Arepo’s god

Arepo’s god.

" Temples are built for gods. Knowing this a farmer builds a small temple to see what kind of god turns up.
Arepo built a temple in his field, a humble thing, some stones stacked up to make a cairn, and two days later a god moved in."

Someone on Tumblr posted this writing prompt for people to continue the story and this heartwarming tale about a selfless farmer inspired me to paint his main character, Arepo.

As I read it, I remembered how a few years ago, when visiting the Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces I did an 8 hour trekking from Ping'an Zhuang Village to Dazhai village. On the way amidst the rice terraces it started raining and as we stopped under a tree, there he was, Arepo. Merry and content, welcoming eyes, smoking his pipe.

Then this Friday, my friend Esther decided to start a Character Design Jam, giving me 10 words on Friday evening to create a character for Sunday evening. They were these: China, agricultor, humble origin, blind, magic vegetation, luminescent, rice, rain, freshness, mystery.

So, I pained Arepo.

Link to the whole story:

https://writing-prompt-s.tumblr.com/post/172811507450/threefeline-corancoranthemagicalman/embed