Medusa

The Guardian and the Gorgon, whose gaze turns the superficial to stone, forcing the viewer to confront the terrible, unblinking reality of the ancient earth. She is the victim turned protectress, the one whose mask wards off the evil eye and whose blood carries both the poison of death and the nectar of life. She represents the transformative power of the "Forbidden Sight," the shadow that protects the sacred sanctuary.