ice calligraphy and alternative medusae

[asakiyume]

On Christmas Eve, there were messages written in a loose, accomplished hand in the ice. I can't read them, but the Snow Queen's Kay could--he was studying that language, I hear.





Some days later, Little Springtime had a college interview with an alumna of the institution in question who happens to live locally. They met in a coffee shop. The ninja girl and I tagged along. I edited and she doodled, but then I finished my editing, so I doodled too. She doodled a Medusa and remarked that snakes for hair wouldn't necessarily be ugly--just rather alarming. I wondered how other things for hair might be. Birds, for instance, or knives. Later I thought, what about dogs' heads? (or wolves or foxes. canids.) Here are those alternative medusae (with one inexplicable fish head in among the canids in the third second):

Comments

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

The ice looks like a tag, which I find endlessly amusing.

For a moment I thought you said snails for hair, which would be a little bit messy, but kind of cool. Snails in the hair? Hm.

I have somewhere a photo of a Voudoun practitioner with kitchen knives woven in his hair. It's rather striking.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

The ice looks like a tag, which I find endlessly amusing.

Yes! I had the same thought. :P

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Let's see the graffiti artist who tags in ice!

[cafenowhere.livejournal.com]

It would be funny if the inspiration went the other way. Graffiti artists jealous of fey ice writings stole the style but had to make up new meanings.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I have somewhere a photo of a Voudoun practitioner with kitchen knives woven in his hair. It's rather striking.

I'll be it is. Now I want to draw that.

As for snails for hair, that's how they describe the Buddha's hairstyle in classical sculpture:



And how about this, from Deviant Art:

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

That's a thing in the world! Wow.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Right? The world is a craaaazy place.

[cafenowhere.livejournal.com]

Wow, really?! I guess I always assumed they were curls...

Also, my wedding hairstyle looked a lot like that, without the snails, sadly.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I do think they **are** curls, but that they described them as being like snails (and then that artist on Deviant Art decided to imagine it literally).

Do you have very curly hair, that you put up in a bun for your wedding?