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An oil pencil drawing of a volcanic eruption with a fiery sky, billowing smoke, and lava flowing down the mountain, rendered in warm reddish and orange hues with bird imagery throughout such as a vulture and platypus.

Inspired by a burning piece of wood I salvaged from my firepit. The center vulture was the first image to capture my imagination with bird imagery throughout the piece.

In ancient Egypt, the vulture symbolized divine protection and royal authority.

The goddess Nekhbet, the patroness of Upper Egypt, was associated with the vulture, the sky, purification, and the hieroglyph for "mother".

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‍ Guffaw Alchemy

is a poetic phrase describing the transformation of mundane events into joyous laughter, turning mishaps into shared delight and creating meaning from chaos in an all too serious world.