Lugh, the Celtic god of Sun and Light, celebrates the sun’s annual path across the sky. Each of the year’s solar events — solstices and equinoxes and the midpoints between these — marks the passing of the seasons on Earth. I have written the name of each solar holiday in Runes around the sun’s face and marked him with Celtic knots that represent this unending cycle.
~ Helen Seebold
(36th Annual Sculpture in the Garden)
Great artwork!
Agreed! It will be interesting to see if Helen Seebold will have something new in this year’s coming exhibition.
Funny, but I hadn’t noticed the Celtic knots until the quote pointed them out — and here I’m Irish, ha!
I’m kind of wondering about the one under the mouth — it seems more like a spiral than a knot. But I guess Celtic spirals are a thing, too. 🙂
“Lugh” is the gift that keeps on giving this Summer – that’s for sure!
I’m sure the Irish, with their mild, cool summers, appreciated Lugh’s gifts much more than we do!
Yes, we could do with a few cool days – we got our cooler, less-humid days, but the wildfire smoke has been bad and will be bad the rest of this cool period, so I decided best not to take the camera out in it. I can put on a mask (I have N-95 masks I use in Winter for errands) but they kept saying “the particulate matter gets in your hair, on your clothes, etc. and you bring it into the house” … I decided it was not worth it. I need to take my car for a run … unbelievably it’s been 10 days since I had it out again. It’s as bad as in Winter.
Wow, Barbara, not only is this a beautiful and cheerful piece of art but writing in runes is extraordinary. Lovely, thank you.