Monday 27 June 2011

The Castration of Agdistis

'On one occasion Zeus unwittingly begot by the Earth a superhuman being which was at once man and woman, and was called Agdistis. The gods dreaded it and unmanned it, and from its severed aidoia there grew up an almond-tree'.

An unfortunately contradictory and misconceived creature, left to amateur hands to derogate and disect, and once you've cut it all away we can never touch the stars again.

4 comments:

  1. Beautiful, I love everything about it. Where did you learn to draw and paint so lovely?

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  2. Thank you. I don't think it's about learning to draw so much as it is learning to see, to take notice of things. I couldn't draw if I didn't notice things.

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  3. I just found this qoute today and it reminded me of your comment:
    “Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.” — Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)

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  4. Breathtaking..I saw the other work and souls reflections at deviant art and truly you weave a story with your arts..
    thank you for sharing it with us
    Manuel

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