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1885 illustrations of Chinnamastā (छिन्नमस्ता - "She whose head is severed"), a sacrificial Hindu goddess who decapitates herself to feed her blood to devotees.
The semi nude goddess holds her own head in one hand, a scimitar in the other. Her blood is drunk by herself and two attendants.
She is a goddess of contradictions, and symbolizes both aspects of Devi: a life-giver and a life-taker.
She represents death, temporality, and destruction, as well as life, immortality, and recreation.
The goddess conveys self-realization and the awakening of the kundalini – spiritual energy. The legends of Chhinnamasta emphasize her self-sacrifice – sometimes coupled with a maternal element – sexual essence, and self-destructive fury.
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Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937), Ripe, 1967. Oil on canvas, 59.25 x 54.75 in.
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Iran, Achaemenid ornamental Lapis lazuli plate, ca 500-400 BC.
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The smell of an old book is the smell of its death.
The scent is caused by paper, ink and adhesives breaking down. As a book’s organic compounds degrade, they release chemicals into the air that we interpret as a combination of grass, vanilla, and almond.
Books also hang on to odors that tell the story of their history– like smoke, flowers pressed between pages, or water damage.
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