Here's a click through of a much larger version of the image.
I do wonder if the artists who created this were inspired by the helicoid geochronograph in James Gurney's Dinotopia
books. In those books, the inhabitants believed that time was neither linear nor circular, but a combination of the two: a spiral. As such, they built a large spiral clock, as well as smaller hand held timepieces, called helicoid geochrongraphs. Artistic coincidence?Take a look at the pages in question from Dinotopia: a Land Apart from Time below and make the judgment yourself.
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| Page 68, Dinotopia: ALAFT |
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| Page 69, Dinotopia: ALAFT |
i never read the dinotopia books but i sure loved the movie when i was a kid
ReplyDeletewhoa.. thats so cool.
ReplyDeleteThat picture is amazing! Although quite confusing even if it is artistic.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip on the Cathedral btw, I added it to my blog and credited you :)
i like the picture of the time spiral
ReplyDeleteI like how the spiral is empty for the most part and explodes at the end.
ReplyDeletereally cool
ReplyDeleteOoh wow! I like that, I've always liked dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures
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