#hieroglyphics
“Hiero ya’ll! It’s not a wrong thing, to be addicted to the microphone, like a heroin fiend!”
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This looks like something out of our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook. From Pick Me Up, 1895.
It’s been said that skulls are symbolic of the divine and the mortal, housed within the one vessel. Here’s a treasury of vintage skull imagery.
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Hail unto thee who art Khephra in Thy hiding, even unto Thee who art Khephra in Thy silence, who travellest over the heavens in Thy bark at the Midnight Hour of the Sun. Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra-Hoor abideth at the helm. Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Evening.
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The origin of bowling
Detail of an ancient Egyptian coffin panel, decorated in three zones: top, uraeus-symbols and Ma'at-feathers; middle, a religious text; bottom, various depictions of Osiris and the sun-god Re. Artist unknown; ca. 1070-945 BCE (Third Intermediate Period). From Thebes; now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.
Painted wooden ushabti of the scribe Seti. Artist unknown; late 18th or early 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
For all you hip hop fans, I will be at Hiero Day 2019. Bring your positive vibes, your teens, kids, partner, and friends. There will be the Town legends Hieroglyphics crew of course, alongside a long list of new musicians and OGs. Check the line up and get your tickets
HERE.
I will be there alongside Akira’s book club selling books, art prints, and book accessories. See you there!
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