From the 'Painter's Manual' of Dionysius of Fourna
In the 1700's Dionysius, a monk, lived on Mount Athos.
As a self taught painter, throughout his life he created various iconographic depictions of events from the Bible, Martyrdoms of the saints, and visualizations of the spiritual life.
Before his death, he compiled what he had learned into a manual for future iconographers.
Within this manual, is an excerpt describing the spiritual reality of the world we inhabit entitled "The Vain Life of the World"
Orthodox artist William Egan has brought this description to life.
