You have a unique vision. I've seen these and often checked out your work... what I seem to be missing is a clue to the theme... I assume you are building a body of work around a Medieval time period... a fairy tale time. Am I right?
I do like this piece as I do many of your illustrations Jordan.
Terry D wrote:
... what I seem to be missing is a clue to the theme... I assume you are building a body of work around a Medieval time period... a fairy tale time. Am I right?
Hi Terry...thank you for the kind comment.
Here is some background:
High on the mountain, lead by Akta, I was taken to the Red Queen
and introduced to the Court of Leaves. The Court of Leaves surrounds
and protects not only Mt. Hunger but, too, all access to the mountain.
Long independent of all outside the Court, it was established
that a conduit needed to be created between the Court and Outside
for, though Vermont is the least populated state in the colonized
land called the United States, there have been intrusions into the
Court of Leaves. The Red Queen dictated the creation of a "Gate."
A Gate to regulate the activity of wasichu.
Why did Akta come for me 7 years after I arrived on the mountain
(that, 5 years ago)? Why was I presented to the Queen and then
asked to become GateKeeper to the Court of Leaves? Why was I
then assaulted (as you will learn) by a member of that Court?
That I am Tsalagi, an isolationist, steeped in fantasy and the bizarre
may have had something to do with it. One must be able to see in order
to see, no? Ultimately though it does not matter why the Court made itself
visible to me. What matters is that I am GateKeeper.
What matters is that I was chosen and am dedicated now to the
preservation and safety of the Court.
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