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Published: 2016-07-10 16:19:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 669; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 0
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Description "Yggdrasil"  (2015)

acrylic on canvas canvas (roughly 30x40", I'll need to find the size)

Yggdrasil started as a challenge to myself - to draw the largest tree I've done. I took my largest canvas, some black paint, and began. I inserted oval shapes to act as orbs or light or as energetic vibrations broadcasting from the tree. These became realized as I added colors and layers. When deciding on a name, I remembered Yggdrasil, from Northern Mythology. I was fascinated with the idea of a huge tree that touches not only the heavens, but all the worlds and lands that exist. Including the name added another layer of myth and epic energy to the piece.
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Comments: 2

MikeGould [2016-07-11 16:29:13 +0000 UTC]

I've always found it strange that so many people have not come across Yggdrasil - I suppose I shouldn't, but it seems to have been with me forever. I love your psychedelic representation 

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zyphryus In reply to MikeGould [2016-07-14 19:50:27 +0000 UTC]

Lovely thank you. I am also surprised and not surprised. I'd like to see Yggdrasil more widely spread. Even in pop culture, it would be interesting to see different interpretations.
I have a story hiding in my head somewhere that uses the concept of an organic world connector. But thats all I'm sayin.

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