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Adam-Scott-Miller — Forest Soma
Published: 2004-07-16 14:58:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 1923; Favourites: 44; Downloads: 100
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11x15 gouache painting of Amanita Muscaria mushrooms in the forest. These fungi have a very long story of use by seekers the world over. Knowledge of these fungal beings is in the Rig Vedas and other ancient texts, the Christmas tradition, Super Mario videogames, among other curious places.Related content
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Nice.
That the Fly Agaric mushroom is the soma in the ancient texts is just a guess, though not a bad one. What the soma actually was remains open to speculation.
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Santa Claus is coming! This mushroom is what most of our rituals are about at the time we call Christmas ~ from the colour of Santa's robe to the flying reindeer and everything in between. Lovely rendition.
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Wow these are fine specimens. I like the little horned animal, like a deer or something, a great part of the painting.
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Thanks! Yeah I think that animal is perhaps the Egyptian Set.
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Beautiful realism here. If this is based off of actual place, how do I get there?
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It is disputable whether or not the Amanita Muscaria is in fact the Soma
Great stuff, though. Fabulously done.
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Wait, shhh, what's that? I think they're singing to me! Hmm, sounds like the "dungeon" theme.
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that's very cool, nice job... now if only mario could avoid them...
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