Okay, so I needed a little fun on a Monday afternoon (along with a cool glass of rosé).

stolen from heima.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next four sentences on your blog, along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag five people.

The Urban Primitive, by Raven Kaldera & Tannin Schwartzstein

The shield sign supposedly belonged to a "lost tribe" of Africa; apparently the neighboring peoples still see this symbol marked into stone or wood, but they claim to know nothing about the lost tribe's history. This is unusual, since the people that we know as the Yoruba and the tribes they conquered kept extensive oral histories that are still used, but this one tribe has been effectively erased from living memory, so that tattoo is a reminder to me of fate.

Over my left breast I have a picture of Chiron the centaur, teacher of many famous heroes, instructing a woman in the use of a lyre; it symbolizes lyrical poetry and the arts. I focus on this tattoo when I have to do a difficult artistic work.

Coincidence? You know me better than that!

Posted by Angela-Eloise at 5:30 PM