Tag: Scarves
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The Dragonfly
The Brazilian poet Mário Quintana was quoted to have said, “Don’t waste your time chasing butterflies. Mend your garden, and the butterflies will come.” As a gardener, I can say that birds will come as soon as there’s a slightest sighting of fruits, flowers, a water puddle, or even just freshly tilled soil, but it’s…
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An Insect Parade
Long before any other societies appeared on earth, there were termites. In the shadow of dinosaurs, the earliest termites formed the first social networks. To make the most of food resources in a nutrient-poor habitat, these insects evolved to feed each other portions of their waste through a process called proctodeal trophollaxis. These symbiotic associations…
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The Water Lily
“And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.” – Matthew 6:28 In his Sermon on the Mount, while speaking to his followers upon their anxiety about clothing, Jesus evoked the image of the flower lily. Particularly notable is his skillful…
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The Lotus
In Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, Odysseus told of the Lotus-eaters, the Lotophagi race who lived on an island off the coast of Tunisia. On this island were full of lotus trees. “Whosoever of them ate of the honey-sweet fruit of the lotus, had no longer any wish to bring back word or to return,…
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Jackie’s Cotton Shift Dress
When peace and prosperity returned after the long years of World War II, Paris reigned again as the arbiter of high fashion, and the powers that be were turning their eyes toward a race into space, a young lady would emerge to become the epitome of glamor, who captivated the public eye as an American…
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Kawa Ora
Tattoos have been practiced for millennia across the world as a form of cultural and historical record. In ancient Egypt and Nubia, women tattooed on their thighs the image of Bes, a deity associated with fertility and childbirth. For the Ainu people of Japan, the tattoo was a symbol of beauty, a talisman, and an…
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The Peacock Bride
While the white color has become mainstream for wedding dresses across the modern world, it was not the only color considered historically. In fact, in numerous cultures, white has been the color reserved for funerals. Yet today, even societies using white traditionally to pay respect to the dead have embraced this color for their wedding…
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The Rainbow Bride
In the history of civilizations, there is but one record of fusion of two separate cultures: the Indo-Greek Kingdom, covering modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwestern India. During the two centuries of their rule, the Indo-Greek kings combined the Greek and Indian languages and symbols and blended Greek and Indian ideas. The diffusion of the Indo-Greek…
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The Black Gold Bride
“Who can find a good woman? She is precious beyond all things.” Prov. 31:10 A masterpiece of the world’s heritage, the Taj Mahal is considered the greatest achievement of Indo-Islamic architecture. Its rhythmic architectural combination of solids and voids, concave and complex, light and shadow is perfectly symmetrical and harmonious. Its elements of lush green…
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The Gold Leaf Bride
Tying the knot for love appears to be common sense today, but it has only been a mainstream concept within the last century. In the history of marriage, the focus is about collaboration – to join forces in order to improve one’s lot in life. In patriarchal societies where men largely inherit power and wealth,…
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