Queen Vic, Hastings, UK.
A common sight in the alternative culture town of Hastings, on the south coast of England. The statue graces a main residential square and is regularly dressed up for an upcoming festival or parade, or just a sunny day. She looks like she secretly quite enjoys it chilling out at the beach.
Avoidance of #idolatry is one of the few religious #ideas I tend to agree with.
We probably shouldn't have public #statues at all.
Very few public figures make good role models viewed from every direction.
Just look at #MotherTheresa
(19 Mar) Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were More Than Eye Candy—They Were Also Perfumed
Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses.
https://s.faithcollapsing.com/5sc3z
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/fC8D1 ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/xl7p8
#ancient-greece #ancient-rome #human-history #perfume #statues
A statue of Peter Pan appears to hail the arrival of Spring in Sheffield Botanic Gardens this afternoon.
Peter is surrounded by animals and birds..... it's just a bit hard to see them from this angle.
The temperature today was 16 centigrade, ten degrees warmer than this time last week.
#sheffield #peterpan #spring #springtime #firstdayofspring #gardens #statues
Dr Salter's Daydream in London, England
This group of sculptures includes the first statue of a female politician in London.#publicart #womenshistory #history #statues #section-Atlas
Dr Salter's Daydream
The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But in reality, ancient works of art were colorful, and even scented.
The Scent of Veneration: Study shows Ancient Statues were Perfumed ~ New research suggests that ancient statues were not only painted and adorned but also covered with oils and perfumed.
https://wildhunt.org/2025/03/the-scent-of-veneration-study-shows-ancient-statues-were-perfumed.html
Bone Buddhas at Isshin-ji Temple in Osaka, Japan
This temple is home to a group of Buddha statues made from thousands of bones and ashes of the deceased.#statues #ash #buddhism #buddha #temples #section-Atlas
Bone Buddhas at Isshin-ji Temple
I'm gonna list out my interests, and there's a ton of 'em. Classic autism move, getting obsessed with weird topics that stick with you forever.
Heads up, #Fediverse, you might lose it when I drop 100+ hashtags in one post. That's just how autism rolls I guess.
## Interests and Obsessions
Substances and Legalization:
#Drugs #LSD #Shrooms #Psychedelics #THC #Psilocybin
Tech and Privacy:
#Linux #Debian #QubesOS #GrapheneOS #GooglePixel #Auxio #AntennaPod #PGP #Obtainium #PeerTube #FreeTube #Privacy #Security #Thunderbird #CapyReader #RSS #AtomFeeds #NewPipe #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Openreads #Signal #LocalSend #ThinkPad #FreeSoftware #FSF #ElementaryOS #Elementary #PaldoLinux #GNOME #i3wm #Monero #Mullvad #iVPN #LinusTorvald #Fairphone #DivestOS #Tor #TailsOS #Whonix
Politics and Activism:
#AnarchoSyndicalism #Anarchism #Syndicalism #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT #TransRights #HumanRights #WorkersRights #Unions #Decentralization #Organizing #GrassRoots #DirectAction #AntiCapitalism #FuckSpotify #Piratpartiet #PirateParty #Piracy #ThePirateBay #EdwardSnowden #Wikileaks #JulianAssange #MeredithWhittaker #RichardStallman #RightToRepair
Music and Artists:
#ZoëStraub #Bandcamp #ShadowOfIntent #Alestorm #AlisonSudol #CœurDePirate #RussianPop #YuliaSavicheva #SavichevaMusic #Music
Content Creators:
#DougDoug #DistroTube #MattRose #TheHatedOne #EricParker #The8BitGuy #BernadetteBanner #LynnSaga #LukeSmith #UndineAlmani #DarkViperAU
History and Tragic Events:
#NorthKorea #WW2 #ColdWar #KoreanWar #Unit731 #NuclearWeapons #USSR
Fashion and Identity:
#GenderFluidity #Dresses #Lingerie #Pins #Buttons #Statues
Culture and Media:
#Buddhism #Warframe #Moomin #Books #Joker2019 #SocialIssues #AlternativeSocialStructures
#Traveling and Destinations:
#Austria #Vienna #Salzburg #Idlib #Pyongyang #Moscow #Bergen
Miscellaneous:
#AntiReactionContentCreators #ReactionContentBad #Crying
Yeah, I know it's a lot. But that's the beauty of an autistic brain I guess, we go deep on what fascinates us.
One of the most stunningly beautiful parks in the world, imho.
Vigeland park, Oslo. 
Spiegelreflex-camera.
#photography #statues
#blackandwhite #vigeland #oslo
(I was in Norway, Oslo, many years ago)
The Glimmer Twins in Kent, England
Two members of the Rolling Stones frozen forever in bronze.#musichistory #statues #music #rockandroll #section-Atlas
The Glimmer Twins
Gabrielle Petit Statue in Brussels, Belgium
Belgium's national heroine turned spy and sacrificed her life to combat German occupation.#shewasthere #militaryhistory #warhistory #worldwari #statues #section-Atlas
Gabrielle Petit Statue
Potato Roundabout in Mjölby, Sweden
This traffic circle in a small Swedish town is adorned with a statue of a giant potato.#giantfood #statues #potatoes #section-Atlas
Potato Roundabout
(You will see more photos of it at some point, I have lots, haha)
Sybil Ludington Statue in Danbury, Connecticut
A statue commemorating a 16-year old girl's nighttime ride to raise a militia against attacking British troops.#statues #history&culture #americanrevolution #military #statuesinternal #history&cultureinternal #americanrevolutioninternal #section-Atlas
Sybil Ludington Statue
![Sunrise silhouettes of two dog statues. A Newfoundland dog with its tongue hanging out is in the left foreground, with a Labrador dog slightly behind and on the right. In the background is Cabot Tower and the outline of Signal Hill, with some snowy patches. The sky is pale blue with a puffy grey pink cloud at the top of the image. [St. John’s (NL, Canada) March 2025]](https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/114/132/698/492/962/765/original/2befb41ca6db8b20.jpeg "Sunrise silhouettes of two dog statues. A Newfoundland dog with its tongue hanging out is in the left foreground, with a Labrador dog slightly behind and on the right. In the background is Cabot Tower and the outline of Signal Hill, with some snowy patches. The sky is pale blue with a puffy grey pink cloud at the top of the image. [St. John’s (NL, Canada) March 2025]")
