Anthony Green
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Story Behind My Images:Nine Long Nights of the Timeless Go-Between
THE INVISIBLE CONNECTION: DREAMSCAPES OF THE UNDERWORLD
These images are visions delivered to me from the Timeless Go-Between. This realm is where we relate our dreaming life to the myths of the Underworld. The rich and dark side of the soul where images, shadows, and figures reflect the mystery of what envelopes all life: death. This is the home of Gods, dreams, and magical creatures. There is no time in the Underworld, no change, no decay which is why it is a place of the soul, a place where the immortal side of us dwells; a timeless go-between.
As many artists do, I had to have a plan to get these images out of my head and onto a page. I was given a gift. I had received a new ability, a vision so beautiful that its limitless potential frightened me. What you see here is only residue of these visions.
I soon noticed the art had a story to it as well. Soon the art became a part of a life-long project I started about two years ago. I decided to write a graphic novel, and a supplemental film. I didn't want the illustration of the novel to be overly cartoon-like and quickly put together. I wanted every illustration to have a fine-art level of quality.
The story is titled: Nine Long Nights of the Timeless Go-Between. It takes place in four realms. The first realm is the waking realm, the second is the dream realm, third is the collective unconscious, and the fourth realm is the great mystery beyond: the afterlife.
It is about a young visionary, inventor, artist, named Asch. Asch's genius is, for the most part, unknown to the world. In the waking realm Asch is in contact with the collective unconscious via a psychotronic painting. He is given the call to adventure by his higher self (a wizard named Alhamav). Alhamav speaks from beyond the painting, "Are you the hero of today, or the tyrant of tomorrow? Crucify thy self now!" Asch has to then wrestle with the idea of his possible insanity. Evidence points him to journey into death, to become a shaman (one who navigates the invisible).
It begins with Asch hanging himself in the waking realm. The hanging goes wrong, but to his advantage. He enters a coma and thus can be suspended in the dream realm and the collective unconscious where he has more time to help save humanity, their dying gods, and forgotten dreams. In the story Illimok is the antagonist (evil personified, a sickly boogeyman of brilliant schemes). This king of the underworld has gone sour, and his abused power is affecting even the waking world, which is in a state of severe civil unrest.
Traditionally it is typical of fantastic stories to have a male protagonist who divides to conquer. The protagonist almost always kills or harms the dark force or entity involved. Asch has a different outlook, a gentler approach. He seeks not to conquer the dark force, but connect with it and give it the love and attention it so desperately needs. One of Asch's final acts is returning a missing piece of the antagonist's heart, thus releasing the unjustified fear the world has been cursed with. Asch "stops the world" so that everyone can see their inner light, and no one can ignore its beauty and voice.
I am writing a screen play for a film of the same title, and hope to have it done by fall. I would like to thank Lambert Portfolios for letting me bring this art into the world.
Look deep within, and be sure to pay attention to what you find…
-Anthony Green
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