When Si was painting the"Lizard's Journey", he was thinking alot more about death. He said that the Lizard, who symbolizes himself, is facing this ominous vortex of the unknown,
which to him represents the lung TX process and the ever present anxiety of not knowing how you will come out the other side.
The partially frozen tidal wave represents impending winter which for him can mean more lung infections. The caged society symbolizes the sterility
and isolation he feels when he is hospitalized and this extends into his post-hospital life due to the fact that he must be dependent on doctors to keep him alive and well with medicine. He feels caged in this way, he can't just go live off the land , or travel freely.........
Before SiLas started The Lizard's Journey" painting, he painted the words" Natural Liberation Of Habitual Tendencies" on the canvas which is a quote from The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
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