TEMPTING EVEOLUTION

Summon the seance of slithering serpents

Seeking short sought succulence

Seldom spoil the sparkling sheen

In sensing sin in sights unseen

Sharing secrets in the symbiosis

Of seasonal cycles in self hypnosis

Ignorance is bliss if that's what you wish

The nectar of knowledge fileted in a dish

Blessed, yet cursed then dispersed

Quenching this thirst for better or worst

Fallen angels may find their wings

Reaching through the thorny Stings

A burden of glory, told of old

Mysterious shadows laden with gold

In a crown of thorns weaving like wire

Surrounded and one with the breath of fire

A humming voice among the choir

Lest we fear that which we desire

Have we got gotten what we've deserved?

You are hungry, so eat. Dinner is served.

This painting is based on 3 strong female mythological characters: Eve of the Garden of Eden (Christian mythos), Persephone (Queen of the Underworld from Greek mythos), and Artemis (Huntress goddess also from Greek mythos). These stories weave together to tell a new story about our relationship with the fruits of knowledge available in our perfectly flaw, dualistically balanced world. I hope the poem and the connection of symbols in this painting can give you insight into the nature of expansion of the human mind in symbiosis with the light and dark of the world around us.