“The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.”— Frank Herbert
18 hours ago with 85 notes
Finally finished up my cat skull today! 😍
~ Mexica Chinampanec Xipe Totec (our lord, the flayed one), war and harvest god.
Date: A.D. 1507
Place of origin: Tepepan, Federal District, Mexico
Medium: Basalt, pigment
Possibly my favorite God. Skinned fashion honey, get into it.
Tagged: #xipe tótec #yas #im living
Xipe Totec
By Robert Bengtsson
[OS] A sculpture of a skull, and a torso, from the Temple of Xipe Totec, Aztec god of Spring (and Flayed Skin), from Ndachjian, Puebla, Mexico; 11th-13th century A.D.; Popoloca Civilization [1961x1400]
~Mosaic mask of Tezcatlipoca.
Date: A.D. 1400-1521
Place of origin: Mexico
Culture: Aztec; Mixtec
Material: human bone; turquoise; conch shell; pyrite; deer skin; lignite; pine; agave
Jim Morrison in México, 1969.
Live deliciously - a study from Goya’s “Witches Sabbath”
People think that if you change something in the past it could drastically affect the present, but never really think that what they do in the present could drastically affect the future.
4 days ago with 264 notes
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“[OS] A sculpture of a skull, and a torso, from the Temple of Xipe Totec, Aztec god of Spring (and Flayed Skin), from Ndachjian, Puebla, Mexico; 11th-13th century A.D.; Popoloca Civilization [1961x1400]
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