Tugging the Moon by fantasy artist Dean Morrissey

Tugging the Moon by Dean Morrissey

available from Prickly Pear Galleries

 

"Order in the universe depends upon the moon, which, contrary to popular notions, is a steam-powered flying apparatus driven faithfully across the sky each night by the Man in the Moon. So...when suddenly the moon ceases its nightly passage, chaos! Calamity! The tides awash, time in question, the cow that jumps over the moon disoriented! All was in peril until the Captain of the Lightship towed the moon for repairs. Before long, the man in the Moon was able to set sail for the sky again and the people of the Great Kettles cheered...times and tides were in harmony; the cow was once again content. 'What would they do without me?' thought the Man in the Moon, quite full of himself." - Dean Morrissey from his book "The Great Kettles - A Tale of Time".