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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 1h

"Aeon" (Terpsichore) seems to have little in common with her new format (under active construction), but the little detail of the Minoan Snake Goddess reappears in the use of the equestrian bit mouthpiece

"Aeon" (Terpsichore) from "Hermetic Heresies" (1996-8)

Detail from "Aeon" showing a pendant in the shape of a Minoan Snake Goddess

Drawing for "Are" (Terpsichore) from "the Lost Consonants"

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 2h

Apparently we're all showing off our lock screens now. Please try to keep your envy in check. P.S. it has the signature Nokia ringtone too.

The majesty of a Nokia dumbphone's lock screen

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 5h

"Academy" was a riposte to "Museum" (the antithesis to its thesis and the Plato to its Aristotle). The objects representing the Olympian Muses were reduced to geometric forms and each was assigned a colour taken from the alchemist Flamel's observed sequence of colours when transmuting lead to gold.

Photograph of "Academy" (the Heliconian Muse Meleten/Deep Thought) from "Hermetic Heresies" (1996-8)

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 7h

The first sculpture in this series was 'Museum" which was made of Mahogany and had 9 compartments containing objects representing the Olympian Muses crafted in black wax. The choice of objects was inspired by the etymology of each Muse's name.

"Museum" (Heliconian Muse Meleten/Memory) from "Hermetic Heresies" (1996-8)

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 7h

This is "Dart" which is the Muse Erato propelled in her endeavours by the twist in a Möbius strip

"Dart" (Erato) from "Hermetic Heresies" (1996-8)

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 9h

Here are two versions of the Muse Polyhymnia: "Cypher" from 1997 (since destroyed) and the more recent "Still" from this year (very much intact).

Photograph of "Cypher" (Polyhymnia) from "Hermetic Heresies" (1996-8)

Photograph of "Still" (Polyhymnia) from "The Lost Consonants"

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 11h

Another of my ancient Muses. This is "Arc" (Euterpe) whose new version is nearly complete and can't be more different from this one.

"Arc" (Euterpe) from "Hermetic Heresies" (1996-8)

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 11h

For #ThrowbackThursday here's a rarely seen photograph of a sculpture from the mid 90's when I made my first attempt at creating new iconography for the Classical Muses. I'm taking another stab at the subject, now that I know what's what. "Core" (Kalliope)

"Core" from the series "Hermetic Heresies" (1996-8)

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 28/10/2026

Oh. So you like crocodiles do you? In that case, you really should go and have a look at Adam M. Gustavson's #Croctober cartoons, right this minute.

Crocodile tiers
Source: https://www.instagram.com/gustavsonadam/

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 27/10/2026

serving only the most vital statistics

the worst shield-bearers a Gaulish chieftain ever had

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 24/10/2026

This week's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #transportation Does Zeus launching himself to Olympus count? 🤞

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 24/10/2026

Herakles ΑΘΑΝΑΤΑΙ. Mythology's most lethal dinner companion. He will dispatch his hosts and his guests to Hades with equal gusto 😬

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026

Just look at the buildings. Is that Smuts or Fuller Hall? 😂

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026

On the topic of UCT, did you know that the university now occupies all of Cape Town and Table Mountain has shrunk to the size of a small hill? 😂

AI slop in an AI slop article courtesy of https://studyatuniversity.com/universities/university-of-cape-town-in-south-africa-6/

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026

Propert SWIFTWHIP Patent Ball Drive

VINTAGE 1950’S PROPERT 'SWIFT-WHIP' EGG WHISK /BEATER

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

OK , I relent: "The Eiffel Tower" by Georges Seurat

example of a pointillist painting by Georges Seurat

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

"Here, This Is Stieglitz Here" Francis Picabia 1915

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Can only confirm that the inspiration for the look is one 'Jason' from GTA 😂 Auntie C would obviously prefer the one that ran with the Argonauts, but given what that Jason did to Medea, maybe the fictional car thief is an upgrade.

The character Jason from Grand Theft Auto

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

😂 The best part is that the other bathroom has the same thing. They liked it so much they installed it twice

another photograph of a property listing with a bathroom that boasts a vanity resembling two stoves with a sink on top

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026

As it turns out, Apollo has a pinwheel too. And he's responsible for enabling Paris to shoot Achilles in the tendon. Coincidence? I think not

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026

Menelaos ΒΟΑΩ boao: ‘to give a loud cry; shout;’ of things ‘to roar, resound’.

Helen's husband, Menelaos of the loud war cry

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026

I've reached the point where I realized that my PR agent spends her entire day just hanging around the studio asleep on the job.

My PR agent after having missed yet another opportunity to get my magnificent sculptures included in a prestigious exhibit that would have been the PERFECT fit

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026

😂 That's a first. The buoy is held up by an equestrian snaffle bit. I begged some very tiny spectacle screws from an optometrist to keep the join in place.

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026

In honour of the Non-Spherical Man, here is The Peach Tree that Angered God

A monument to the poet who sang their own special tune and was punished for it

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026

Chagall is never not joyous. I've always had a soft spot for Fra Angelico's "The Annunciation" in the Convento di San Marco in Florence. Never really understood why I found it so compelling until I realized how much it visually echoed my favourite sculpture - the "Peplos Kore" from the Parthenon.

Fra Angelico - Annunciation from 1438 until 1450. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fra_Angelico_-_Annunciation.jpg

Painting of Kore 679 ("Peplos kore") from the Athenian Acropolis at the time of its discovery in 1886. Watercolor by Émile Gilliéron; lithograph by K. Grundman.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Watercolor_of_Acropolis_kore_679_by_%C3%89mile_Gilli%C3%A9ron_(ArchEph_1887,_pl_9)_-_crop_1.jpg

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026

Well, it's a Geometric Period vase, so ...

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026

Bad Buoy Bad Buoy, Whatcha want, whatcha gonna do?

Ares ΝΟΣΟΣ

"Then with an angry glance from beneath his brows spake to him Zeus, the cloud-gatherer: do not sit here and whine at me, thou vacillating two-faced creature. Most hateful to me art thou of all gods that hold Olympus, for ever is strife dear to thee and wars and fightings." (Iliad 5: 889-890)

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

On the topic of the agentic AI laughably named 'Muse': Please note that Muse ΑΟΙΔΗΝ will not access your bank accounts, give out your address to strangers, or require constant supervision while "making your life easier". She will however, serve as a daily reminder that thinking is rooted in doing

Photograph of a Muse named ΑΟΙΔΗΝ basking in the sunshine

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

Terpsichore finally rocked up to her design consultation, having presumably come directly from an old-school rave, and decided that THIS is how she wants her new outfit to look. 😬 There is every possibility that she may still change her mind. 🤞 *No. This is not me getting my excuses in early. 🙄