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Title	Taurus at The Base of Mount Sinai
Artist	Bond, Andy
Subject - LCSH	Art, Modern Ball State University--Students
Exhibition Date	2008
Artist Statement	The work seen here is a mixture of digital photography and digital collage. It uses imagery from various cultures' mythologies and religions from ancient to contemporary eras. These pieces are composed to show the common ties of the world's religions and also astrological themes not commonly associated with these mythologies. Ancient man was many things but stupid was not one of them. With the emergence of modern science and the relentless march of technological advancement we grow further away from our ancestors' perspective of the world. Their myths and religions often become silly little fairy tales rife with superstition and collect dust on a library shelf to be read only by academics and a select other few. Ironically the application of modern science to our ancestor's stories shows an amazing awareness and connection with the mechanics of nature and what that meant for life on earth. Resurrection myths become stories about the Sun and it's death in winter and rebirth in spring. Stars and constellations become characters in a movie about the cyclical struggle of human life through the year. Sunlight becomes the savior from the deadly predator-filled night and the struggle between light and dark is a daily occurrence rather than a battle between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. The search for light is the search for enlightenment. Many modern advancements are for the better and there are many shameful and ugly things about our past, but to not examine and learn from both the wisdom and the follies of our ancestors and pass it off as archaic and irrelevant would be foolish indeed. Special Thanks to Ben Gordy, Danny Ruxton, Jarrod Case, Gayle E. Cecilia Bond, Ben Cleland, Serena Nancarrow, Kyle Peters, Jordan Maxwell, John Fillwalk, Mark Sawrie, Bill Zack and Scott Anderson.
Subject - TGM	Art Digital prints
Time Period	2000s (2000-2009) Twenty-first century, C. E.
Medium	Digital Print
Series	The Coming Light, The Persistent Darkness
Exhibition	Summer 2009 Thesis Exhibitions
Physical Dimensions	22 X 34 cm.
Media Type	Still image
Original Format	Art Color images
Digital Date	2009-12-29 (Loaded)
File Format	image/jpeg
Pixel Width	1085
Pixel Height	1725
Digitization Equipment	Nikon Coolpix 8700 Digital Camera
Digital Identifier	BSU-SAC-4005.jpg
Collection	Ball State University Student Art Collection
Collection URL	http://libx.bsu.edu/collection.php?CISOROOT=/BSUArtists
Copyright	Copyright 2009, Ball State University and the original artist. All rights reserved.

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