A Statue Of A Man With A Fist Up Art

Green lungs
“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” (Psalms 1:1, KJV)
Extreme close-up of an eye with visible veins and reflections in the art style of Photorealism --v 6.1
The feeling of dawn
Dragon
A roaring lion
Fantasy knight character
a man sitting against a wall with his hand up
Extreme close-up of human eye with visible capillaries in the art style of Hyperrealism --v 6.1
Emotional character close-up with large expressive eyes in the art style of Manga --niji 6
New York City
The sound of Om/Aum
A student seeing their test score
Southeast Asia.  Modern day.  Back out on the open plain, our bus hurtles toward the city.
Smokestacks and temples rise up from the earth; two visions competing for the sky.
The woman on my right holds a chicken in her lap; rural wealth for a city friend?  On my left a Buddhist priest sits in quiet repose and presides over the world.
An ancient wall
New York City
Magical baker girl with cupcakes
A still life with fruit and silver
a black and white drawing of a monster attacking a man
Close-up of hands engaged in traditional craftwork in the art style of Realism --v 6.1
Close-up of hands engaged in traditional craftwork in the art style of Realism --v 6.1
Close-up of hands engaged in traditional craftwork in the art style of Realism --v 6.1
Extreme close-up of an eye with visible veins and reflections in the art style of Photorealism --v 6.1
Close-up of hands engaged in traditional craftwork in the art style of Realism --v 6.1
Extreme close-up of an eye with visible veins and reflections in the art style of Photorealism --v 6.1
Extreme close-up of an eye with visible veins and reflections in the art style of Photorealism --v 6.1
Harbor in morning fog
A futuristic cityscape at dawn
An elderly person's hands
Now, those captains must learn what the river will do
when it makes that great turn out of sight.
How it dashes them up on the rocks of the shore
How it spins to the left and the right.
It beats them and breaks them and crushes their pride
Leaves them dizzy and sick and all jumbled inside
‘til they’ve all but forgotten that glorious ride
lying flat on their deck in the sun.
There they lie, drying out in the sun.

As you round the point where the river was bent
and survey the great wideness ahead,
you can see all those captains alone on their decks,
beat and broken and very near dead.
Then the current takes hold and there’s naught you can do
as it drags you down into its maw.
Headed straight for those rocks, you make ready to crash
but at last, you rise up, roll and yaw.

Going back and away, then forward again,
fearing each time, the rocks will prevail!
You’re trapped in a cycling, circling tide,
in an eddy withstanding a gale.
But each time you circle that great whirling tide
and you’ve not hit the rocks or been thrown to the side
and you’re kept from the falls, cascading and wide,
for the eddy’s small mercy give praise.
Give the merciful currents your praise!
Now, those captains must learn what the river will do
when it makes that great turn out of sight.
How it dashes them up on the rocks of the shore
How it spins to the left and the right.
It beats them and breaks them and crushes their pride
Leaves them dizzy and sick and all jumbled inside
‘til they’ve all but forgotten that glorious ride
lying flat on their deck in the sun.
There they lie, drying out in the sun.

As you round the point where the river was bent
and survey the great wideness ahead,
you can see all those captains alone on their decks,
beat and broken and very near dead.
Then the current takes hold and there’s naught you can do
as it drags you down into its maw.
Headed straight for those rocks, you make ready to crash
but at last, you rise up, roll and yaw.

Going back and away, then forward again,
fearing each time, the rocks will prevail!
You’re trapped in a cycling, circling tide,
in an eddy withstanding a gale.
But each time you circle that great whirling tide
and you’ve not hit the rocks or been thrown to the side
and you’re kept from the falls, cascading and wide,
for the eddy’s small mercy give praise.
Give the merciful currents your praise!
a group of young children holding up signs
a close up of a person with red hair
a close up of a person with long hair
Extreme close-up of human eye with visible capillaries in the art style of Hyperrealism --v 6.1
Emotional character close-up with large expressive eyes in the art style of Manga --niji 6
Emotional character close-up with large expressive eyes in the art style of Manga --niji 6
Emotional character close-up with large expressive eyes in the art style of Manga --niji 6
Extreme close-up of human eye with visible capillaries in the art style of Hyperrealism --v 6.1
Extreme close-up of human eye with visible capillaries in the art style of Hyperrealism --v 6.1
a painting of a man in a karate stance
a painting of a man in a karate stance