Solidshadow in Wonderland
Pat came by last night and we hung out watching Simpsons. I spent a little time sketching the monkey from the previous post for someone at work. Also finished up some icons. I wanted to draw a two legged horse for Elysia but I never got the chance. I'll probably do that tonight.
Realized I purchased the complete Lewis Carroll a few years back and never read any of it. So I'm finally reading the original Alice in Wonderland. The ink illustrations are great. They present a victorian elegance of line and detail while also being somewhat creepy and at times unsettling.
Wonderland is definitely a realm I would like to visit. A place full of magickal wit and imagery both atavistic and archetypical in nature reflecting on wild imagination that closely resembles many of my own dreams. Despite it's tests and potential perils, I think I would do well in Wonderland because I am a skilled dreamer and full of normally useless atavistic and symbolical knowledge. The place strongly resembles faerie. I almost expect Alice to stumble upon the sunless land of St. Martin with it's green children.
In terms of the mythic land of Elysia I would associate it with Glenvale wood in Avalon or The Emerald Forest in the Emerald Kingdom for it's talking animals and bizarre associations.
I know a lot of people associate much of Alice's imagery to several varieties of drugs and their effects but frankly all of the imagery so far are typical of fairy legend, psychological archetypes and victorian culture. The drug associations feel a little "tacked on after the fact" for me.
Realized I purchased the complete Lewis Carroll a few years back and never read any of it. So I'm finally reading the original Alice in Wonderland. The ink illustrations are great. They present a victorian elegance of line and detail while also being somewhat creepy and at times unsettling.
Wonderland is definitely a realm I would like to visit. A place full of magickal wit and imagery both atavistic and archetypical in nature reflecting on wild imagination that closely resembles many of my own dreams. Despite it's tests and potential perils, I think I would do well in Wonderland because I am a skilled dreamer and full of normally useless atavistic and symbolical knowledge. The place strongly resembles faerie. I almost expect Alice to stumble upon the sunless land of St. Martin with it's green children.
In terms of the mythic land of Elysia I would associate it with Glenvale wood in Avalon or The Emerald Forest in the Emerald Kingdom for it's talking animals and bizarre associations.
I know a lot of people associate much of Alice's imagery to several varieties of drugs and their effects but frankly all of the imagery so far are typical of fairy legend, psychological archetypes and victorian culture. The drug associations feel a little "tacked on after the fact" for me.