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Path to Enlightenment
Published: 2012-02-26 00:12:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 18611; Favourites: 1119; Downloads: 1003
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Path to Enlightenment24in x 48in,
Oil on canvas
In order to be enlightened, one must fall, disintegrate, die, and be reborn. I tried to mirror my personal stage of this path, the moment before descending into the black abyss.
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Cool! In the background... Is that a lampfish or a jellylamp?
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That is SO COOL! Oh my gosh, you definitely deserved that DD. Keep up the great work man
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Thank you very much!
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It's such an interesting picture!
I would have never thought of something like this.
I especially like the jellyfish as a lamp. It's really neat.
Just...Overall, this whole thing seriously makes my eyes so happy.
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Glad to oblige, thank you
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This just evoked a question in my mind - how come electric eels don't get "short-circuited" in water? Try to submerge a battery in the water - instantly dead.
I know there is no electric eel in the picture but that jellyfish glows (beautifully) and looks somewhat like an (electric) night table lamp.
I love the idea and the atmosphere / mood. Very much.
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Hahah I have no idea either
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To answer your question, the electricity generated by electric eels is not like the electricity that powers a light bulb, the amperage and voltage is much lower. The discharge is more akin to static electricity. An electric eel uses a specialized electric organ near the tip of it's tail to transmit the electric energy directly into the water, therefore it will not shock itself because it can only generate as much electricity as the combined electric charge of all of it's nerves firing at once and the current is traveling away from it's vital organs. The pulse of electricity it generates is at a low voltage and it only lasts a short amount of time, not nearly long enough to cause any damage to the eel itself. The eel is also prevented from being shocked by it's own current because it's body is insulated by fat and since the water is more conductive than the eel's body, the current travels away from the eel. The eel is not like a battery, in that it has no exposed positive and negative end. Rather, the specialized cells in the electric organ are al like batteries, lined up end to end. The only "exposed" end of this "battery chain" is the end of the tail, where the electric charge is transmitted out into the water. The reason a battery shorts out in water is because the water acts as a connection between the positive and negative ends of the battery. However, as a lot of Marine biologists will tell you, these are just theories. No one really knows for sure, but many marine biologists agree that this theory most likely explains why electric eels do not shock themselves and do not short circuit.
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Wow, thank you very much for the explanation, it is really fascinating! Still I don't quite understand how does the eel prevent discharging all it's electricity at all the time. It is always submerged in conductive water after all.
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Wow, today I learned!
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Wow cool! Reminds me of a Zora! Kinda weird, but COOL!
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The meaning and thought you put behind the painting is even more amazing than the painting itself.
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Thank you, I'm really glad it comes across
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What a special atmosphere... Mysterious...
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I love the aquatic aspects of this.
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This reminds me so much of Van Gogh's Starry Night! 
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Not at all, but you know what? This is the second time someone says that. I guess if it's in the stars...
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hahaha it was meant to be! But again, great artwork!
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This is just beautiful.
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there is a dreamlike reality to the picture. In a gallery this is a picture one would need to sit and immerse yourself in for a while.
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Thank you, that would be great
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