Tuesday 16 December 2008

Chimera

CHIMERA

-noun
1. a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
2. any similarly grotesque monster having disparate parts, esp. as depicted in decorative art.
3. a horrible or unreal creature of the imagination; a vain or idle fancy: He is far different from the chimera your fears have made of him.
4. Genetics. an organism composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues, as an organism that is partly male and partly female, or an artificially produced individual having tissues of several species. Also,chimaera.



Beware the chimeras
Lurking in the shadows
Of your brain
Devouring reality.

2 comments:

Dragonsally said...

This is spectacular. Would make such a good poster

Rachel Green said...

I love this one. They live in my head.