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"From Dust" by Lissa B. Treiman

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SciFi and Fantasy Art From Dust by Lissa B. Treiman

(observe my second attempt at a religious/myticism themed work with a deep and meaningful title) My take on the Jewish legend of the Golem (with artistic inspiration from the wonderful Mike Mignola). The legend is as follows. Somewhere in Smallsville-eastern Europe a little jewish town was under seige by some foreign oppressor. what else is new, right? so the local rabbi fashions a monster from mud, and recites an ancient hebrew incantation, long since buried in the sands of time, that is said to give life to the inanimate. well, good old rabbi, the mud-creature, the Golem (not be confused with Tolkien's 'Gollum') rises up and starts squashing the oppressors like tiny bugs (squish squish ploop). that accomplished, it goes on to kill the villiagers. nice goin' rabbi. so he knows what he's gotta do. the rabbi approaches the Golem and with a counter curse takes from it the life he gave. theres a moral in there someplace about god, and the fact that mortals don't have the right to issue life... i dunno. something like that.

Date	Name	Comment
13 Feb 2003	Robert H Thompson	Loading... Great artwork, I have forgotten all about the story of the Golem, thanx for refreshing my memory, maybe I can find a story to draw from.
13 Feb 2003	Dimitry 'Demon' Bordugov	Loading... This is is really cool, you should have also make the background for this one, good work keep it up!
9 Oct 2003	Kelvin Michael Green	Loading... Great picture! Excellent use of shadow and a limited number of colours. I like that the background is blank, as it gives the picture a nice contrast. I also like the pose-he/she/it really has a look of determination as it stalks its prey. Nothing but magic will stop it! I also love the angular, rocky shape of the golem. Very good!
4 Feb 2004	Jean Francois Trudel	Loading... I can see the Mignola influence. Nice illustration of a Golem, too.
8 Aug 2004	Jorda The Knight	Loading... As I recall the legend doesn't specifically say the golem went out to kill oppressors or invaders but was instead made to do the daily tasks of the towns people that they found too tiresome or difficult. The approached the rabbi and he went down to the river, gathered the mud and created the Golem (in Hebrew I believe it's pronounced like the Tolkien character, Gollum). The problem came about when the people started to rely to heavily on the golem to do their work. The construct was not really alive so when he was told, "Fetch me some firewood." he would walk over to the nearest house and tear it to peices getting wood from it. The moral of the story seemed to be that sloth leads to ruin and that people have to work within the community to keep it running smoothly.