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Cuneiform Tablet
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Cuneiform Tablet

by Lucy VanSwearingen

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted February 7, 20181,298 views2 comments
This oblong mud pack reminds me of a cuneiform tablet.  The tablet contains not only "bird" wedge writing, but is enhanced by water frozen on it into an ice tulip!  I thought it was pretty cool.  the tulip was formed by my barefoot horse's hoofprint, filled with rain, then frozen.

I think, this is one case in which breaking the rule of thirds was the best way to present this. 

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 8, 2018 at 9:21 AM
Lucy, the mix of bird tracks and ice is nicely balanced and tells a good story as it's looks like the birds were there drinking out of the horsetrack puddle prior to things freezing.  There's also some mimicry of the bird tracks in the the ice.
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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on February 10, 2018 at 6:37 PM
Actually, the track inside of the frozen hoofprint could be one of our resident blue herons...
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