Feels like there's at least one Spiderman at each Party. Any type of Party, and Spiderman shows up. He must be very popular:
and the Party continues. This girl wanted to be a Present:
This one was interesting. I had designed it quickly at the end of a Chanukah Party last year. Because a woman wanted just a quick Something when I was supposed to be packing up already. I had quickly made just a few lovely strokes, and called it The Eternal Flame, something that felt right for Chanukah Face Painting. So when a man came by at this Holiday Party (not Jewish), and requested the Eternal Flame from my list of choices, I told him that it represents Keeping the Flame of Hope Alive.
It felt like a beautiful thing that this man wanted one. But I just had a general idea about it, so I looked it up on Wikipedia while preparing this Post. Here's a quote from Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_flame
The eternal flame was a component of the Jewish religious rituals performed in the Tabernacle and later in the Temple in Jerusalem, where a commandment required a fire to burn continuously upon the Outer Alter. Modern Judaism continues a similar tradition by having a sanctuary lamp, the ner tamid, always lit above the ark in the synagogue. After World War II, such flames gained meaning as a reminder of the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust. EndQuote.
After the Party, I saw the man (still happily wearing his Eternal Flame) in the Subway Station.
Still some more designs I created at this Holiday Party. Some of them are very simple, and I like that ~ Sort of the Sumi-e of Face Painting. If it's painted skillfully, that's all that's needed:
Happy Holiday Everybody ~
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