thank you for your kind words, Oh great sensei.

will definitely check out your stuff.

<< to convert an object group to one Path >> i think the answer is NO.. . . . you can convert an OBJECT TO PATH, but not a group of objects. why is that? well, if you have a red ofill bject and a blue fill object, and you group them. . . . so far so good. if you then try to convert that to one path....

wow! that is beautiful.
as far as impartial observations -
it seems TO ME, that the purple rectangle- and possible the green ellipse-
seem to be 'out of sync' with the rest of the composition

what if instead of ctl-c on the aggregate, you do ctl-c on each of the objects, (you need to ungroup first)
and then select them all and union them together? ctl-+ ?
then you can cut that in half, no?

here it is, with the wedge

definitely will try that. thank you

thanks

thank you so much.. . . . here's what i did. . . .

i made a circle like the moon, and i put a shadow on it, on the bottom, like a cresent. the crescent is black and i blurred it. the blur bleeds. how do i get rid of the bleed? a- dup the circle and then object/clip/set? b- make a white rectangle, poke a hole on it, the size of the moon, then lay it ...