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18 / 11 / 2019
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An allegory for creation

An Allegory for Creation or "the Story Behind the Name"...

The wall is twelve square meters. Some people think of the Hindu god Ganesh, I think of Rubens. I, of course, am not Rubens, but I can steal from him. This is how I start setting up the representation of an allegory.

"Oh yes! "To destroy is to create," said Kerry James M.

Ganesh, the patron saint of space, is there. In order to create, you have to destroy. So, the goddess Kali will stand in front of him. I will add a dragon to run through the image as the gap runs through the whole, to add rhythm. Also, a small elephant, to remind who commissioned the mural. What do they all do together? They dance, they create chaos, they destroy to create. The de-symbolization of the mural depictions I am attempting here is of minor importance. They are figments of my imagination as I hover on a ladder with brushes in my hand…

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