After wandering the Earth for hundreds of years, you would think Aughostus had seen it all. In 1984, a ship departed from one of Aughostus's haunts off of the shores of Norway not realizing they had brought a ghost aboard. Within a week's time, the crew, terrified of ghosts, stopped at an unknown nearby island. There, Aughostus jumped ship - he took a journey that dark and misty night - through the island's thick flora and fauna. This place is what the locals of the island called Skull Forest. The reason for that name is there were many poisonous mushrooms growing there amongst an abundant, lush selection of fruits, vegetables and a few rare, but delicious edible mushrooms. While wandering and admiring this fruitful place, Aughostus spotted something that looked like a mushroom, but it was moving. He approached the mushroom - it turned around and screamed "Don't come too close!" The mushroom was not merely a mushroom, but a creature named "Shumi Kaiju-Shrumi" and she begged Aughostus not to tell the locals about her because her spores are quite poisonous. She looks just like a very delicious rare edible mushroom, but if anyone comes within 5 feet of her, they will not survive. When she realized Aughostus was already dead, they were refreshingly able to sit together a while sharing stories. Of course, Aughostus agreed to this request of keeping her location a secret, although as a ghost... who would he really be speaking to anyway? He eventually took his leave from Shumi Kaiju-Shrumi and the colorful, yet dangerous Skull Forest, continuing to wander the Earth throughout time.

This NFT comes with a physical mixed media original painting on 6" x 6" birch panel upon initial sale.

1080 px x 1080 px / 25 fps

"Beat in this work/art is titled Synth 80's beat "Journey" made by TDKILL. https://opensea.io/TDKILL"