Asni’s Art Blog: Feng Huang

The Feng Huang is often referred to as the “Chinese Phoenix”, but similarities between the two mythological birds are superficial: rather than death and resurrection, Feng Huang symbolises balance between yin and yang.

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Asni’s Art Blog: Quetzalcoatl

In the next few blogs, I will have a look at magical birds – messengers between the human realm and the supernatural in many cultures. First off, Quetzalcoatl: the feathered snake of the Mexicans.

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Censored

Censorship of images has been much on people’s minds this last week. I thought I’d write a post about the depiction of nudity.

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