Apparently as the story goes, Pan was infatuated by a lovely nymph named Syrinx. Syrinx didn't dig on Pan & fled. Since this is a Greek stalker myth, Pan of course chases her. It was then that Syrinx asked her sisters to change her into a reed (or a bunch of reeds depending whose story you're reading--pardon the pun).
Pan, then having decided that something was better than nothing decided to cut the reeds to make his Pan flute. Nice. If you wanna read up on your mythology, check out this version of the story and this version of the story, or just go to wikipedia.
Anyway, Eric told me he was interested in painting a piece based on the love story. So, I did.
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