Life deals us difficult hands from time to time, some of which burn us very deeply. Although we cannot change that which affects us, we possess the power to decide how and to what extent we allow it affect us. Let us all look to this magical bird; for we all, at some point in time, must become the Phoenix, lifting ourselves from the pyre of ashes that surround us in order to see the world anew.
Historical and iconographical information about the "Phoenix":
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/phoenix.html
21 comments:
Very nice job and very educational!
great image
I like the style of this. Are those olives he's holding in his left wing? I assume it is an olive branch?
This is gorgeous! Beautifully done. I like the way u leave the pencil lines as a part of the whole illo.
I also liked ur thoughts :)
Happy 2007!
This is the best Phoenix interpretation so far. Beautiful!
You are a great artist and you know that! The best is best, nothing more to say...
really great drawing. i'm reading some of it as a martini reference, but i tend to do that.
Well said. Beautifully illustrated.
Now thats really nice!
great post and illo
Another wonderful illustration! Love the words you've written too :)
superb
What a drawing!
Nice Job!! Good drawing. Bravo!
wow, great image!
great drawing!
cool drawing - I love the cocktail olives
you've got some really good stuff on your blog!
A very thoughtful an true statement. Very well illustrated too!
Ah, I found the 9.
Ah, I found the 9. Nice overlay because of such handling in pencil. I love the 'grasp' the left wing has upon the 'sword.' Magic Hat is on special in Craley.
The pimento in the top olive is my favorite thing you have ever rendered...seriously. Bravo!
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