Image for Fire Horse Year

[kakapo]

20 hours ago, Apech said:

Hi

 

It is time to change the image on the header for the new year ... to Fire Horse.

 

If you have a suitable image please submit it or a link to it in the next few days.  @liminal_luke will arrange for the artwork based on the best image-

 

NB.  My little pony is probably not what we are looking for

 

 

 

See what you think!

[steve]

3 hours ago, Apech said:

mine too

 

And it would fit well in that bottom right corner

 

[liminal_luke]

I like Taomeow´s image too (and may have to eat my words if it´s AI created).  Nungali´s image doesn´t really fit the energy of the year Chinese astrology-wise, but may turn out to be the antidote for the year we all need.  

[Taomeow]

58 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

I like Taomeow´s image too (and may have to eat my words if it´s AI created).  

 

It's possible that it is AI but this style of CNY images has been around for ages, long before AI, so it's not obvious one way or the other. 

 

I like @kakapo's version too but I was deliberately looking for a horse that isn't burning...  The year is going to carry massive Yang Fire qi, and I was thinking that accentuating that tendency in TDB banner to the max might be conductive to extra "flare ups" of tempers on the forum.          

[liminal_luke]

9 minutes ago, Taomeow said:

 

I like @kakapo's version too but I was deliberately looking for a horse that isn't burning...  The year is going to carry massive Yang Fire qi, and I was thinking that accentuating that tendency in TDB banner to the max might be conductive to extra "flare ups" of tempers on the forum.          

 

@old3bob has long made the point that it´s not really possible to separate the spiritual and the political.  He´s not wrong, imo.  It´s likely that the transition we´re about to make to Fire Horse energy is going to be a "current event."  We all need a little fire but the trick, I think, is to get the balance right; better a well-tended campfire than a conflagration.  Kakapo´s image catches the hard-charging character of Fire Horse well, imo, and he integrated it into the banner masterfully.  What I like about your image is how it captures the best aspects of fire -- vibrancy, playful whimsy, joy.  

[Cobie]

Changing government here. The new ones say we must prepare for war and they will increase spending for arms  massively.  I don’t think fire horse energy will help at all. I propose we skip the tradition this year and post something peaceful on the banner like this: 

 

 

 

鸿鹄之志 (hong2hu2 zhi1 zhi4) the will of the swan; lofty aspirations

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Cobie

[Nungali]

19 hours ago, liminal_luke said:

 

It´s OK if the image is embedded in a background.  What we end up using will likely be just the horse part, but it´s easy enough for my partner to take just the horse out of the image.  Other mods might feel differently, but personally I lean away from AI images because I think that human-created art carries more chi.

 

Ohhhh , okay then I will draw one up myself then  . 

 

 

 

 

[liminal_luke]

2 minutes ago, Nungali said:

 

Ohhhh , okay then I will draw one up myself then  . 

 

 

 

 

 

I think you meant your image as a joke but I kinda like it.  We could certainly do worse!

[Nungali]

  I tried to capture the elements of fire in each corner around the horsie .