Sacred Symbols & Spirituality

The spirit and image of the Hare. http://www.sacred-texts.com/astro/ml/ml08.htm
"When the moon is waxing, from about the eighth day to the full, it requires no very vivid imagination to descry on the westward side of the lunar disk a large patch very strikingly resembling a rabbit or hare. The oriental noticing this figure, his poetical fancy developed the myth-making faculty, which in process of time elaborated the legend of the hare in the moon, which has left its marks in every quarter of the globe."
Although Pagans see the Hare as being a sacred symbol - the Goddess is believed to take the form/transform into a hare, it is also seen as important by other religions,
 "In Asia it is indigenous, and is an article of religious belief. "To the common people in India the spots look like a hare, i.e. Chandras, the god of the moon, carries a hare (sasa), hence the moon is called Sasin or Sasanka, hare mark or spot." 75 "Max Müller also writes, "As a curious coincidence it may be mentioned that in Sanskrit the moon is called Sasānka, i.e. 'having the marks of a hare,' the black marks in the moon being taken for the likeness of the hare." 76 This allusion to the sacred language of the Hindus affords a convenient opportunity of introducing one of the most beautiful legends of the East. It is a Buddhist tract; but in the lesson which it embodies it will compare very favourably with many a tract more ostensibly Christian."

Land Art

Here are some examples of land art that I found on google images, the location is Cannock Chase. I wanted to look at Cannock Cahse sculpture as an influence of natural art and how art is made from the materials available in its surroundings - the same way cave painting were created by the resources at-hand to pre-historic man.

This sculptural piece was made by the company Redstone Willows.

This is link is to a website that shows their work: http://redstonewillows.com/sculptures

I also found other links to sculpture on Cannock Chase, http://captainahabswaterytales.blogspot.co.uk/2010_11_01_archive.html

Below are some images from the website; the ones I chose to use in my sketchbook. I liked these as it reminded me of a reference I had made in my work to sculpture and natural art - looking at an Offering Tree.