{"id":3998,"date":"2018-05-30T06:34:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T10:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2018-05-23T11:41:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T15:41:55","slug":"the-tatters-of-the-king-samuel-araya-paints-the-hands-of-the-living-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/2018\/05\/the-tatters-of-the-king-samuel-araya-paints-the-hands-of-the-living-god\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tatters of the King: Samuel Araya paints the hands of the living god"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Araya<\/a><\/p>\n

EDITOR\u2019S NOTE:<\/strong> Samuel Araya previously explored his process for illustrating The King in Yellow<\/a> in \u201cThe Darkening of Materials<\/a>,\u201d \u201cNo Mask<\/a>,\u201d and “But Stranger Still<\/a>.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Deities with multiple arms always held a fascination for me. Normally, each arm would hold a symbol that represents one aspect of the god, but I decided against that. In this painting, the six arms had a nice synergy with the antagonist of “In the Court of the Dragon,\u201d playing otherworldly dissonant sounds on the church organ.<\/p>\n

The upper arms describe what in ceremonial magic is the sign of “the god supporting the sky,” or the shape of the trident, which is a traditional symbol of water. I associated water with the figure of the King in Yellow thanks to Lake Hali being mentioned in the book.<\/p>\n

The lower arms hold a compass, a symbol of justice and divine knowledge. On a more personal note, it evokes the line, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God!” The compass reminded me of my unexplained terror of mathematics being the divine language.<\/p>\n

Folding fabric and materials are of course, a love letter to the artist Beksinki<\/a>. He left us too early, but with such a legacy of beauty that is hard to believe we shared the same planet.<\/p>\n

You can pre-order the deluxe, illustrated and annotated edition of “The King in Yellow” via @arc_dream_publishing #art #darkart #Lovecraft #KinginYellow #painting #illustration #samaraya<\/p>\n

Samuel Araya
\nAscencion, 2018<\/p>\n

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EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: Samuel Araya previously explored his process for illustrating The King in Yellow in \u201cThe Darkening of Materials,\u201d \u201cNo Mask,\u201d and<\/p>\n

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