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The Phoenix . . . being that I'm not feeling too great tonight I'm just going to quote Wikipedia on this one. "It is described as a bird with a colorful plumage and a tail of gold and
scarlet (or purple, blue, and green according to some legends). It has a
500 to 1000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a
nest of twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and
are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg
arises, reborn anew to live again. The new phoenix is destined to live
as long as its old self. In some stories, the new phoenix embalms the
ashes of its old self in an egg made of myrrh and deposits it in the
Egyptian city of
Heliopolis
(literally "sun-city" in Greek). It is said that the bird's cry is that
of a beautiful song. The Phoenix's ability to be reborn from its own
ashes implies that it is immortal, though in some stories the new
Phoenix is merely the offspring of the older one. In very few stories
they are able to change into people." the rest of this article can be read at
Wikipedia.
This drawing was done in an 5.5" x 8.5" Strathmore (400 Series) 60 lb. paper sketchbook with Sharpie Marker and Copic Markers.I had planned on doing a different drawing for this but I liked this simple little line drawing enough that I decided against doing another drawing.
It rose from the ashes,
Kevin P. Johnson
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