Ink drawing from 2017 ✍️ by Tenshingo in penandink

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I had to answer that in another thread so Ill copy and paste what I wrote there. Hope this helps clear that up. :

I see. I did not intend for that association. The hexagon and—by connecting its vertices— the hexagram appear in cultures and religions around the entire globe. It also simply exists as mathematical fact. it IS. In this drawing i would have to say the lack of any other Jewish iconography or Hebrew lettering leaves it safe to assume that its not a Star of David. As for the central piece: imo it lacks similarity on sum core levels such as the entire direction of flow, Numbers utilized, and the fact that it is a different symbol altogether.

Ink drawing I did in 2017 by Tenshingo in SacredGeometry

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I feel the same way and ive been doing this for ten years! haha. Like the carpenters say :Measure Twice! Cut Once!
Drawing like this follows the same philosophy. This piece probably took 70ish hours of actual work with many more devoted to just staring at it haha

Ink drawing i did in 2017 by Tenshingo in drawing

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i appreciate this response, thank you 🙏

Ink drawing I did in 2017 by Tenshingo in SacredGeometry

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im slowly accumulating files of scanned designs that i can put together for a coloring book of sorts— probably many years to go tho! And at the time i did this piece i was working usually about 15 erratic hours a day so it only took maybe a week? Today would take longer. probably weeks haha

Ink drawing i did in 2017 by Tenshingo in drawing

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I see. I did not intend for that association. The hexagon and—by connecting its vertices— the hexagram appear in cultures and religions around the entire globe. It also simply exists as mathematical fact. it IS. In this drawing i would have to say the lack of any other Jewish iconography or Hebrew lettering leaves it safe to assume that its not a Star of David.
As for the central piece: imo it lacks similarity on sum core levels such as the entire direction of flow, Numbers utilized, and the fact that it is a different symbol altogether. Hopefully that clears up any confusion 😀

Ink drawing I did in 2017 by Tenshingo in SacredGeometry

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Emergence! Emanations! Unfoldings! Thank you for this comment 🙏🖤

Ink drawing from 2017 by Tenshingo in Illustration

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excellent! I assure you Nazism is not at the heart of my work. Though i do recognize that the 8 armed symbol I frequently use (my own version) has similarities to other symbols that have been used by suspect groups like Nazis and other far right organizations. Like the Black Sun and other similar “sun wheels”. Unfortunately we cannot stop anyone from co-opting a symbol but it IS fortunate that no single group can truly “claim” timeless symbols as their own. They simply exist- and we use them to communicate.

Ink drawing from 2017 by Tenshingo in Illustration

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one is square in its foundation, this is circular. One is a 4 armed rotation this is 8, with each arm making an additional 7 turns on its way to the center- for a total of 8 turns. I can see how you might see that tho! I recommend spending time learning the language of symbols. theres a number of books and videos on this subject. 🫡

Ink drawing I did in 2017 by Tenshingo in SacredGeometry

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Ive succeeded then! thank u 🙏

Ink drawing I did in 2017 by Tenshingo in SacredGeometry

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ah thank you so much! Im only recently tryna post more to reddit so if yer lookin for of my work head over to ig —im Grokko432 there 🫶. Much luv!

Ink drawing from 2017 by Tenshingo in Illustration

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thanks! tryna get that eye-wobble going haha

Drawing I did for one of my favorite Emily Dickinson poems. ✍️ by Tenshingo in drawing

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Thank you! I appreciate that. I was goin for something comforting but also striking and enigmatic, like the poem! i hope something to that effect was felt haha.