Naga is very interesting. I Googled the word and found lots of different things. Naga is the combination of a serpent and a human in one ancient society. Naga was a god in control of the water. If a proper sacrifice was not offered Naga would punish the offender with too much water. Perhaps this was a monsoon.
The idea of a sensitive creature was discussed, somewhere in my reading,he could be hurt and or offended when the environment was mistreated.
Naga also means naked, a Naga Baba is a holy person who is clothed only with ashes, thus the wood ash finish.
As I researched Naga, I found many manifestations. There is even a tribe of people by this name. They seem to be warriors.
I stole a bit from this Naga and a stole bit from that Naga and created one more. This is i-Naga, who still represents the water, or environment. You will not find a visual representation like i-Naga else-where, as I made his entire body a serpent, but added arms and legs and a human head.Instead of seven serpents atop his head, he has a crown from my imagination. He does sport snake earrings and his tail ends in a snake.The snake ending tail is my invention. The coloring on his forehead is stolen from the holy people, Naga Babas.It seemed like Naga evolved and took on different distinct characteristics, so an updated version was in order.I use the term stole in humor.This is my third mythological sculpture. Agatha was my first,representing a dragon and simply a beast. The second was Professor Drago, who is also a dragon but displays hand gestures that indicate intelligence. i-Naga is the third, and represents conscience and consequence. The "i" in i-Naga was used to place this creature in the era we now exist in. Appropriately, the "i" precedes Naga. How times have changed, yet how little has changed in our basic character.As a whole, we lack a conscience, but instead of failing to return some grain to Naga we are abusing the environment. The scale is enormously greater now and so is the effect or consequence.Naga is angry.
Frank

Frank.......

I love this piece i-naga and the story behind it. I sitting my show this morning and these past two discussions
are making my head spin. I really,really love your thought process. I can't wait to hear more. Janet

Janet,
The best of luck today with your show. Spin? Hey that gives me a thought about a sculpture. Can I STEAL it? he he he
Like I didn't light enough fuses...
Peace,eh?
Frank