THE THEME OF THESE EPIC BEASTS OVERLAPS MANY CULTURAL REFERENCES IN MYTHOLOGY AND TALES OF OLD. IT IS AMAZING HOW MULTIPLE TRADITIONS HAVE OFFERED THESE CREATURES IN THE HISTORIC LORE OF FIRE BREATHING BEASTS (AND OTHER ASPECTS) IN THE ORIENT AND BEYOND. THIS OVERLAP GIVES ARTISTS A LOT OF LATITUDE IN CREATING VISUAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THESE MYTHIC BEINGS, ALONG WITH SYMBOLIC CONTENT & EXPLORATION....

PRIOR TO THE MIDDLE AGES WHEN DRAGON IMAGES WERE DEMONIZED AS THREATENING, THE MYTHOLOGY SURROUNDING DRAGONS IN THE EARTH BASED CULTURES FOCUSED ON DRAGONS AS GUARDIANS WHO WOULD SPRING INTO ACTION WHEN THE EARTH WAS THREATENED!

I BELIEVE WE SOULD EMBODY THIS DRAGON ASPECT TO PROTECT OUR SOURCE OF LIFE, AND IN THESE TIMES, WHO COULD SAY THIS IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED? NO FIRE BREATHING PLEASE, REMEMBER THAT I AM IN CALIFORNIA, AND THE LAST THING WE NEED IS PHYSICAL FIRE TO HELP US THROUGH THIS CRISIS. I REFER TO THE FIRECE ENERGY AND COMMITTMENT THAT IS REQUIRED BY ENCOURAGING OUR INNER DRAGON FORTH IN THE FACE OF MANY PERILS.

ENJOY, AND THANKS FOR VISITING THE DRAGON LAIR! FLAME ON! SEAN