Happy Nowruz to all on this first day of Spring 2019
some sketches-in-progress in the theme of the ancient, pre-Islamic, Iranian people - here Parthian kontophoroi or kontos (lance) bearing horseman and Saka warrior woman.
nota bene yesterday in some of the ancient Nowruz-celebrating countries they jumped over the bonfires - custom known as Chaharshanbe Suri attached link to a scholarly article on the Good and Evil in ancient Iranian Festivals.
Khoda Hafez
Making Sense with Sam Harris #126 - In Defense of Honor (with Tamler Sommers) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8DtAlAfwtE
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