Black Mirror (I Turn Salamander), 2022 “Like ‘Eden's Mirror Reverse’, this drawing is also derived from the lyric, "I turn salamander" in the song, "Christian Prayers. That lyric stands out because it doesn't obviously belong amongst the others, which take aim at the hypocrisies of Christianity as it is practiced today. I imagined the lyric is in reference to the occult symbolism of salamanders, which represent the alchemical principles of sulphur and fire. Salamanders are, in a word, catalysts. Burn it all down and liberate power and truth from the ones who are hoarding and abusing power and truth. A lot of my work utilizes sigil magick, a technique of creating symbols by recombining the letters that spell out wishes or desires into unique glyphs. The main idea of sigils is that they are illegible to the rational, conscious mind but converse freely with the unconscious. I should add that I imagine these to be scrying mirrors: dimly reflective mirrors in which other realities can be glimpsed” Elijah Burgher Elijah Burgher is the seventh artist to participate in "Halls of Amber" a group show of sorts that @robert__fox has curated, utilizing social media to share the spark of creativity from artists we love and admire. Swipe to see Elijah’s sketchbook research #HallsofAmber #HerculesInAmber #HerculesandLoveAffair #Elijahburgher #RobertFox