There is a dragon, a tree suspended on a cliff and words like Earth and Void. What does that all mean?
The dragon is an archetypal composite of all animals and represents our deepest fears and highest aspirations. From the Western culture, we see the dragon as negative. In the Beowulf story, a dragon ravages the country. Success at the end is killing the dragon.xiiiSt Georgexivor the Archangel Michaelxvslaying a dragon was considered an act of heroism. In more modern times, we speak of “slaying our dragons” as confronting our deepest problems and conquering them. In other cultures, the dragon represents the mental-spiritual side of humanity, happiness, longevity, strength, and action. Therefore, it seems appropriate that a dragon appear as an aspect of what we as humans are, and if we are to solve problems, all dragons must be studied.The tree comes from Omine, Japan. There is a monastery in the Yoshino Mountains where some really unusual trees thrive. The trees grow out over the valley along cliffs. Their roots curve back into the cliffs and yet the trees remain on the shelf of the cli
