Ever since a visit to Wartburg castle in Germany in 1999 the image of Martin Luther's footstool stayed with me. He used a whale vertebrae as his footstool while translating the Bible (pictured below). It has a beautiful sculptural quality to it and for reasons I'm having trouble articulating, using the backbone of a whale as a footstool while translating religious texts seems poetic.
On a related note, I came across a great modern stool inspired by the whale vertebrae - by Alda Hall.
Langreyður - kollur
Langreyður - kollur
Langreyður - kollur
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How cool is that?! I'll have to send this to my sister Thanks, Nathan.
ps... just returned from a hike out of Piney Lake and we saw a HUGE male moose!! Amazing!
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