In the East, Dragons are protectors. Ancient and wise beings that have been here long before we emerged into the game. They have lived long enough to have found balance with the Elements, and have learned how to harness and flow within their patterns.

Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. To find balance between is a special type of Alchemy. It is within their alignment that the 5th Element reveals itself and opens the path to the next phase of our Great Work here on this planet.

It is from there, ultimately that we may step forward into Space, and find the Others. To do so through exploitation, disrespect, and abuse is a spiral towards the Void. It may be the filter that ultimately seals the fate of all Civilizations. Live in Balance, or Die.

The piece was created during the Year of the Dragon, and it represented my first big return to a great gathering called Alchemy. In the center are the Four Elements in balance creating a ladder for the Dragon to ascend.

It is both a meditation on Balance, and well as aligning ourselves with the flow of the energy fields that percolate upwards toward Order. When balance fails, it all collapse back into Chaos where we must begin, again.

Ego, Greed, and Ignorance are the three patterns that can pull us from achieving our Great Work. They can pull us this way and that, and take us from center. They stress the system until ultimately it breaks and it all falls down.

Don't rock the boat.