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Lord Ares, he really be out there making some CHOICES

The Gnat and the Lion...one of my paintings for Urban Aesop group show @brassworksgallery opening May 7th curated by @undergroundrobin which has a tight deadline because of the book being published with all the great artists in the show. This classic fable is about a gnat who bites a lion and declares he’s stronger than the lion only to fall prey to a spider #urbansurrealism #aesopsfables #pride #spiderandthefly #streetlife #hifructosemagazine #lowbrowpopsurrealists #pdxartist #portlandartist #brassworksgallery #undergroundrobin #gregoryhergert (at BrassWorks Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMBYoWyHWkw/?igshid=18x62p1lxg73u

An Athenian and a Theban were on the road together and passed the time in conversation, as is the way of travelers. After discussing a variety of subjects they began to talk about heroes, a topic that tends to be more fertile than edifying. Each of them was lavish in his praises of the heroes of his own city, until eventually the Theban asserted that Hercules was the greatest hero who had ever lived on earth, and now occupied a foremost place among the gods; while the Athenian insisted that Theseus was far superior, for his fortune had been in every way supremely blessed, whereas Hercules had at one time been forced to act as a servant. And he gained his point, for he was a very glib fellow, like all Athenians; so that the Theban, who was no match for him in talking, cried at last in some disgust, "All right, have your way. I only hope that when our heroes are angry with us, Athens may suffer from the anger of Hercules, and Thebes from that of Theseus." -Aesop's Fables

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” — Aesop