Hi there! This is a little sketch that I drew a few months ago of Hermes - “The Messenger God” - to commemorate the one year anniversary of my book “Playing God” being published. You could say that “The Messenger God” is a very important character within “Playing God” and the seven short stories that it comprises, for reasons I do not like to reveal - because I am a writer, an artist, a reader, a fan who likes to surprise their audience and who in turn likes to be surprised by what I invest my time into, because that is the magic of art and that is that art of magic. Writing the stories of “Playing God” was an experience, a journey, an evolution - and I only discovered who I was writing about, who the central character was, and what the message of the main protagonist was, the more stories I wrote. And then, while writing one story in particular, there came a moment - a literary lightning-strike of inspiration and clarity - when everything fell into place and I recognised who I was writing about, what the motivation of the central character of every one of the seven stories was, and why he chose to appear how he appears and why he did what he does. I like to think that anybody could read any story from “Playing God” and understand who this mysterious “Man in Black/Man in White” is and that the stories within could be read in any order because there is no set chronological order to them. The stories of “Playing God” were a joy to write, but they are not for the faint of heart - because each one is a heartfelt cry for help by characters and by people in need of being saving - but how, and whether, they are actually “saved” you will only find out if you choose to dive deep into every one of the seven stories and you return with a new insight into life as it is for so many people in this world, and those not of this world. Thank you to anybody who has already read ”Playing God” - and to the many who have not, I would just like to say happy reading! 😊 #PlayingGod #markhastings #book #shortstories #ManinBlack #ManinWhite #Hermes #messengergod #happyanniverary #writer #writing #poet https://www.instagram.com/p/BwykS2IhctU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h25yqqvp6xps
