As I mentioned, today is Skull Appreciation Day, thanks to Skull-A-Day. How about some audience participation?

My friend Kathy found this piece of coral (this one’s a keeper, Kathy!).

I love this old sketch by my friend Cheryl (I’d actually like to make plush toys out of the flying cyclops creatures).

Lynn, thanks for thinking of me when you saw new works by one of my favorite artists, Jessica Joslin:

I had another suggestion for some work by Brian Viveros.

Pumpkinrot (we’ve been following each other’s posts for quite sometime) drew my attention to work by Jim the Skull Artist this morning.

Here are some great illustrations by the talented (and awesome commenter/contributor on this blog) Randall Ensley.

Skulls and science…speaking my language!

One of many lovelies by J.E. Larson (more to follow soon):

And lastly, here is one from Jack Kevorkian (RIP). Having very closely witnessed the tragedy of terminal pain, I have immense respect for this man. Our medical system so often sustains life at the cost of agony and dignity. We are still a long way from empowering medical care (I truly hope to make a dent in the system with my own practice).

There’s no way I can search the thousands of skull paintings, illustrations and photographs in my collection for a single post. Here are a few simple skull posts from the SheWalksSoftly archives in case you missed them.

Sensory Deprivation Skull
Skull Orchids
Soccer Skull
Luminous Lint Skulls
Skull Brite
Mushroom Skull
Nomskulls

And now I’m off to see some actual skulls (among other things) in preparation for an upcoming theme week here on the blog. I’ve dubbed my host the Osteological Superhero (not a term I throw around lightly, mind you)…so you know this is going to be good. Stay tuned!