The Lion Man's gaze ...

I stood before the Lion Man - 

His gaze fell upn me - 

I pictured the shaman who had called him forth - 

I saw a world locked in ice - 

I saw the subtle hands which had shaped the hard won ivory - 

I felt, for a moment, the power of spells cast in a time beyond all counting - 

I felt the texture of unknown worlds - 

I understood the map marked out on a drum of reindeer skin - 

12.15

Tuesday 6 February 2018

Living with gods, peoples, places and unknown worlds 

British Museum