Title: The Fire Keeper Medium: Super-8, Photography, Artificial Intelligence, Acrylic on Canvas, Silkscreen, Augmented Reality, NFT Year: 2026 Dimensions: 30 in x 40 in Color Composition: White 22.0% · Pale Yellow 21.2% · Cream 17.1% · Raw Canvas 16.0% · Red 7.5% · Red Orange 6.1% · Orange 4.6% · Gold 3.7% · Brown 0.9% · Deep Red 0.9% Tone: Mid Tone, lightness 25 out of 100 (0 is black, 100 is white) Journal: December 2, 2023 Ashutosh was the fire keeper of the Hanuman temple at the Ashram we were staying at. Every morning he would light the fire and pray, and every night he would ring the bell before arti and close the temple. He had a huge following on instagram and tik tok just from the songs and prayers he sings for the divine monkey god with tearing apart his chest to reveal Ram and Sita in his Heart. This deity can move mountains as gifts to other divine lords. There was a very large statue outside of the temple that embodies the story and strength of this visceral description. A giant red heart emerging from a giant monkeys body. All is love, all is one. We sat for one last prayer, a Hanuman Chalisa, before we packed our bags and rode off to Agra from the Ashram. We were supposed to fly to Goa that day but the energy did not feel right and we set off to see the marble temple of love, the great structure of the Taj Mahal. We broke loose from Rishikesh hold and tore out of town with a trusted driver and felt the tug of the city’s gravitational force with a great escape velocity. It was time to continue on as much as we would have loved to stay and were welcomed to, we had more work to do!