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Dora's Pink Shoe Envy by Jude Cowell

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Dora's Pink Shoe Envy is an ancient drawing originally posted to my now-defunct art gallery blog Cosmic Persona Designs which was mostly figure studies and mask-related illustrations. Some of the pencil portraits were on the slightly racy side which Google couldn't handle so I shuttered the blog. You can go there now if you like but there are very few images left and an echo ripples through its halls and empty spaces are on its walls!

The Secret Contained in the Number 11

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Because of a tattoo on her forearm that says 011 , 'Eleven' has turned up recently as a young girl's name in a popular TV series Stranger Things . And as it happens, 11 is about to become part of the few posts I'm planning to publish here featuring individual numbers. Tonight it's number eleven 's turn under the spotlight so let's begin. In Western Astrology, number 11 relates to the 11th sign of the Zodiac, Aquarius , and a horoscope's 11th house of Groups, Associations, Hopes-Wishes, and Collective Aspirations. This associates 11 with the influences of planets Saturn (ancient ruler of AQ) and Uranus (higher octave ruler, aka , co-ruler) and both planets resonate with Astrology, novelty or 'New Age' pursuits, other unusual or occult studies, futuristic or progressive design, past and future (ancient or vintage vs avant garde or modern) studies such as Archaeology, Genealogy, various branches of Science, alternative healing methods ...

A New Post! Portrait of Ceres and Persephone

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Portrait: Ceres and Persephone , a pencil drawing on black paper by Jude Cowell: