Siriunsun's Art Gallery

Siriunsun's Art Gallery

Cat v. Christmas Tree

You're all alone with me! What'ya gonna do now?!

 

Cat v. Christmas Tree

And it's on! The annual battle of the Cat Vs. The Christmas Tree!

 

How Come I Miss All The good Stuff?

 

 

I never get to see the naked people when they get apprehended by law enforcement, I'm never around when anyone streaks, the People of Walmart are always clothed whenever I shop there, and I've never been on hand at Kohl's to watch someone bare from the waist up chase a peeping tom with a cell phone after catching him taking pictures of her from under the fitting room door. Most of my shopping trips are boring.

Judging from this guy's booking photo, if that is, indeed, his booking photo, he really isn't very sorry for what he did. Rather than entertaining him further by giving chase, the victim should have just stomped on the cell phone. If anyone threatened to charge her with destruction of property, she could have claimed it was an accident, and asked why a man's cell phone was in the womens' fitting rooms. Any pictures he took would still be in the hard drive of the camera, and in order to prove it was broken, he would have to allow law enforcement or a technician to examine the cell phone. Then, the answer to how it got into the fitting room would be very clear. But seriously, how come I'm never around to see this kind of stuff when it happens?


In other news, there was a man stealing outdoor holiday decorations from lawns and porches in Topeka this morning. According to eyewitnesses, he was dressed in pink leopard pajamas. This type of confusion and poor taste in fashion presents law enforcement and homeowners with a very difficult choice: does one shoot such a poorly dressed thief with a taser, an automatic weapon, or a camera? Does one refer to the "stand your ground" claus of the law, or does one insist that the perpetrator go home and change? Perhaps this is a matter for the Fashion Police. If he gets caught, he may get to wear orange, instead, for awhile.

 

Winter Solstice, The Sun King, And Christmas Trees

Happy Winter Solstice, everyone! This year, Winter Solstice in on December 21. That is the ancient celebration of the new birth of Light, or the Sun King. Odin and Frigga and the newborn God and Isis, Osiris, and newborn Horus are the legends with which most modern Americans would be likely to find some familiarity. Almost every culture in the Northern Hemisphere has a festival involving candles, fire or light during this time of year. It has been speculated, probably correctly, that this is because we need and crave light, and it is healthy during the days of the least sunlight, to surround ourselves with as much light as we can.

Since it's healthy to be surrounded by cheery light displays this time of year, why would residents of Hudsonville, Michigan get an ANONYMOUS letter explaining that their holiday lights are Pagan, and therefore unacceptable to....to....whoever wrote the letter? In my world, only people can be Pagan, not household items, such as lights! And, as a person who was actually brought up in a Pagan path before the days of Goth and New Age "coolness", I can attest that "Christian" displays, with all of the hollow hypocrisy of those who erect them, are just as offensive to anyone forced to think of the crusades, the inquisition, slavery in America, the KKK, and Westboro Baptist Church every time we see a visual reference to the religion. At least, it is possible to take some comfort in the fact that the Newborn God is really the occulted celebrant here, and not the icon of those who would kill and uproot, leaving heartache and destruction in their wake. Why would the writer of the Hudsonville letter assume that all of the recipients are Christian? Why would the writer insist upon remaining anonymous?

Isis, Thoth, and in the tree, Osiris. The genuine article, as Christmas trees go. Soon, Isis will bring Horus into the world, to begin the cycle anew.