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Vision Serpent

In Maya cosmology, the vision serpent is the portal from the underworld (Xibalba) to our world through which the ancestors travel to communicate messages to those practising auto-sacrifice. A man or woman makes an offering of his or her blood on paper, which is then burned with incense in a bowl. From the smoke appears the vision serpent, bearing the ancestor in its mouth. The patterns of red circles are referred to as blood scrolls, a symbolic representation of blood.

Painter

Her Burden
Wӓy (I'll Grind Your Bones to Make My Bread)
And Now It Still Murmurs... the First Words
Triste
Nunca Jamas (Viento Fuerte)
Vueltas
Vision Serpent
La Llorona
Sirena I
Sirena II
Vucub Caquix
Visitation (Vision Among Ruins)
Untitled
Kok (Turtle)
Sirena III
Mango
Sirena IV
Cathedral
Sirena V
Arboleda (Green Cathedral)
Sirena VI
Las Tres Hermanas
Roseton
Dragonflies
Bird Lady
La Tatuana
Deep Woods
View From My Window
Calavera Chapina
Las Tres Hermanas II
Sirena VII
Awakening
Ojos Tapados
La Calaca Risueña a la Maruca
La Calaca Verde
Bosque de Verapaz
The Artist
Scorched Earth (Tierra Arrasada)