Monday Matticchio - Fear of Birds

Sunday Safari - Looming Presences

Martin Wittfooth, A Milder Fate Than Tyranny

John Brosio, Fatigue, thanks to Dark SIlence in Suburbia

Gerald Rose, illustration for Nessie The Mannerless Monster By Ted Hughes 

thanks to Hazel Terry's Classics of Children's Illustration Flickr set

 Michael Sowa, Haunted City

Peter Ferguson 

 Di Liu, two photos from the Animal Regulation series

 Pietari Posti

 Shuichi Nakano, Premonition of Storm and Chill at 5:25

from the Searching for Paradise series

Ryan Heshka

Chris Appelhans, Midnight Party

Arabesque

Hassan Massoudi, Peace

This post was already on my mind since I love Arab art and calligraphy, 

today I dedicate it to all the Arab people fighting for their rights...

may your victory come soon! 

Bird shaped calligraphy, 17th century Iran,

from the Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin

Aldin Rashid

Françoise Joire, Arabalphabêtes

 19th century Turkish wall painting in the shape of a lion, thanks to gramatologia

 Bismillah in the shape of an ostrich and

elephant shaped calligraphy by Hassan Musa

unidentified calligraphy found at BibliOdyssey

Jila Peacock, two animal shaped poems for Ten poems from Hafez

poster by Mehdi Saeedi 

Shahnawaz Alam Ahmed, poetry by Meer Taqi Meer, thanks to Ephemera Assemblyman

Salavat Ghilyazetdinov, Prophet's Horse, from the International Exhibition of Calligraphy

for more images and links check out 

BibliOdyssey's beautiful Zoomorphic Calligraphy post

A Wolf at the Door

More about the dark side of wolves...

but of course, only humans can be that cruel!

Monday Matticchio - Metamorphosis