Tuesday, April 08, 2008















Oh, mighty Isis! This is one to write home about.

Eye-scalding purple, fuchsia, lime green, crimson and turquoise come together to show Horus and a mystery woman. Not Isis, since the throne symbol on her head is omitted. Nor is she Nekhebet, though she wears a crown of vulture wings. Nor can she be Ma'at, even with all those feathers in her cap. Perhaps she is taken from a Book of the Dead and shown to represent the deceased. Or maybe she looks just like you.

I love the snakey tree of life filled with preening blue birds. You can bet your bottom dollar those are the blue birds of happiness, goslings. A parade of blue horses, some unsaddled, march across the bottom, shiny and taut like balloons.

Go get this one. It will be gone in a day. Wear it everywhere. Or just stare into it for hours until you attain enlightenment. Go. The current bid is 93 cents for crying out loud.

Of course, everyday is not a holiday, so sadly, the back of this top is blank, black and unadorned. And the most interesting part of the print will be located practically in your right armpit. It might even be covered if you have a purse on your shoulder, so put your bag on the other shoulder or carry a clutch, will ya?

Wouldn't this pattern make amazing wall paper? I could live in a room with a whole wall of this and never get bored. But everything else would need to be very simple. Like nothing else besides a futon and a reflecting pond.

2 Comments:

Blogger Pratishtha Durga said...

I wouldn't want to carry Goddesses, enlightening or not, in my armpit! But it's just too beautiful to miss. I love the colors, though, not on a wallpaper. Not for my room. It already has too much color.

9:57 PM  
Blogger Pratishtha Durga said...

I wouldn't want to carry Goddesses, enlightening or not, in my armpit! But it's just too beautiful to miss. I love the colors, though, not on a wallpaper. Not for my room. It already has too much color.

9:57 PM  

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