How I met the swan.

The first signs of another rebirth of the Reincarnated Swan appeared to me in early 1990.
I was working on some artworks when suddenly from the corner of my eye, I saw a small flicker of power coming from one of my drawings. Slowly I put my pencil down and just as carefully, I turned my head towards the sketch. There, between two big heaps of art paraphernalia was a drawing that was somehow different from the rest.
I watched it for a while not daring to move but then nothing more happened.
Well, it must have been some narcotic induced illusion and so I turned my attention back to my work.
Then just as sudden it flared up again.
This time I was sure.
I grabbed the drawing, flipped my table over to clean it from all debris and placed it in the middle of the now empty tabletop.
My heart hammered and cold droplets of sweat appeared on my forehead. It was time to prepare for the procedure.
I arranged different items around the sketch.
A pencil sharpener, a tube of oil paint, a prayer wheel, a swan feather and a few other minor but necessary relics.
I knew this was it.
It had reacted.
We had a "Reincarnation of the Swan".
Now, proof was needed.
That sketch was only a simple pencil drawing with very little power.
To get the full impact I had to do something more.
I decided to enlarge it to a 4’ x 6’ graffiti-style painting.
Now it became Now it became much more obvious.
The The The additional size gave it more power allowing it
to express itself.
And it did.
It thanked me for my help and enthusiasm and expressed sincere regret for any inconvenience it might have caused.
The swan then continued to express itself. (I mean it didn't really talk, it was more like intuition. Like when you have a really good silent understanding with that slice of apple pie and you get all warm inside.) The swan implied that in its two-dimensional existence it feels rather restricted.
And if I wouldn't mind, it would really appreciate it if I could turn it into a sculpture.
Hey, why not. I dug into my stash of clay and turned the swan into a beautiful little statue.

There it was, powerful, beautiful and wise.
It had turned me into a tool of it's own reproduction.
But I didn't mind. I freely offered myself.
It would spread its ideas through the help of my artistic talent.
I painted the Swan dozens of times ever since, made it into neon sculptures, stage decoration for a ballet and plenty more.
Other artists were affected by its power and the swan began to appear in their sculptures, paintings and poems.
The wonderful news spread and this is what it was saying:

Swanology

Philosophy of the Reincarnated Swan.
The philosophy of the Reincarnated Swan represents, in its basic approach and curiously enough, an idea you might find in any major religion: "Be nice to each other”, Nothing new, so let's not mention it anymore.
The Swan is good for you.
The Swan also has the power to enable ordinary people like you and me to re-evaluate their life/art and thus become better artists/beings. The Swan helps you to get rid of your internal and external inhibitions which are in your way to becoming a serious and generally useful artist/being. The Swan also assured me that he did not plagiarize anything from Anthony Robbins. It did mention though, that there were some instances in the past about which both Tony and the Swan agreed not to talk anymore.
Oh yes, I almost forgot. The other thing was the "not to take things too seriously" part.
In it's long history of reincarnating here and there, the Swan met a lot of artists and always ran into the same problem.
Those guys take themselves just too damn seriously.
"You should have seen some of the interpretations artists made of me," the Swan grumbled.
I could only guess but it's agitated body language told it all.
That leads us to the next part:

Swanatomy

Balance is the clue.
The swan is built on the principle of balance, which is very fragile.
The arabesque, a symbol of balance and joy.
The doughnut shaped head, the circle of life and reincarnation.
The eye in the middle of that head, the "sudden and infinite insight vortex" that opens that: "Oh, now I get it" experience to you.
Then those fabulous tits. Now the funny thing about those mammalian protuberances is that they are not really sexual things since the Swan actually is a neuter.
They represent the equilibrium (as opposed to joy if they would be real fun bags) and I put them there for the sake of balance.
The Swan would constantly fall over backwards on its ass without them.
Now you've learned a little about the Reincarnated Swan.
I could bore you for a few more hours but the one thing you should always remember is:
Try to see everything with humor.
Hey, you will need it once you find out how much I charge for my artworks.