🐘 Petra van Cronenburg (NatureMC@mastodon.online)

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I am a #journalist, #author and #paperartist, working on a community #reconnecting you with #nature. #NatureMatchCuts is my #podcast for changing perspectives in the #Anthropocene. #Nature #biodiversity #ecology #Europe #CulturalHeritage #Art #NatureWriting. Volunteering in a French #heritagecenter and #museum in a #BiosphereReserve. #Artist with #paperjewellery #collage #assemblage, #artjournals + #visiblemending. Toots: English (mainly), German, French. NO CWs for nature! #fedi22 #nobridge 🌈

Joined: 2022-04-25

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2024-11-25 NatureMC ┃ 1👤 ┃ RE: futurebird

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We have more (see my other comment), but mostly shaman-like figures or sculptures.
A different problem: We only found paintings in these caves because they were preserved by […]

2024-11-25 NatureMC ┃ 1👤 ┃ RE: futurebird

@futurebird The question is also: Why did they paint this? One theory of the animal caves are hunting rituals. Did they need human faces to summon the spirits of the animals to be hunted? They […]

2024-11-25 NatureMC ┃ RE: futurebird

@futurebird Fascinating questions! Today's children don't meet animals first ...
As you speak of taboo: Many indigenous tribes believed that if you copy a face, the photographer/artist gets […]

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2024-11-24 NatureMC ┃ 5🔗 2#️ ┃ RE: futurebird

@futurebird Wait, people in France sometimes still do this, a tradition inherited by the Gallo-Romans. We also plant Jupiter's Beard on pillars and window sills for lightning protection.
At the […]

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2024-11-21 NatureMC ┃ edited ┃ 1🔗 4#️

I just got an invitation for learning and practising art journals. Well, it's 7 days, hotel included BUT ... 🙄
I'm definitely doing something wrong to get rich, my classes at the museum are […]

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2024-11-17 NatureMC ┃ RE: GustavinoBevilacqua

@GustavinoBevilacqua Why would I swap a Le Pen hole for an even worse one? 😉 There's darkness ... and darkness.

2024-11-17 NatureMC ┃ edited ┃ 1🔗 2#️ 1💬

I've discovered this on Meteo France: I'm not just imagining the darkness. Since the beginning of November, we've had exactly 9 hours and 8 minutes of sunshine in Strasbourg (But I live in a […]

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