Myths & Morphosis
Narratives here are laced together by exploration of folklore, mythology, the unknown, what lies beyond, and everything in between.
The Divine Tortoise
14x19, ink pen on watercolor paper, 2017
The Divine Tortoise explores the narrative of the giant turtle universally found in creation myths around the world. While commonly depicted as pillars of the foundation upholding the world, here the concept of the mythical creature is being deconstructed and re-imagined as an intertwined part of the creation process, entangled on molecular level and becoming the universe itself, simultaneously supporting and morphing into the creation it was meant to uphold.
Albatross
5x8, ink pen and color pencils on paper, 2010
Albatross emerged from a long-forgotten memory of growing up in Estonia. I grew up in an old building that weathered through two World Wars and saw many regimes come and go. From one side, the view from the top floor spanned over inconspicuous concrete boxes and reached towards the medieval Old Town. The back of the building rested its tired eyes on the familiar inner courtyard encircled by kindred structures. Together they stood, guarding the past and enduring the future. In this entanglement of historical and cultural complexity, imagination filled the gaps of what a child’s mind could not comprehend. Much of free time was spent on a window sill of a sixth floor, watching the leaves of a giant tree racing to pass the rooftops around it, watching the hustle and bustle of everything below, watching the birds on a nearby roof of a lower building. Albatross was a name of a bird that frequented that world. It stood out from the rest in its size and plumage, and it eagerly fought for the breadcrumbs that rained down on the flock. I often wondered where it came from and where it went, conjuring fantastical adventures it could tell and places it would go.
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Vanishing Venus
5x7, ink pen on paper, 2003
The beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If that holds true, then Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, would transform her form and shape with each gaze that's cast upon her. A shapeshifter, morphing constantly to conform, her true nature is a vanishing act, forever hidden behind a mask of our own making.
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