Detail from 'Nine Dragons', a handscroll from the Southern Song Dynasty in China. Ink on paper. I know a work of art penetrates when, after months of viewing it, I still think about it. The last time I saw this work was May of 2010. I love the detail, intimacy, and elegant ferocity of the dragons. The fog reminds me of San Francisco; always a mystical touch in Chinese ink works.
Dragons were featured in Daoist folklore throughout China as powerful mythological creatures.
Don't they kind of look like humans?
On busy and hectic days, sometimes I feel like a Dragon.
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