Pocket-square Skullflowers in Grayscale by Paul Ryan Trani Cherry_Blossom Politeness

Politeness

When a skull was worn as a trophy on the belt of the Lombard king Alboin

a back-translation of its original name

1618-22 (in the Galleria Barberini

It's a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful but that it is also tragically short

Pocket-square Skullflowers in Grayscale by Paul Ryan Trani Cherry_Blossom PolitenessSkulls have a high degree of symbolism often used in art to represent death and change. Paul's design "Skullflowers" represents change (skull) and renewal (flower blossoms). One of the best known examples of skull symbolism occurs in Shakespeare's Hamlet, where the title character recognizes the skull of an old friend: "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest. . ." Hamlet is inspired to utter a bitter soliloquy of despair and