It's an ancient #symbol, over a thousand years old, and it's not a trident
it's an abstract representation of a diving #falcon
If we were living in ancient times, we would be venerating this #hawk that attacked an enemy #drone as a manifestation of a #god, and building a temple dedicated to it
wall mounted canvas print of Golden Dragon Koi Fish Flame and Flow by Joan Stratton - paintingsbyjoan.com in a bedroom setting.
In ancient legend, the koi fish swims upstream with unwavering determination. If it reaches the top of the waterfall, it transforms - not into just any creature, but into a golden dragon.
This piece captures that moment of magic: the shimmer before the shift, the fire before flight.
With flowing fins like flames and a gaze full of quiet power, this golden dragon koi feels like motion and myth stitched into one. Its strength wrapped in elegance, a symbol of perseverance and transformation. The white space around it hums with possibility, like the breath before a leap.
Created using my Ether Art technique - hand-drawn digitally from a blank canvas, this piece blends expressive abstraction with storytelling and vibrant rhythm.
Golden Dragon Koi Fish Flame and Flow is perfect for lovers of symbolic art, surreal aquatic creatures, and joyful design. Available across fine art prints, canvases, puzzles, apparel, and home décor.
Loaded without a background so you can choose your own colour on products :)
Explore more expressive aquatic and abstract works in my gallery at:
https://joan-stratton.pixels.com/collections/fish+sea+dragons+and+horses
When is art "finished"? For me, the answer seems to be never. I love reincarnating older works into something new. A fresh presentation of my Colorful Beetle!
Celtic Tree Of Life Mother Nature Life Energy by Joan Stratton - paintingsbyjoan.com
A whimsically designed vibrant Celtic tree of life held in place by Mother Nature stands out against a neutral dark background, featuring iridescent branches and leaves. Delicate pink flowers are interspersed throughout, adding a magical and dreamy quality to the scene.
Celtic Tree of Life Symbol represents the spiritual balance and harmony of birth, death and rebirth.
This design does not have a background, so you can customize any of the products with whatever colour you choose :)
Ether Art – A hand-drawn drawing / painting using the exciting modern art form, where art is created from scratch using a computer in lieu of a real canvas and paint, water colour, pastel, pencil, charcoal etc I create digital art from the ether, exactly the same as if I was starting with a blank canvas.
#PublicDomain no AI icons! Meant to look well with the Creative Commons symbols (despite them not being anti-AI, last i looked at least) and yah, feel free to use on your instances or websites or art or wherever!
Symbol of Anarchy A stylized to represent an electronic circuit bipolar transistor symbol, with an arrow on one of the legs and an additional stroke through the top part, that is grayed out.
“Let’s go look out the observation window,” I said. I needed to think about the rabbit hole I’d fallen down, a hole complete with ghosts, time travel, vampires, mind-reading, and now Nazi rabbits. Each a #symbol of how far I had fallen. And, as if that god-awful hodge-podge of impossibilities weren’t enough, I had a dozen other questions. Who or what controlled this time-travel business? Should I get involved with Ms. Pang? Would she really be a good travel companion—wait, I hadn’t stipulated “good,” only that she could be a travel partner. Folklore said wishes were tricky, more likely to bite you than befriend you.
I sighed and put the questions out of my mind. It was pointless to speculate about this time-travel business or even who I was. I had no information. The same was true for this woman. She “could” be a travel companion, and only time would reveal if I wanted her to be.
I found a spot at the window that wasn’t near anyone. Outside, #water spread as far as the eye could see. A few boats dotted the surface, but they were shrinking. “We must be rising,” I thought. Using a soft voice, I said, “Okay, tell me about the rabbits and the papers. Then I will tell you if I’ll help.”
“You’re not on their side or a communist, are you?”
“I don’t know who ‘their side’ is, but I’m not a Nazi or fascist. I don’t think I was a communist. It bothered me when you casually called Mademoiselle Baker a communist. She was a symbol of freedom, not tyranny. So I might have been a liberal. If you’re worried I’ll betray you, forget it. The worst that happens is I jet to another time and let you worry about the ship crashing.”
She nodded. I’d learn that was a habit. “I was a colonel in military intelligence, and no cracks about there being no intelligence in the military.”
That stung until I took into #account my “late for dinner” joke.
“I worked very hard to be promoted and am the highest-ranking woman in the intelligence service. My employer, the Arkham Daily Star, plays along. I was in Germany investigating some top-flight American psychologists who’d taken jobs in Heidelberg. I discovered they’d been hired for top-secret work researching mind-reading. Awful stuff, using human test subjects. It’s too gruesome to talk about—trepanning and electrodes, that sort of thing.”
I didn’t point out she was already talking about it. I was just glad she moved on.
“They must have caught on because they revoked my press card and hinted unpleasant things might happen to a nosy woman if she didn’t leave the country. I had all my notes with me, and I think that’s why they sabotaged the ship. Those papers must get to US intelligence.”
The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Bearly Politics (@i_ratus
). The tweet reads: “‘Yes, you’re wearing a suit, BUT DID YOU EVEN SAY THANK YOU?!’” Below the tweet, there is an image of three individuals in a formal setting, with two of them seated on ornate yellow chairs and gesturing with their hands. A penguin is standing on one of the chairs, dressed in a small suit. The background includes a fireplace, a flag, and other decorative elements, suggesting a formal or official room.
I'm going to give away my secret, publicly, for the first time.
If you want a symbol that can (possibly) be used in a domain name, this is a good starting point. Many of these will still not render in address bars however, especially those that are Latin look-alikes, so a lot of trial and error is required.