“Dragons Tarot” Manfredi Toraldo and Severino Baraldi, Lo Scarabeo: Torino (IT), 2006.

Choosing a card from “Dragons Tarot” was difficult for me, since I found the themes of this deck to be quite unsettling. Since the authors’ view on dragons differs greatly from mine, I had difficulty responding to the themes of the deck. Toraldo and Baraldi ( Read more... )

Examining Gov. Perry’s ad “Strong” in the light of hate as identity and separateness is an eye opener since it presents the meta-definition of hate. The Texas Governor puts a wall between himself and the Other (which in his case includes homosexuals, President Obama, liberals and Moslems). Gov. Perry sets himself and “his people” apart from the ( Read more... )

Not thinking the word “hate” is something that I do most of the time. Since “hate” is not a subject that comes up in my life, I have no reason to think or use the word. Nor do I use the word instead of “dislike”. The few times that “hate” did enter my thoughts were usually when I read certain titles. For me, calling a movie “10 Things I Hate ( Read more... )

Dragon Heraldry

Introduction

Heraldry began as a way to identify armored knights. Like fingerprints, each shield design was unique to that knight. Eventually, heraldry became a symbol of family identify. Every coat of arms handed down through each generation told the story of that family’s deeds and attributes.

To that end, heraldry developed a ( Read more... )