Fermenting Death to Play God

20” x 24”, Ink, watercolour & acrylic on birch panel, 2021

Fermenting Death To Play God

It starts as a knowable mass
Raw and simple
Enough to make the easily uneased eased
A common occurrence graspable
in its weakest form
Appearing more simple to the simple
Its unevolved nature leaving
a mess of complications
Yet to pass through stages
That built its sovereign progress

First the conscious act of another
then the isolation from its mother
Separation with itself
to strengthen characteristics weak
from intermingling
Solidifying each aspect before recombining
to amplify powers unlocked

Delicate mass given contained death
to be torn apart without losing anything
Revivified, more alive than ever
Bold in ability
after fermenting in itself

Beyond death or destruction
Beyond fire or time
Beyond the dual nature of its other life
cycled into itself
7 x 7 x 7 x 7
It is just the start
Powers easily transmitted now
with the boldness of refined existence
Nothing added but the flame

Regurgitating ash to be swallowed again
Gaining wisdom through fire
Acute witness through labour
Moving through the stages aware of every detail

Changes more and more minute
Yet increasingly profound
Closer and closer to
total god of oneself

Now incapable of burning
Fire giving strength
Beyond death and destruction
Beyond dual natured existence

Confounding nothing
No more ash to spit out
Absolute Power
over the force of life & death
The cycle having turned into
Infinite Timeless Chasm

Now incapable of burning
Fire giving strength
Beyond death and destruction
Beyond dual natured existence
Confounding nothing
No more ash to spit out
Absolute Power
over the force of life & death
The cycle having turned into
Infinite Timeless Chasm