http://search.deviantart.com/?q=gallery:moonbeam13/238&section= deviantART RSS for gallery:moonbeam13/238 en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Fri, 24 May 2013 12:44:27 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/art/Crossed-knives-12401291 http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/art/Crossed-knives-12401291 Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:09:45 PST Crossed knives nonadult photography/still Moonbeam13 http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/o/moonbeam13.gif?7 Copyright 2004-2013 $Moonbeam13 @moonbeam13
Crossed knives:

To inadvertently cross knives at the table is to invite crosses and misfortune, from which we may presume that the mere mechanical position of the cutlery was either suggestive of Calvary, or symbolised troubles and crosses to come. How fervently did our forefathers seek for types of the divine in the human, and of the moral in the material! It is said that quarrels will come if the knives are not uncrossed! However, the old wives version of this superstition worsens it by station that not only MUST the knives be uncrossed immediately, they cannot be uncrossed by the person who crossed them or it will worsen the effects.


Guess I should have put this up here:

Technical information!

they're crossed at different levels (there's actually a piece of cat food between them to rock one forward and make it jump farther down without appearing too flat)

that's fabric underneath made of a glistening silk that's flecked with gold

there's a 500 watt industrial light in the front diffused through a double layer of bed sheets (I'm exploring ghetto lighting challenges)

and a white piece of cardboard reflecting from the side.

I believe that's everything.

Oh.. small note, to do this by myself I had to kneel on a hardwood diningroom table for over an hour of shooting. I suffer for my art

Photography isn't for the rich, it's for the imaginative. ]]>
Crossed knives:

To inadvertently cross knives at the table is to invite crosses and misfortune, from which we may presume that the mere mechanical position of the cutlery was either suggestive of Calvary, or symbolised troubles and crosses to come. How fervently did our forefathers seek for types of the divine in the human, and of the moral in the material! It is said that quarrels will come if the knives are not uncrossed! However, the old wives version of this superstition worsens it by station that not only MUST the knives be uncrossed immediately, they cannot be uncrossed by the person who crossed them or it will worsen the effects.


Guess I should have put this up here:

Technical information!

they're crossed at different levels (there's actually a piece of cat food between them to rock one forward and make it jump farther down without appearing too flat)

that's fabric underneath made of a glistening silk that's flecked with gold

there's a 500 watt industrial light in the front diffused through a double layer of bed sheets (I'm exploring ghetto lighting challenges)

and a white piece of cardboard reflecting from the side.

I believe that's everything.

Oh.. small note, to do this by myself I had to kneel on a hardwood diningroom table for over an hour of shooting. I suffer for my art

Photography isn't for the rich, it's for the imaginative.

]]> http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/art/Broken-mirror-14199565 http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/art/Broken-mirror-14199565 Sun, 16 Jan 2005 20:34:24 PST Broken mirror nonadult photography/still Moonbeam13 http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/o/moonbeam13.gif?7 Copyright 2005-2013 $Moonbeam13 @moonbeam13

Note: Mirrors were harmed in the making of this photo ]]>

Note: Mirrors were harmed in the making of this photo

]]> http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/art/Black-cat-12339542 http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/art/Black-cat-12339542 Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:22:15 PST Black cat nonadult photography/nature/domestic Moonbeam13 http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/o/moonbeam13.gif?7 Copyright 2004-2013 $Moonbeam13 @moonbeam13
Black cat - In ancient Egypt, the Goddess Bast was a black, female cat. Christians, wanting to rid society of all traces of other religions, convinced the ignorant that black cats were demons in disguise and should thus be destroyed. In the process, they also destroyed the kindly ladies who cared for the cats, believing them to be witches. Being demons, a black cat crossing your path would create a barrier of evil, cutting you off from God and blocking the entrance to heaven.

Model - Merlin ]]>
Black cat - In ancient Egypt, the Goddess Bast was a black, female cat. Christians, wanting to rid society of all traces of other religions, convinced the ignorant that black cats were demons in disguise and should thus be destroyed. In the process, they also destroyed the kindly ladies who cared for the cats, believing them to be witches. Being demons, a black cat crossing your path would create a barrier of evil, cutting you off from God and blocking the entrance to heaven.

Model - Merlin

]]> http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/art/Spilling-salt-12172893 http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/art/Spilling-salt-12172893 Tue, 09 Nov 2004 20:47:47 PST Spilling salt nonadult photography/still Moonbeam13 http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/o/moonbeam13.gif?7 Copyright 2004-2013 $Moonbeam13 @moonbeam13
Note: An incredible amount of thanks to Stephen for playing with the salt to create the creepy design and also for being A #1 lighting assistant with the flashlights and also to `superkev for inspiring me to push myself despite the challenges. ]]>
Note: An incredible amount of thanks to Stephen for playing with the salt to create the creepy design and also for being A #1 lighting assistant with the flashlights and also to `superkev for inspiring me to push myself despite the challenges.

]]> http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/art/Triskaidekaphobia-12142099 http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/art/Triskaidekaphobia-12142099 Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:24:21 PST Triskaidekaphobia nonadult photography/conceptual Moonbeam13 http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/o/moonbeam13.gif?7 Copyright 2004-2013 $Moonbeam13 @moonbeam13
It has been linked to the fact there were 13 people at the last supper of Christ, but it probably originated in medieval times. It has also been linked to that fact that a lunisolar calendar must have 13 months in some years, while the solar Gregorian calendar and lunar Islamic calendar always have 12 months in a year.

Triskaidekaphobia may have also affected the Vikings - it is believed that Loki in the Norse pantheon was the 13th god. This was later Christianised into saying that Satan was the 13th angel.

The Mesopotamian Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1686 BC) omits 13 in its numbered list. This seems to indicate a superstition existed long before the Christian era. ]]>
It has been linked to the fact there were 13 people at the last supper of Christ, but it probably originated in medieval times. It has also been linked to that fact that a lunisolar calendar must have 13 months in some years, while the solar Gregorian calendar and lunar Islamic calendar always have 12 months in a year.

Triskaidekaphobia may have also affected the Vikings - it is believed that Loki in the Norse pantheon was the 13th god. This was later Christianised into saying that Satan was the 13th angel.

The Mesopotamian Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1686 BC) omits 13 in its numbered list. This seems to indicate a superstition existed long before the Christian era.

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