"Snakes are sometimes perceived as evil, but they are also perceived as medicine. If you look at an ambulance, there's the two snakes on the side of the ambulance. The caduceus, or the staff of Hermes, there's the two snakes going up it, which means that the venom can also be healing."
Nicolas Cage
Now how can you think of something positive when you have the image of a snake in front of you? This is what I thought when I first made this sketch. But I was not going to give up my quest for positive thoughts and during my search, I learned that snakes are actually considered to be a symbol of healing powers and opportunities.
The snake leaves behind its old skin and as it crawls ahead, it emerges as a new creature. This can be considered as a metaphor for new beginning. All of us who wish to move ahead in our lives in terms of new opportunities, new goals and new challenges, nothing can stop us if we leave behind our past, old and regressive thoughts and ideas. Grab every opportunity that comes your way and explore new possibilities.
Have a Snaky day!
Note:
The Egyptians used the snake hieroglyphs to represent N, maybe because their word snake may have begun with that sound. So, for today's signature I tried to use the hieroglyph of snake the way it would have been used by the Egyptians.
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