Year of the Water Dragon

Dragon Trio with Pearls of Wisdom
R McNulty, 2012
Micron pen on paper

It's funny that Dragon's Eye is coming together in the year of the dragon.  This is a cycle that comes around once every twelve years, and the element shifts.  I didn't plan it this way, but maybe someone did.

Dragons in China are associated not so much with fire as with clouds, rain, rivers and the sea.  They bring pearls of wisdom from the depths, and in the right order, are benevolent.  They do have their destructive sides, with monsoons and droughts both being the result of dragons.

It interests me that dragons in Europe are so heavily associated with fire, and those of Asia with water.  Personally, I'd like to see the dragon hunts go the way of hunting whales.  I think Ursula Le Guin is onto something with her dragons from the Earthsea series of books and short stories.

Dragons have something to say to us, something deep and ancient come round to meet us again.