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by Doug Johnson
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Oso Mayor iPhone case by Doug Johnson. Protect your iPhone with an impact-resistant, slim-profile, hard-shell case. The image is printed directly onto the case and wrapped around the edges for a beautiful presentation. Simply snap the case onto your iPhone for instant protection and direct access to all of the phone's features!
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The Maya used a calendar based on the heavens and the wheeling of stars and constellations. They recognized many of the same constellations... more
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Protect your with an impact-resistant, slim-profile, hard-shell case. The image is printed directly onto the case and wrapped around the edges for a beautiful presentation. Simply snap the case onto your for instant protection and direct access to all of the phone's features!
The Maya used a calendar based on the heavens and the wheeling of stars and constellations. They recognized many of the same constellations identified in Western astronomy, but they gave them different names with identities that reflected their geography and environment. Capricorn is Bat. Libra is Shark. Scorpio is... Scorpion. The Big Bear (Ursa Major in Latin, but commonly known as The Big Dipper) is 7 Macaw, the mythical bird demon. The Spanish name for this constellation, Ursa Major, is Oso Mayor. We look at the same world, but our cultures drive us to name and count things differently.
This piece addresses the concept of time and calendars based on eternal cycles, rather than linear time lines with beginnings and endpoints.
Doug Johnson as the founding editor of Cave Moon Press, started helping poets with book design, illustration and artwork ten years ago. He has been drawing since he was a teenager and was fortunate enough to encounter Alfredo Arreguin an internationally renowned painter who encouraged him to keep drawing. He has two series you have here on Fine Art of America. His more developed pieces are part of the Sombra de Arreguin series (Shadow of Arreguin) as he continues to study the style of his master, like artisans did in generations past. His other series is called "Cracked Pots" in which a single line drawing comes from a terracotta pot to combine human and organic forms. Originally started as a gift to his younger sister as a...
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