Rossi and the Left-Hand Path by @lynne (Lynne)

So much of strangeness has happened to me lately... I think I'm only now beginning to feel the real effects of the exorcism I had last Friday. And who came back into my mindscape (it's been a long time since I've seen him around) but Rossi? Rossi with a new spark in his eye. Mostly, these days, it's been Vifernin, but Vifernin is an image whereas Rossi is more of a relationship. It's hard to say what the difference is these days. I wrote today, and drew, because of his inspiration, and this is what I drew.

It's amazing to me how much I have grown and changed and thus so has Rossi--even in the background. The 'left-hand path' theme I am illustrating with him here (inspired by a short story we wrote on an old theme of Catholic priest renegade) is, by Church standards, probably rather demonic, but the way I see it is more what happens to one when one falls into the hands of the living God (and I mean really falls). God is a terrifying thing.

The best analogy I can give for the left-hand path in pop culture would probably be the movie 'The Matrix'. Not three days ago I realized that that movie was real and true, if metaphorical. This dream we are living in is not reality, and we can, like Neo, learn its programming, its code, and influence it as we like. The Matrix strikes me as a story about the world we live in, under powers that fight to keep us asleep, and the magnitude of human potential (with a little Savior/the One taste thrown in). The Matrix... reminds me very much of Carlos Castaneda's books.

And of course, it's doubly appropriate, because of the Red Dragon, which Vifernin is anyway...