"The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place; from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web." Pablo Picasso
Gorgeous. Very beautiful, even if I've no idea what it is. I just saw sandserene's suggestion and like that. It looks a little big/fixed for a staff. Maybe a sculpture from the courtyard of a guild of mages or a place of training for wizards? (No idea how it got here, of course, but then they _are_ mages!)
I am honoured to be listed as a friend or to see an image of mine as a favourite, but I keep lists of neither. This helps me appreciate images uploaded by strangers as well as friends. Please understand that a failure to reciprocate in kind indicates a lack of appreciation for neither gesture nor work.