Recollections of Emrys.
Random mp3 playing netted me Sting's "Fortress Around Your Heart", which kinda segued in my mind into a recollection of where the concept of Emrys the blue unicorn came from. It was kinda funny how it happened, because Orelious was meant to be as far away from the real me as I could possibly get, rowdy and ridiculous. But I realized soon enough I needed a calmer character to play when I wasn't up to being boisterous and back to being my calmer self. It also happened to coincide with a long period of time in which I was particularly interested in Sting's (now early, I suppose) solo work.
Things led to this and to that, but the true reference of Emrys comes in the first few seconds of the video of "We'll Be Together", with Sting in a sort of bohemian sweater, slowly walked up to a mirror and touched his own reflection - which shook him out of his daze. It's a very moving image for me for some reason. Unfortunately, the video has never been online, and the VHS tape I have is still in Houston. This is about as close as I get. It's that kind of longer-haired bohemian poetic image that really was my self-image for rather a while in the early days of college. Still something I treasure.
Combine it with an image of a unicorn with feathered cap by Jordan Greywolf, and there I went.
The other thing about "We'll Be Together", of course, is that it also has another Sting character besides the bohemian one who was raucous and drunk and loud. And so, really, it contains the only real visualization I have of Emrys and Orelious dealing at all with each other.
Eventually, Emrys ended up being a DJ in my head, and sometimes that gives a conflicting image in my head - but I sorta think of Emrys as basically being the kind of DJ who lets his emotions speak through the music, but only really then. Sorta quiet otherwise.
If you do see other Sting videos from that era, you may pick up a general impression - "Englishman in New York" in particular is a more stylish, urbane version of things, but still in the neighborhood.
Things led to this and to that, but the true reference of Emrys comes in the first few seconds of the video of "We'll Be Together", with Sting in a sort of bohemian sweater, slowly walked up to a mirror and touched his own reflection - which shook him out of his daze. It's a very moving image for me for some reason. Unfortunately, the video has never been online, and the VHS tape I have is still in Houston. This is about as close as I get. It's that kind of longer-haired bohemian poetic image that really was my self-image for rather a while in the early days of college. Still something I treasure.
Combine it with an image of a unicorn with feathered cap by Jordan Greywolf, and there I went.
The other thing about "We'll Be Together", of course, is that it also has another Sting character besides the bohemian one who was raucous and drunk and loud. And so, really, it contains the only real visualization I have of Emrys and Orelious dealing at all with each other.
Eventually, Emrys ended up being a DJ in my head, and sometimes that gives a conflicting image in my head - but I sorta think of Emrys as basically being the kind of DJ who lets his emotions speak through the music, but only really then. Sorta quiet otherwise.
If you do see other Sting videos from that era, you may pick up a general impression - "Englishman in New York" in particular is a more stylish, urbane version of things, but still in the neighborhood.