiny?
In any case, it's downright extravagant for a student-union building. In contrast, at my university, we had a brutalist, charmless, monstrosity.
#5363 - 2022 Day 249: A 21st century hieroglyph - a pavemoglyph, maybe. Not only does X appear to mark the spot, but two arrows are reinforcing the idea. Just don't miss ...
Note: this selective colour was my intended version, not the one originally uploaded.
A tiled mural on the side of a building at the corner of Av. Mazatlán & Calle Juan Escutia, Colonia Condesa.
The work is signed by Pablo Moctezuma Barragan.
The piece is titled Donde Abundan Los Venados (Where Deer Abound).
Barragán is a professor and researcher at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the Metropolitan Autonomous University, Azcapotzalco Unit and the Superior Normal School of Mexico in the History degree.
He is a PhD in Design, Urban Studies Area and author of the Mexico City Glyphs project, consisting of 322 Talavera mosaic murals with the place names of the city.
The vast majority of the glyphs are depicted as they are known in ancient codices or other historic sources, but in a few cases, glyphs have been specially created, faithfully reflecting the ancient principles.
Each mosaic of 25 tiles measures one meter by one meter. The project involved the installation around the city in 2006 of more than 300 works of art, all using traditional Talavera tiles, depicting pre-Hispanic glyphs, together with a brief explanation of their derivation and meaning.
All the glyphs refer to names used somewhere in the city and many photographs show the commemorative tiled versions in situ in the city.
This hobo glyph project began as research into semiotics in architecture and evolved into a passion for preserving a unique form of historical communication. I’m fascinated by how symbols once helped travelers survive and connect.
In the real world, hobo glyphs were left along rail lines to share warnings, kindness, and guidance. Now, you can carry that tradition into Second Life.
How to Use:
Left-click the hitching post to receive the Hobo Code Key (notecard), then left-click the glyph symbol on the post to open a menu and change the displayed symbol to share a message, like safety, kindness, or warning, for future travelers who pass by.
Perfect for roleplay, railside and historical rail road builds, or anywhere digital nomads or hobos may gather.
The symbols are hand-drawn and based on historically documented hoboglyphs from the early 20th century. While variations exist, the 20 included designs reflect commonly recognized meanings used by transient workers during the Great Depression era.
The hitching post is original mesh, created in Blender. Total land impact: 2.
Thanks and happy travels,
Ann Forbes
Gandy Dancers
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White Mountain Petroglyphs
Sweetwater County, Wyoming
“Hundreds of carved figures dot the sandstone cliffs at the White Mountain Petroglyphs site in Wyoming’s Red Desert north of Rock Springs. Etched into the sandstone bedrock of the Ecocene Bridger formation some 1,000 to 200 years ago, several figures appear to portray bison and elk hunts while others depict geometric forms or tiny footprints. Handprints are scooped into the rock as well, providing visitors with a compelling connection to those who used the site long ago.
The rock face also tells of contact with European cultures. Many figures portray horses, and one warrior figure is shown brandishing a sword. Members of the Shoshone, Arapaho, and Ute tribes hold this site to be sacred. Some believe this was a birthing place for Plains and Great Basin tribes.” (wyohistory.org)
"No one expects the rug to be yanked out from underneath them; life-changing events usually don’t announce themselves. While instinct and intuition can help provide some warning signs, they can do little to prepare you for the feeling of rootlessness that follows when fate flips your world upside down. Anger, confusion, sadness, and frustration are shaken up together inside you like a snow globe. It takes years for the emotional dust to settle as you do your best to see through the storm."
— Slash (Slash)
after the storm...