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History:
Jack
Kirby: This
is actually
the second
version of
Brahma's Exterior.
The first
drawing Jack
did for me
on this subject
is presently
called "Brahman's
Supremacy,."
Jack's concepts
of (God) Odin-like
omnipotence
-- but I was
after a much
more specific
design. Look
at the perspective
here! I said
to Jack, This,
to me, had
to represent
"God's
Office."
I mean, if
such a thing
really existed
physically,
what would
it look like?
What
we came up
with finally
is one of
the most astounding
drawings I
personally
believe Jack
Kirby ever
created.
I
had to work
hard to come
up with the
concepts which
Roger Zelazny
only alluded
to but which
didn't exist
in the novel.
With both
Brahma Chamber
Exterior and
Interior drawings,
I literally
had to invent,
in the broadest
mental brushstrokes,
buildings
which were
alive with
their own
consciousness
yet would
dramatize
the full nature
of the Beings
who built
them. It couldn't
be weird,
it had to
be real. Once
"built"in
my mind thus,
I could take
the nascent
visions to
Jack who truly
acted as my
mage and master
coconspirator
in the final
development
of the designs
we now have.
Thusly did
Jack and I
interact,
as father
and son, as
developer
and designer,
continually
changing places
as master
and student,
and, ultimately,
as partners
in exploration:
"The
omnipotence
of Brahma
reflected
by the lotus
canopy, holographic
walls made
up of his
Eight Heads
(Mystic Powers)
which change
shape as they
revolved in
opposing directions
to his multi-scented,
always summer,
cantilevered,
Floating Gardens
of Delight,
where Brahma
kept a cool
tan...."
Lord of
Light:
In the
Novel, there
is nothing
called the
Royal Chambers
of Brahma
- Interior
or Exterior.
There does
exist a meeting
of Brahma
and the rest
of the Gods
and I thought,
well, these
guys just
don't meet
in a bar!
So I got the
idea of the
pomp and circumstance
of Brahma's
Chambers!
Additionally,
in the novel,
Brahma does
allude to
his Pavilion
of Joys as
the ultimate
pleasure palace
to take Kali
and explore
her charms,
in exchange
for extending
Sam's life.
But Brahma
-- and all
the rest of
the Gods,
have had to
live somewhere
fantastic!
So I came
up with this
stuff and
brought it
all to Jack.
Science
Fiction Land:
The Exterior
building of
the Royal
Chambers is
capped by
a great light
source which
will beckon
for miles.
A cantilevered
multicolored
artificial
Garden
of Joys rings
around the
building,
where visitors
will run into
Godlike Androids
playing music.
One cannot
imagine the
kind of horror
engineers
displayed
when I demanded
their own
architectural
renderings
of this
drawing!
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