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Image 2: GERMINATION The conditions of Gaia’s birth are captured through setting the subject within a ‘Primordial Soup’. We see Gaia’s life begins in a warm pond, which provides the environment for her evolution from gases and ether into a shape of a human being-Gaia. All around her, we see the mists of Aither (Ether), the personification of the “upper sky”, space and heaven (embodying the pure upper air that the gods breathe, as opposed to the normal air breathed by mortals). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addacb988251bb54e489be6/5addae20562fa77ceb2887b3/1524478443704/3.+Birth+2.jpg Gennisi - Image 3: BIRTH Here we witness Gaia’s birth. The spark of her life has already been created in the primordial soup of the previous photograph in the series and now in this image, her birth is actualized through the Sacred Feminine, where she is depicted in a pose, giving birth and at the same time in the very action of her giving birth, Gaia is being born out of “Chaos”. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addacb988251bb54e489be6/5addae360e2e7220202fd50d/1524478480736/4.+Union+4.jpg Gennisi - Image 4: UNION Gaia has given birth resulting in the creation of the heavenly gods through her union with Ouranos (Uranus)–the Sky, and the sea-gods from her union with Pontos–the Sea, and through being impregnated by the blood of the castrated Ouranos, Gaia created the Gigantes (a tribe of a hundred god-giants). We see Gaia, blood stained, covered in sky light, stepping out, veil wet, nourished and completely ready to actively pursue the work ahead . https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addacb988251bb54e489be6/5addae6988251bb54e48c3f5/1524478501020/5.+Metamorphosis+3.jpg Gennisi - Image 5: METAMORPHOSIS Gaia is winged, almost dove like. There is a strong reference to a metamorphosing from her cocoon like state in the primordial soup to the butterfly allusion in this image. Looking like an angelic deity, she reflects the flight of the soul to heaven, whereupon from her position high up on Mt Olympus, she sets the purifying conditions for the creation of the Earth. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addacb988251bb54e489be6/5ae698780e2e72dfd920e66b/1525061756917/1.+Protogenoi+1.jpg Gennisi https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/t/5ae698902b6a28c10837010a/1525061756917/ Gennisi https://www.silviosalom.com/new-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2018-04-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addae6af950b79d824342cc/5addaf260e2e7220202fe9b9/1524478537925/6.+Goddess.jpg Dimiourgia - Image 6: GODDESS Gaia develops into GODDESS–the Creator, the maker of Earth and all living things, and in this image, we see her posed in a way that echoes the Classical world’s obsession with the perfection of the human form. Looking like a classical Greek goddess, Gaia has now developed into the elemental deity, the great mother of all creation. Her right arm is positioned across her breast and her left arm covers her genitals, both mimicking and paying homage to Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addae6af950b79d824342cc/5addafa4758d46f994f11f2f/1524536273896/7.+Fertility+5.jpg Dimiourgia - Image 7: FERTILITY  Gaia is seen in all her voluptuous glory, her breasts in particular a symbol of fertility, fruitfulness and abundance. She is surrounded by representations (grape vines, crops, milk, and the moon) of her readiness to give birth to the Earth, Life and finally Mankind. Gaia is standing on a bale of hay at one with the Earth. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addae6af950b79d824342cc/5addb061352f538288178423/1524536098546/10.+Fauna+2.jpg Dimiourgia - Image 10: FAUNA A symbiotic relationship between Gaia and her living creations is evident; they areone in the same. At this point in the Creation process, we see Mother Earth–Gaia in the form of an animal she has created. Gaia is facing us with the transparent whiteveil draped over as though it is an animal skin. The light shining on the veil casts zebra stripe like shadows. We see a portion of breast revealed, as a mother would do when offering it to her young for suckling/feeding. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addae6af950b79d824342cc/5ae698b0f950b7d2b447856a/1525061815885/8.+Earth+5.jpg Dimiourgia https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addae6af950b79d824342cc/5ae69907352f53e6c7b502fa/1525061908787/9.+Flora+7.jpg Dimiourgia https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/t/5ae6992baa4a99e142200592/1524478537925/ Dimiourgia - Image 6: GODDESS Gaia develops into GODDESS–the Creator, the maker of Earth and all living things, and in this image, we see her posed in a way that echoes the Classical world’s obsession with the perfection of the human form. Looking like a classical Greek goddess, Gaia has now developed into the elemental deity, the great mother of all creation. Her right arm is positioned across her breast and her left arm covers her genitals, both mimicking and paying homage to Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” https://www.silviosalom.com/new-gallery-2 daily 0.75 2018-04-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addaf378a922d433d0f47c8/5addaf5a562fa77ceb28a336/1524478720450/11.+Man+5.jpg Amartia - Image 11: MAN From here on Man enters Gaia’s realm. In creating Man–her most wondrous creation, Gaiahas created the catalyst for the end of the Earth as we know it, and of herself. The imagehere is a highly ironic reinterpretation of Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam”, whereup- on Gaia is depicted as “God”, wrapped in a swirling veil, while Man (Adam) is out of frameon the lower left. Gaia’s right arm is outstretched to impart the spark of life from his own finger into that of Man. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addaf378a922d433d0f47c8/5addaf93aa4a99f4736660a1/1524478742656/12.+Sin+4.jpg Amartia - Image 12: SIN Sin and suffering is traced to its earthly origins and causes. In creating Man, Gaia’s purpose forMan–to sit harmoniously alongside the Earth, has been undermined. A black veil, intertwined snake like along Gaia’s body suggests the impending suffocation of the planet. We see an al- lusion to hangman’s noose forming. Man is the tumor who has fallen from a state of innocent obedience to a state of guilty disobedience. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addaf378a922d433d0f47c8/5addaff40e2e7220202ffbed/1524478762614/13.+Polemos+3.jpg Amartia - Image 13: POLEMOS The first of Man’s sins manifests itself in Polemos (War), as armed conflict begins to destabi- lize the Earth’s precise balance. Gaia represents the physical or violent and untamed aspectof war by mimicking Ares (the God of War). Through wearing his helmet, whilst sporting ashield, which acts as a symbol of aggression but also a symbol of protection held by Gaia to protect her Earth from Man’s military destruction and mortality. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addaf378a922d433d0f47c8/5ae6996c6d2a739e98ed6c6c/1525062013067/14.+Ftocheia+5.jpg Amartia https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addaf378a922d433d0f47c8/5ae69978352f53e6c7b5108b/1525062029473/15.+Rypansi+6.jpg Amartia https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/t/5ae69967562fa7d975cb0a73/1524478720450/ Amartia - Image 11: MAN From here on Man enters Gaia’s realm. In creating Man–her most wondrous creation, Gaiahas created the catalyst for the end of the Earth as we know it, and of herself. The imagehere is a highly ironic reinterpretation of Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam”, whereup- on Gaia is depicted as “God”, wrapped in a swirling veil, while Man (Adam) is out of frameon the lower left. Gaia’s right arm is outstretched to impart the spark of life from his own finger into that of Man. https://www.silviosalom.com/new-gallery-3 daily 0.75 2018-04-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addaf39758d46f994f11563/5addafab88251bb54e48e112/1524478844587/16.+Denial+6.jpg Thanatos - Image 16: DENIAL As the tragic process toward death begins; Gaia’s initial response is one of denial; an unwillingnessto accept what is happening to her and a refusal to bear witness to the Earth’s destruction. Shefaces away from us, stiff and still as if in a state of shock, as though walking steadily toward the only light source that exists amongst the total darkness surrounding her-much the same way as the neardead claim that they see a light at the end of the tunnel. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addaf39758d46f994f11563/5addaffb758d46f994f126e7/1524478866539/17.+Crisis+3.jpg Thanatos - Image 17: CRISIS No longer able to deny the inevitable, Gaia is at a crisis point; where the best way to proceed is far from clear. It is a point where her existing beliefs, practices and frameworks offer no good guidance. Shebegins to feel a sense of powerlessness. She sits curled up, arms wrapped around her legs that overlap each other. She is tense, cowering from Man’s sins in an attempt to protect herself. Man’s sins precipitate her crises and the onset of the Earth’s rapid decline. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addaf39758d46f994f11563/5addb034562fa77ceb28b6f6/1524478885170/18.+Decline+3.jpg Thanatos - Image 18: DECLINE There is an awareness in Gaia that the last stage of her life and that of the Earth is approaching.Evidence of her decline declare themselves; we see changes in her appearance. She has an old womanly frailness reflecting a loss of agility, a diminution in energy and a look of fatigue. She has been brought to her knees as the weight of Man’s sins rest heavy and her imminent death is upon her. Gaia is kneeling over a mirror resting on the floor, hunched and partially covered in the black veil contrasted against her bare skin, in a position that references the pose in Caravaggio’s “Narcis-sus”, where she sees her own reflection as deathly skull https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addaf39758d46f994f11563/5addb077562fa77ceb28bcff/1524478906778/19.+Death+3.jpg Thanatos - Image 19: DEATH Almost at series end, Man’s sins and destructiveness have resulted in Gaia’s death and the obliter-ation of the Earth. A deathly figure from Hades looks aside a static, charred black bundle of mate-rial on the floor – Gaia is no longer present as a deistic image in this photograph. She is simply a shadow of her former self. This final stage is portrayed with a miserable finality. A solitary black “grim reaper” figure stands in the shadow, to the left of our view and in the background-left-handednesstraditionally associated with the devil. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/5addaf39758d46f994f11563/5ae699cb1ae6cfa83d690fa9/1525062095403/20.+Hope+2.jpg Thanatos https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5adda6c8b40b9d05102914be/t/5addb3baaa4a99f47366bd19/1524478844587/ Thanatos - Image 16: DENIAL As the tragic process toward death begins; Gaia’s initial response is one of denial; an unwillingnessto accept what is happening to her and a refusal to bear witness to the Earth’s destruction. Shefaces away from us, stiff and still as if in a state of shock, as though walking steadily toward the only light source that exists amongst the total darkness surrounding her-much the same way as the neardead claim that they see a light at the end of the tunnel. https://www.silviosalom.com/projects daily 0.75 2013-08-26