As a seeker, I am joining in the concept of the Artist-Priest. My creation process is akin to shamanistic ritual which I believe possesses both healing and apotropaic qualities. One example of this is the eye. I paint eyes because since pre-history in Italy, they have always been used to ward off evil. The Greeks and Romans painted eyes on their amphorae, their Kylix wine cups and on other vases to avert evil. In the case of the Kylix wine cups, the eyes protected the drinker from evil while his or her guard was down with inebriety. Also, those eyes on the wine cups allowed the god of wine Dionysus, or Bacchus for the Romans, to watch his drunken disciples while they were propelled by wine to revel in bacchanal delight.
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