Each day it provided solace within a sea of agony. Each of the images became a reflection of the mental and emotional reality of my outer life. Slowly but surely the deep emotional wounds and sense of anger and injustice were transformed into a work of art.

Initially the painting wanted to be called "The Reinterpretation of Freud's theory according to Lord Buddha whilst on a recent field trip to Tibet under the influence of a Polynesian space time capsule". This may give you some idea of the turmoil existing within my mind at the time. Indeed the darkness felt so deep and huge at the time, that within the cups in the demon's hands, exist entire galaxies.

Slowly the darkness became unified with the light and transcended into the form of the eagle's wings merging into the wise beings from ancient cultures. At the time I was absorbed in the classic work, "The Mayan Factor" by Dr Jose Arguelles. As a consequence the outer border which is of the human DNA code is unified through the Tzolkin (refer "The Mayan Factor").

Large parts of this painting were created whilst living in a carport with my three children in less than ideal circumstances. By the time that this painting was completed large amounts of the initial anger and pain had been healed. As a result of this healing I felt as if I had emerged from a cocoon and been reborn in some form resembling a butterfly. You can see the butterfly image within the painting. You may also see the image of the turtle within the painting, representing the totem animal from the 13th moon of the Dreamspell Calendar symbolizing endurance and transcendence.

Throughout the creation of this painting I felt a sense of being assisted and guided by forces from beyond this realm. In traditional western mythology these entities would be referred to as angelic forces, however, as the painting was manifesting Buddhist themes it seemed more appropriate to use the term Bodhisattva for the forces that were assisting with the development of this work, as they literally felt like they had taken human form.