The Blindfolded Seeress (2)

Artist:: Paul Watson
Artform:: Colour Photograph
Copyright:: © 2014 Paul Watson. All Rights Reserved
Series:: Photography (2012–2016)
Materials:: Digital Photograph
Availability:: In the book Myth and Masks

One of the attributes of Pythia, the Oracle of Delphi, was a dish of Kassotis spring water into which she gazed in order to divine the future. Despite this seeress being blindfolded I included the bronze dish as a reference to the Delphic myths.

The earliest account of the origin of the Delphic oracle is provided in the Homeric Hymn to Delphic Apollo (580-570 BC) so bronze seemed like the best material for the dish.

A high-resolution version of this photograph is included in Paul Watson’s 2016 book of artwork Myth and Masks, available exclusively from our online shop.