Hello Father Time is brought to you by the SOS morse code call to arms... the ongoing perpetual dot dot dot... dash dash dash and dot dot dot. Less the anticipatory wait for it... but rather the hurry up! Save our ship! Save our souls! Eyes wide open and tipping our hats with respect to Father Time AND Mother Nature....
INSPIRED BY :
EYE OF RA and EYE OF HORUS: The Eye of Ra is about power and fury, while the Eye of Horus emphasizes healing and restoration
- Eye of Horus: The Healer’s Gaze-In the moonlit embrace of ancient Egypt, the Eye of Horus (also called the Wedjat eye of Horus) resonated as a symbol of healing, protection, and wisdom. Horus, the sky god, was an awe-inspiring deity adorned with a man’s body and a falcon’s head. The eyes of Horus are believed to represent celestial luminaries—his left eye, the moon, and his right, the sun. This eye is a beacon of restoration and light in the shadowed dunes of times gone by. It symbolizes protection, healing, and power and is used to ward off evil spirits and promote well-being.
- Eye of Ra: Ra, primarily known as the sun god, is considered the sun’s creator and ruler. In ancient Egypt, the sun symbolized life, warmth, and illumination, and Ra’s daily journey across the sky represents his life-giving and sustaining powers. Ra is often associated with the act of creation. It was believed that he created the world and everything in it through his divine will and the power of his thoughts. He is sometimes called the “Great Architect” or the “Divine Artisan.”
- Eyeing mother nature, the ever fleeting ephemeral flora of seasons
SOS ORIGIN:
On 3 October 1906 the 'SOS' signal was established as an International Distress Signal by an agreement made between the British Marconi Society and the German Telefunk organisation at the Berlin Radio Conference. The signal was formally introduced on 1 July 1908.
Why was SOS chosen to signify a distress signal?
In Morse code SOS signified by three dots, three dashes, then three dots (· · · – – – · · ·). SOS was chosen because it could not be misinterpreted as being a message for anything else.
The first time SOS was used:
The first time the 'SOS' signal was used in an emergency was on 10 June 1909, when the Cunard liner SS Slavonia was wrecked off the Azores. Two steamers received her signals and went to the rescue. Tree years later the Titanic used it to signal the sink of the ship.
CQD Distress Signal
The CQD signal was devised by the Marconi Company and was intended to mean 'All Stations - Urgent', but was popularly misinterpreted as 'Come Quick - Danger' or 'Come Quickly Down'. The SOS was actually brought into use in 1908, but it's adoption by maritime stations was very slow. So slow in fact that at the time of the sinking of the Titanic on the 15th of April 1912, her radio operator, Harold Bride, used both the old 'CQ Distress' and the then newer SOS signals.
As an aside, the SOS combination of letters was chosen because the "di di dit, dah dah dah, di di dit" sound was easily recognizable. It was only later that the suggestion was made that it might stand for 'Save Our Souls'.
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