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MYTH, EROS, PSYCHE, TATTOO, SYMBOLISM, NUDE
'BUTTERFLY NEBULA' (APOTHEOSIS)
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THIS WORK FORMS THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE 'BUTTERFLY NEBULA' SERIES. ITS THE FUSION OF MULTIPLE THEMES THAT HAVE EVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE CREATION OF THE CYCLE OF WORK.

DERIVED FROM AN ARRAY OF IMPULSES THAT SPAN MYTH, MYSTICISM & METAPHYSICS, THE WORK REPRESENTS AN ASPIRATIONAL STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, TRANSFORMATIVE AND TRANSCENDING AS ASCRIBED TO THE POETIC REALITIES THAT INSPIRED THE GENESIS OF THE ART WORK.

MAGIC
"FROM INDESCRIBABLE TRANSFORMATION FLASH
SUCH CREATIONS - FEEL! AND TRUST!
WE SUFFER IT OFTEN: FLAMES BECOME ASH;
YET IN ART : FLAMES COME FROM DUST.

HERE IS MAGIC. IN THE REALM OF A SPELL
THE COMMON WORD IS LIFTED UP ABOVE...
AND YET IS REALLY LIKE THE CALL OF THE MALE
WHO CALLS FOR THE INVISIBLE FEMALE DOVE."
RILKE