Photo Hunt - Cuddly

This week's Photo Hunt theme is cuddly. 'Cuddly' is an emotion that doesn't fit with me at all - I don't 'do' cuddly. I despise cuddly. There are lots out there who love cuddly - have at it. Just don't want to cuddle me! LOL

Nonetheless my tactile defensiveness aside, this statue immediately came to mind when I saw this week's theme. We saw it in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens last fall. The museum is stunning - overwhelming even, with room after room filled with the most incredible collection of treasures from ancient Greek civilization.

This 3000 year old statue was set off to the side in a room filled with life-sized depictions of warriors, athletes, gods, and goddesses. It tugged at our heart strings because it was just so unusual - the only 'real' image of humanity in the entire room. This wasn't depicting ideal or glory or worshiping . . . this was 'just' a child cuddling their dog.

You can read more about our visit to this amazing museum in this post here.

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• Palmabella's Passions
• What I Really Think
• shave Ice and Gelato
• Jerry's Thoughts, Musings, and Rants!
• Keep your Feet in the Street
• Postcards from the Trail
• Cooking at the Whistlestop Cafe
• Candi's Corner
• Trekcapri's Blog   

Comments

[colleen]

well for not wanting to cuddle you still got a good cuddly shot!

[sandy]

Very interesting take on the theme
Mine's up, too.
http://sandyben.blogspot.com/

[Marta]

That is such an interesting statue. One doesn't think of our love of animals being timeless but this shows how far back our love of animals goes in our culture.

Great and different take on this week's theme.

[Palma]

YOU are too cuddly. We shall see if you still are as a skinny guy!

[Susanne]

I love your posting. Such a lovely statue and 3000 years old is amazing!

[Scott (AKA Bull Rhino)]

It's hard to make a statue look cuddly, but that one says it loud and clear and is a great angle on the cuddly theme this week.
Scott at World’s Best Photography Blog ;^)

[Mariposa]

cute statue! Mariposa's PhotoHunt

[JDeQ]

That was one of the things that I admired - such nature human emotion wasn't often depicted back then.

I sure the hell am not Palma - you have had two hugs that I recall - one more and you're done. LOL

Thanks for popping by on photo hunt Saturday!

[Kendall]

Yes Jerry you do cuddley. You have kitties!

[JDeQ]

Cats aren't cuddly - they are independent SOBs - which I why I like them so much! LOL