In Northern Europe young men & women were encouraged to participate fully in fertility festivals (to gage their reproductive abilities) because it used to be conception, not intercourse, that dictated the consummation of a marriage.

Painting by William Blake

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"immaculate misconception"

at vanilla gallery till 29 july
https://t.co/2YYethYryl

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My OC has changed a lot since her first conception to now...

I really like the change.

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Rachel Cole exhibiting in Dallas this July. To see this artist's work in person visit https://t.co/m0dDi4PLxM

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to all you EGGHEADS out there -- classic amy's spines DO NOT point UP! this is a common misconception brought about by artwork from Sonic CD that depicted her spines blowing in the wind and pressed against Sonic. however, in-game and on her model sheet, her spines are normal!

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je vous met la version hd ( rip la compression twitter)

ah , et ne cherchez pas le porte voix, il s'est perdue dans la conception....)

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Gabrielle Peragine exhibiting in Boston this June. To see this artist's work in person visit https://t.co/m0dDi4PLxM

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Michael Giroux exhibiting in Boston this June. To see this artist's work in person visit https://t.co/m0dDi4PLxM

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Cassandra Madison-Peters exhibiting in Boston this June. To see this artist's work in person visit https://t.co/m0dDi4PLxM

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Diego Velázquez (6 Jun 1599 - 7 Aug 1660), Spanish painter.

"Most of Velázquez’s earlier work was of religious subjects, treated in a traditional manner, such as the Immaculate Conception or St. John the Evangelist on Patmos (both c. 1618), & Adoration of the Magi (1619)."

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