Not really a challenge, but a treat to talk about. We met Michael & Ronayne at the British Museum for the Afghanistan exhibition, and had the Afghan lunch with champagne. I suspect it was a bit posher than the locals would eat. Starters:roast aubergine with sesame yoghurt, spinach-in-sauce with pitta, spicy lentils&tomato, then okra&aubergine casserole with spinach bread, then pomegranate mousse with lemon curd & poppy-seed sorbet. It's now 8pm & still no need for supper.
We also looked at Chinese jade & various other carvings. Having read a couple of books recently on gargoyles, grotesques & green men for one of my challenges (a portfolio of 60, of course) I was surprised to find so many features in common, but I suppose human faced monsters are an obvious & universal way to show power, and foliage-encrusted-creatures not just Celtic-pagan.
Watch this space for the full range of creatures, possibly not for several months as they're a bit scattered.
No comments:
Post a Comment