More ancient Greek terms…
https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1218157014636994561
https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1218157351548674048
https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1218386834570563584
Vocabulary
Definitions of new words and concepts I learned with them.
Definition: Black-figure Pottery, Red-figure Pottery, Vitrify
Some ancient Greek pottery terminology today. Pretty interesting how they found out these things to make their pottery art.
Black-figure Pottery
One of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases that leaves black figures (after oxygen withdrawn in kiln)
Red-figure Pottery
One of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases that leaves red figures (after oxygen added in kiln after it was withdrawn to create black-figures)
Vitrify
Convert (something) into glass or a glasslike substance, typically by exposure to heat
https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1217992858378043393
Definition: Ayahuasca, Ayahuasca Tourism, Icaros
A more obscure example of “Drug tourism” or “Psychedelic tourism” (my term). Americans coming to Canada (or other destinations) to smoke weed legally is definitely a real phenomenon, though!
Ayahuasca
Brew made from leaves of Psychotria viridis shrub and stalks of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine, though other plants and ingredients can also be added
Ayahuasca Tourism
tourism to experience ayahuasca
Icaros
South American indigenous colloquialism for magic song, which may “come” to a shaman during ceremony
https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1217948508357001217
Definition: Drug or Psychedelic Tourism
The real deal now with Americans coming to Canada (among other destinations) to smoke weed legally. This is my term, though, as I’m not aware there is such a term.
https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1219007312838504449
Definition: Spirit House, Witch (Coffin) Window, Haint Paint
“Spooky architecture” (my term, see Feb 5 post) words today…
Spirit House
Purpose-built structure to invite spirits to stay in so they don’t stay in houses where people lived
Witch Window (also Coffin Window)
Conventional vertical windows, just tilted at an angle so witches can’t fly through them
Haint Paint
Blue paint on the ceilings of outdoor porches, to ward off ghosts or spirits
https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1217942843257425920
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