The Winter Sitter

in Alien Art Hive3 years ago (edited)

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(The Winter Sitter is now available in three editions on NFT Showroom!)

Again into the forests of Khameelyahn … imagine being the first humanoid there in the late fall through the winter, and seeing through the leafy screen of evergreen trees there that you are not first after all.

In the distance, you see the appearance of a man in red and rose and silver pants and boots, sitting upon his hands in the cold, in an outfit of the same hue … and of course, the leaves are blocking you from seeing his head.

But this is no humanoid. This is the appearance of a particular tree in the forest that takes its fall colors into its bark, and has a manner of sprouting in cracks of the large rocks and sending two main roots down into the ground, thus giving the appearance of knees where gravity causes a bend. Meanwhile, the wood of the tree grows up and around the rock, often presenting the appearance of arms with hands tucked beneath the rock.

Up close, one can see the feathery branches, delicate in their rest, bejeweled with frost in the winter and heightening the silver tones ... and then one's sigh of relief dies in one's chest upon noticing the chest and face of the Winter Sitter, not visible from a distance indeed, but present ... and then the uncomfortable realization in the spring that there is a tree standing by the same rock, but not interwined in the rock ...

The Winter Sitter is not quite a tree after all, although only once in its life will it stand and walk, away from the rock where it grew to maturity, to position itself to drop its seed upon the same or a nearby rock.

The Winter Sitter has never yet been seen moving ... it is thought that they grow slowly and are very old by the time they move off the rock. Humans and humanoids have not studied in these forests long enough to gauge when a particular tree might be at that point.

And then there is the entire question of a watched pot never boiling either ... or, as there is increasing evidence to suggest, the Winter Sitters are watching those who are sitting and watching them, and are having a bit of fun in eluding those who are now sitting through the winter, keeping them company!

This remarkable fractal came out of Apophysis 2.09, and I overlooked the face until quite late in the process -- what a shock to realize this was INDEED a whole figure! The story reflects my journey as much as anything else!

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wow I Love your work. It is penetrating! Magnificent. Thanks for sharing 🙏

You're welcome ... thanks for reading!

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