alea iacta est

Description

alea iacta est - 'the die has been cast'

Caesar said it 49 BC when he stood (irresolute), with his army in front of a border river while he was facing a new war.


My goodness, great , imagine that he really said it... – I can hardly take a breath - I cannot stand it


Yes, Latin, the 'mother of all our grammar', an ancient Indo-European language or in other words, the thumbtack on the chair of a student.

Especially in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Latin is highly valued and is necessary to study numerous disciplines.

Is it not strange: for some people a 'dead' language is the entry-point to think...


I have never learned it, yet I speak it fluently (just believe it ):

aquarium distillarium sublimare

in nomine pax romana - ave

q.e.d.

XIV-VII-MMXIII
(a date to remember - what a number format! – were they insane?)

Note

This is a 'very old drawing':
- so the grid is strongly visible,
- at the edges thick lines apear,
- the shadows on the ground contain clearly visible border-lines

Nevertheless, it is an drawing that I like ('it’s small, but it’s mine').

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Steps

top/left predrawing (pencil)
top/right blackshading (pencil)
bottom/left softshading rough (graphite-powder with fingers)
bottom/right softshading smooth (graphit-powder with folded paper)
bottom hardshading (pencil)

final drawing

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Tools/Material