Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Book of Symbols, Day 24: Thunder

Day 24: Thunder, collage, mixed media, 6x6 in., Otto





Always ambivalent, the gods of thunder and lightning could bring either death and destruction or fertility and new life to humankind and its surroundings.
- ARAS

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The Book of Symbols, Day 23: Storm

Day 23: Storm, collage,6x6 in., Otto 




Symbolically storm evokes psychic tension gradually building to the bursting point, or more sudden in-breaking of highly charged transpersonal energies.
- ARAS

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

The Book of Symbols, Day 22: Rain

Day 22: Rain, collage, mixed media, 6x6 in., Otto




The water upon which all life depends descends to earth as raindrops both gentle and torrential.
- ARAS

Monday, May 16, 2011

The Book of Symbols, Day 21: Wind

Day 21: Wind, collage, mixed media, 6x6 in., Otto




On wind we have projected the unpredictable factor that moves us and carries us, sometimes directing our course or forcing us to change course.
- ARAS

Sunday, May 15, 2011

The Book of Symbols, Day 20: Cloud

Day 20: Cloud, collage, mixed media, 6x6 in., Otto






Because of clouds hovering between heaven and earth, it has been an image that conveyed the hiddenness as well as the manifestation of the divine.
- ARAS