Dimitri Solunsky, poet and prose author. Famous for his phantasmagoric tales and poems of ancient Siberia that mainly involve shamans and animal spirits. He is a master of conjuring up the white fright of cold cold Siberia. His shamans are disturbed creatures, as all shamans are. Nothing mysterious there. However, his shamans have a wickedly sly sense of black humor. This is what makes his tales so terrifyingly beautiful and transcendent. Sometimes his shamans will appear as Ted Baxter and then turn into Roux Paul. They are always transmogrifying and shape shifting. Shamans might appear as Peter Boyle in "Young Frankenstein" and abruptly transform into a "grotesque" Sarah Palin. The poor souls who come to them are often scared out of their wits. Which is, after all, the point.
Fearsome, but kindly behind the eyes.
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DeleteDimitri Solunsky, poet and prose author. Famous for his phantasmagoric tales and poems of ancient Siberia that mainly involve shamans and animal spirits. He is a master of conjuring up the white fright of cold cold Siberia. His shamans are disturbed creatures, as all shamans are. Nothing mysterious there. However, his shamans have a wickedly sly sense of black humor. This is what makes his tales so terrifyingly beautiful and transcendent. Sometimes his shamans will appear as Ted Baxter and then turn into Roux Paul. They are always transmogrifying and shape shifting. Shamans might appear as Peter Boyle in "Young Frankenstein" and abruptly transform into a "grotesque" Sarah Palin. The poor souls who come to them are often scared out of their wits. Which is, after all, the point.
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