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I first did the line drawing for this back in October, 2008. But I felt much too timid to attempt coloring it. I nearly forgot this piece, until the beginning of this year. I was sorting through the thick folders of my artwork and came to this piece. Here is the line drawing and my thoughts at the time, October 25, 2008: © JAL (From my journal:) It all began with a net search for 'venom of Apep'. I wanted to get some scholarly info on this. In the process, I found a new image to add to the Set finds, this of a united Set and Horus between six serpents.) The first url I checked out contained this reference: "O re, Geb, Nut, Wsr, Heru ! Make well the heart of this suffering man ! Lead him back to life as you made the heart of Re revive durring the attack by Nehaher. Drive out the poison that is in his body as you banished the venom of Apep which was in the body of the great god! God gives life to the one he loves." 'Amuntet' doesn't say where she found this, from what ancient text. However, I was curious and began poking around her journal. I soon came to a page on Set. The text is from Christian Jacq, new to me, and concerns Set's ability as a healer. There's an image there of a very intriguing Set. I tried tracking 'QueenKichaa' down, but she's pulled down her art gallery and left no forwarding address. I noted she uses a jackel snout, so I combined donkey ears with a jackel's snout similarly (the models found on Wikipedia). Here is my sketch screen: I used my own hands and a mirror for his hands... As I look at this page, thinking of how I used my own hands, a song by Jewel comes to mind: "My hands are small I know But they're not yours, they are my own But they're not yours, they are my own And I am never broken We are never broken We are God's eyes God's hands God's mind..." "We are God's hands...", hmm, reminds me of a certain invocation, of which some of you will know to what I refer... Note of February 1, 2009: When I went to Michael's to get a frame for this piece, that very song was playing when I entered!

I decided on a red frame to echo Set's red hair.

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