{"id":73,"date":"2011-07-06T01:14:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T01:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/?p=73"},"modified":"2011-07-06T01:14:35","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T01:14:35","slug":"the-face-of-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/06\/the-face-of-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Face of Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Face of Myth is made up of three individual paintings, each representing a mythical beast. In tradition, Dragons represented good, while the Chimera, a creature formed of three creatures (lion, ram, and serpent) represented evil and chaos. The Phoenix, while most notably representing rebirth, is also known as a balancing force. So in this depiction, Phoenix serves to balance good on the right, Dragon, with evil on the left, Chimera.<\/p>\n<p>These paintings are acrylic on canvas, and each measure 24&#8243; by 24&#8243;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Face of Myth is made up of three individual paintings, each representing a mythical beast. In tradition, Dragons represented good, while the Chimera, a creature formed of three creatures (lion, ram, and serpent) represented evil and chaos. The Phoenix, while most notably representing rebirth, is also known as a balancing force. So in this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/06\/the-face-of-myth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Face of Myth<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-portfolio","category-slider"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TheFaceofMyth-e1309914157751.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":98,"url":"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/13\/bell-of-the-blueridge-by-sir-realist\/","url_meta":{"origin":73,"position":0},"title":"Bell of the Blueridge","author":"Sir Realist","date":"July 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This painting, one of my earliest canvas works, is an example of the landscape paintings and themes I grew out of. 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