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Water for the Dammed
Acrylic on Board
24" x 18"

Human civilization was built upon the control of the Earth’s river systems. There are no major natural waterways that have escaped massive human engineering in the service of narrow visions of progress and necessity. In the process, millions of peoples and cultures have been displaced, submerged, and erased while mighty empires have risen and fallen again. From Aswan in Egypt, to the tribal warriors who are at this very moment, resisting the Belo Monte dam and subsequent drowning of their Amazonian homelands, the march of civilization has come at incalculable cost. Living, as I do, in the shadow of the Hoover dam on the great Colorado, I hear the echo of the people and spirits of the dammed, and the sound of water that does not quench an endless thirst.

Having lost a debt gambling, his mother was held captive by her sister, the queen of snakes. Garuda, embodiment of nature’s power, must steal the elixir of life from the very gods of samsara in order to free his mother from the coils of bad gambling karma. Overcoming diabolical obstacles including the whirling blades of a wicked sky machine and great hoops of undying flame, Garuda is at last victorious and balance is restored.

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~LEMURIANCHAOS Apr 22, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
incredible work!
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Mood: Joy *segura2112 Nov 30, 2012  Student Digital Artist
WOW! Stunning piece, so you live in Sin City too. I am concerned about the water situation here, while there's some noise
about a pipeline going north that feels like a stopgap mesure, is this city doomed? Thank You
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*mythfits Dec 7, 2012
Thanks for the hello, Homie. Water is life. We're not doomed if we relate to nature and each other with care and respect.
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~StrongBear Oct 4, 2012
This is amazing. The colors pop and evoke all sorts of emation.
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*mythfits Oct 5, 2012
Thank you.
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~StrongBear Oct 5, 2012
:D
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~AJHege Aug 6, 2012  Professional Photographer
Beautiful piece and backstory
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~If-not-for-Gravity Jul 19, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Epic with a good message
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*savageworlds Feb 14, 2012
Amazing image. Oddly, I find the description even more entertaining and thought-provoking. How curious the similarities between the Garuda mythology and our city in the shadow of Hoover Dam (the gambling debt, a life-giving elixir [water?], a sky-machine with whirling blades [helicopter?])

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"Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die." -(Gil Stern)
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*mythfits Mar 15, 2012
Heh, you've said that before. I'm going to start posting white canvases with descriptions of what I would have painted. ;)
I agree that the resonance between the myth and our city is particularly striking.
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