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Several times lately, some animal thought to be long-extinct is discovered in some far-off region of the world, doing just fine. This is a moment like that: Plato's Lost Race, the pre-human hermaphrodites, split in half by the gods in punishment for arrogance, each half condemned to wander the Earth in a seemingly endless search for completion.
Here they are, she-he tends the roots and he-she the branches, on swampy, newly forming ground. The proud peacock watching carefully overhead. (Cats are just always necessary.)
Note: This is a new experiment for me.I've been working on this drawing for a while, but I grew furious with the sky and dropped it. Finally, I discovered "free textures" on the flickr page of les brumes, and I borrowed this texture. I photoed my illustration and put it into photoshop, then I made some little changes in the texture I had borrowed and put it over the sky at 57%, and found myself much happier. So, thanks les brumes!
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The theme is fascinating... roots and branches, safe into the ground but reaching up to the skies (may be heaven?). I adore that peacock and the mixed texture of the sky, it seems it is also newly forming! Bravo, dear zoe!! :-)
ReplyDeletethank you! you're so kind :) i was definitely thinking of the connective aspect of the tree, trees seem so spiritual to me (and there's the legba symbolism of communication with the "netherworlds"). we actually have one shaped like this in the backyard! i'm glad you liked the sky, i think the problem with the first sky is that it seemed too solid, too complete...
ReplyDeletethanks again!