Through The Looking Glass
on 10/17/2006 at 05:03 PM
Very interesting. Gateway to Babylon, or just the land of Endless Sumer? Nice touch with what looks like a bee god and a winged cow god; a land of milk and honey makes a perfect entrance to a shopping mall! And over on the right, is that a statue of my old friend Ganesh? Which reminds me, Happy Diwali this coming week; may the festival’s symbolic triumph of good over evil become true for us all this coming new lunar year.
Pretty complex imagery here. I could take a while to figure out what it all means, but instead I’ll go have another martini.
It surprises me that they’d permit any kind of statue of an elephant in Hollywood, even if they were lampooning it. But I suppose they have enough jackasses parading around in bipedal drag, like Orwell’s Animal Farm pigs.
Which, incidentally, many denizens of Hollywood closely resemble!
I accept your wish for a happy Diwali, Drew, and in turn, I will wish you a happy and spiritually awakening Samhain.
Thanks Tann, I’ve got a fresh book of matches so I’m ready to go.
I think most religions have a harvest festival and a planting festival in them somewhere, regardless of what they call them or how they’ve changed over time. The symbology of a newly laid fire in the hearth is shared by many of these. It’s one of those timeless human things that goes straight to the bone. We’re all tied to the Earth and aware of the cycle of life. I think that’s a good thing; maybe we’re all not so different after all. (though I admit that’s a hard thought to have sometimes with all the craziness I see ever day)
That’s part of an outlet mall that used to be a Bridgestone Tire factory in SoCal. I lived in that area 15 years ago, and I remember driving by it a couple times. Interesting architecture for a tire plant…
The two figures above the arch are straight from the Sumerian (Annunaki) and Babylonian / Akkadian legends, as are the crossed serpents between the lions, under “Ganesh” (the elephant), over to the right. Dunno the origin of the “trilobite skeleton” between the two “annunaki” over the arch, perhaps it has a Bhuddist origin?
Look up “Zechariah Sitchin” , he has some very interesting, and unusual interpretations of the ancient Sumerian legends, including the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Actually, this is the (relatively) new 640,00 sq ft complex next to the Chinese and Kodak Theaters. It a recreation of the Babylon Court from D. W. Griffith’s “Intolerance”.
