Ah, it’s always exciting when Cryptik releases new art into the world, and today our favorite street artist did just that with the release of the Cryptik Lord Shiva print. The new release is the latest from the “Eastern Philosophy” Series and if you aren’t familiar with Lord Shiva, below is a pretty thorough explanation for you.
“Shiva is the god of the yogis, self-controlled and celibate, while at the same time a lover of his spouse (Shakti/Parvati). Lord Shiva is the destroyer of the world, following Brahma the creator and Vishnu the preserver, after which Brahma again creates the world and so on. Shiva is responsible for change both in the form of death and destruction and in the positive sense of destroying the ego, the false identification with the form. This also includes the shedding of old habits and attachments.
All that has a beginning by necessity must have an end. In destruction, truly nothing is destroyed but the illusion of individuality. Thus the power of destruction associated with Lord Shiva has great purifying power, both on a more personal level when problems make us see reality more clearly, as on a more universal level. Destruction opens the path for a new creation of the universe, a new opportunity for the beauty and drama of universal illusion to unfold. As Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram or Truth, Goodness and Beauty, Shiva represents the most essential goodness.” – Sanatan Society
There are only 125 prints available and it comes in 18″ x 24″ on Heavyweight Cream Speckletone paper, signed and numbered by the artist.
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