[paul m]

Originally Posted by frostfire

The peacock ........, but it also symbolises .......... Resurrection, being a symbol of immortality.

To the gnostics would therefore be seen as something to be overcome - 'The Peacock spreads its deadly fan'? I'm just considering the possibility that this church might have been a facade for a gnostic clique. Doesn't seem likely in Newcastle!

Wish I'd got better pictures of the whole series - there was, of course, a dove and also a serpent - wonder what significance that had to the designer? I'll have better look the next time I'm up there in daylight ...

Wandering a bit off the path of wildlife here?

[paul m]

You'd be seriously impressed by what I've forgotten (or never known)

The ascidians, seasquirts, can be considered as the predecessors of all vertebrates. The first animals to develop an internal system whereby food comes into one orifice and is expelled at another - a gut! A major evolutionary step.

Originally Posted by goosey

Ascidian? Where on earth did you pull that out from . You never cease to amaze me with what you know



This is really intriguing me now - the more I look at it the more options I see.

Look at the fish on the right - the left hand side of the fish looks like a dolphin facing right!

Look at the fish in the left - th eleft hand side of the fish seems to be a seal facing right!

AND.... both fish could actually be characatures of human faces?

[frostfire]

Originally Posted by paul m

Wandering a bit off the path of wildlife here?

Just a little!
Oh well here is some wildlife in architecture. This is above the door of the house were Karl Marx stayed when he was in Brussel.



And this was above some type of public building in Cologne...



~*~Frostfire~*~

[paul m]

That fox is very realistic - the way its ears flatten.

Strange statues around the world | haha.nu - a lifestyle blogzine has some wildlife statuary but mainly just weird and (sometimes) wonderful.

Originally Posted by frostfire

Just a little!
Oh well here is some wildlife in architecture. This is above the door of the house were Karl Marx stayed when he was in Brussel.



And this was above some type of public building in Cologne...



~*~Frostfire~*~

[paul m]

There's a whole museum for it in USA:
National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming featuring fine art depicting wildlife

[Feline]

When I took a trip to Colwyn Bay the other day, I spotted these bird sculptures...they looked great!

[paul m]

Just what you need in Colwyn Bay - more seagulls!

Are these living sculptures? Made of willow or some such?

Originally Posted by Feline

When I took a trip to Colwyn Bay the other day, I spotted these bird sculptures...they looked great!

[Feline]

Hi Paul. I'm not sure what they were made of. It could well be willow. I was in too much of a hurry to take a closer look...sorry.