{"product_id":"the-four-rivers-of-eden","title":"The Four Rivers of Eden","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"background: white; mso-highlight: white;\"\u003eHumanity’s expulsion from Paradise came with the knowledge of good and evil and the gift of free will. In Eden we served without choice; on earth we gained the freedom to choose what is right.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"background: white; mso-highlight: white;\"\u003eThis work explores that liberty: the right to love, create, travel and express ourselves without fear. Its absence, from overt oppression to subtle constraints, lies at the heart of the piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"background: white; mso-highlight: white;\"\u003eThe Four Rivers of Eden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"background: white; mso-highlight: white;\"\u003e captures the mystical moment when Eden leaves the physical realm and becomes spiritual. Each dragon represents one of the four rivers Pishon, Gihon, Hiddekel (Tigris) and Perat (Euphrates). As the rivers fracture and diverge, they mark the boundary between lost paradise and our world of choice and consequence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"background: white; mso-highlight: white;\"\u003eSelected for the Visual Art category Passion for Freedom Award 2024.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 17.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThe Four Rivers of Eden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eInk \u0026amp; wash on rag paper, 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e41 x 45cm (framed)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e£400\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eFlowing, flying, falling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curated by Charlie Kirkham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59557680185678,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/7026\/1838\/files\/FourRivers_detail1.jpg?v=1777726956","url":"https:\/\/charliekirkhamcurator.com\/products\/the-four-rivers-of-eden","provider":"Curated by Charlie Kirkham","version":"1.0","type":"link"}