carving out a destiny

From: Antiques A to Z

Akadian Period Dilmun-Scribe Cylinder Seal (Sumerian)

c. 2350-2200 B.C.

From: Antiques A to Z

"A magnificent large cylinder in a heavy black stone, deeply incised and heavily modeled as on typical Akkadian seals. It shows Utu-Shamash watering the animals of Dilmun under the orders of Enki, the water spouting in two streams from the sacred pot in his hands. There is a large bottom border of the flowing waters of the river between its banks." — Antiques A to Z
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From: Wikimedia Commons

"[Joseph] Tubb carved the 20-line poem into the tree over two weeks [...]. Taking a ladder and a tent to the beech tree, Tubb carved the poem into the tree from memory, regularly forgetting to take the original copy with him. Sources vary as to whether the carving took place in 1844 or between 1844 and 1845." — Wikipedia
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"A 12-year-old Queens girl was hauled out of school in handcuffs for an artless offense - doodling her name on her desk in erasable marker, the Daily News has learned. [...] She was led out of school in cuffs and walked to the precinct across the street, where she was detained for several hours, she and her mother said. [...]
Alexa is still suspended from her school, her mother said. She and her mom went to family court on Tuesday, where Alexa was assigned eight hours of community service, a book report and an essay on what she learned from the experience. — Rachel Monahan, New York Daily News
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"Tennessee House Rep. Julia Hurley (R-Lenoir City) has confirmed that she carved her initials into her desk in the state legislature. The freshman rep previously drew unwarranted, misogynist derision because she had worked as a 'Hooters girl,' which has no bearing on her capacity to understand and deliberate on legislative issues. On the other hand, this childish display is indeed pretty disappointing -- and she isn't the only one who's done it, as there are other initials and dollar signs carved into the House's desks." — bOING bOING
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"A doctor in New York has lost his medical licence after he carved his initials on a patient's stomach because he was so proud of the caesarian section he performed on her." — BBC News
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From: News Blaze

"It takes long and painful hours to carve a sophisticated pattern in the human skin. First, the skin, usually on the back, must be disinfected, just like all the tools that will be used. At best, body carving should be performed in a clean, sterile room with an operating ventilation system. Often does it happen, however, that it is carried out in a semi-professional garage. This can result in a serious infection at best and in painful death at worst. Pieces of skin fall off the body, revealing red wounds that, in the months to come, would heal into a pinkish pattern. The scraps are either burned or taken by their owner." — Krzys Wasilewski, News Blaze
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