The Temple of Forgetting
"The Temple of Forgetting" Rust Print on linen over panel, 41 x 33 in. Lethe’s Temple, "The Temple of Forgetting", has its foundations in a river. In early Greek myth, Lethe was one of five rivers that flowed through the subterranean Kingdom of Hades. Souls who passed into Hades had need to forget the suffering they had endured, or perhaps, the torment they had inflicted. So, if a soul were ever to achieve peace, the dead would drink from its water in order to forget their earthly life and the river Lethe would wash away the memory of physical reality. Myths evolve and Lethe the river was eventually personified as Goddess. Lethe the Goddess became synonymous with forgetting. Lethe is the root word of lethargy meaning weariness, lassitude, and fatigue. Please view “The Temple of Lethe”, a Rust Print Assemblage, at my studio, stop #5, on the 2017 Vashon Island Holiday Studio Tour , December 2-3 & 9-10 (Saturdays and Sundays) 10am to 4pm. ...