Earth Day by Jane Yolen
I am the Earth
And the Earth is me.
Each blade of grass,
Each honey tree,
Each bit of mud,
And stick and stone
Is blood and muscle,
Skin and bone.
And just as I
Need every bit
Of me to make
My body fit,
So Earth needs
Grass and stone and tree
And things that grow here
Naturally.
That’s why we
Celebrate this day.
That’s why across
The world we say:
As long as life,
As dear, as free,
I am the Earth
And the Earth is me.
In recent years I’ve gotten into researching and understanding tarot cards, as well as using them in my life. More recently this has included oracle decks, which have a more open-ended structure. What I’d love to do is produce an oracle deck of my own!
To showcase how I might bring an oracle deck to life I mocked one up using pre existing work. I also threw together a few box cover comps and card backs to tie it all together. I’ve shared this with a few publishers.
You can check out the sample collection on my site. Let me know if you have any suggestions!
Hey look! the most recent issue of the RISD Alumni Magazine features my mural :)
They included the connection to Booksmith too.
Thanks to everyone who reached out! I appreciate it.
Ok, here’s the completed image
Giving Into The Dream (link to prints)
Initially this was an early version for the cover of The Dream Thieves. Recently I revisited the image and brought it through to fruition.
Thank you everyone for the encouragement!
New Netunner card
Sleipnir
An eight-legged mechanical horse construct inspired by Norse mythology. He’s massive and charging forth with the ferocity of pure chaos…
Featured in the Vantage Point set from Null Signal Games. Out now!
New Netrunner card illustration
Baker
Narrative concept inspired by Art Deco and the music of Josephine Baker.
Happy Lunar New Year
Year of the Fire Horse
According to the Chinese Zodiac, this cycle will be defined by:
-Momentum and ambition
-Courage and visibility
-Independence and self-direction
-Impulsivity and reactivity
-Breaking old patterns to inspire new growth
The Enchanted Forest Dragon and I are featured in the local newspaper!
Editorial notes:
Where I lived in Watertown was 3.5 miles from Washington Square in Brookline.
They left out the mural bookmark I made with Booksmith and the fairy.
My dad was an MD who practiced acupuncture and homeopathy.
Grateful to the writers spending the time to interview me and my mom on site and in our home. Being able to share the intentions behind the artwork with the community means a lot to me
New pillow // Sommer Hygge
I felt like it was time for my couch to get a new pillow. I knew I wanted one that would be leafy and had a fox. So I looked into options and then realized; oh I should just make my own!
Since it came out pretty well I’m making it available. You can get your own or give it as a gift via my shop on Fourthwall.com
My painting, Aevitas is featured in The Art of Shadows, a gorgeous new book created by David Gascón.
The all-black pages feature his philosophical writing, in both Spanish and English, accompanied by paintings that reverberate with a disintegration of both body and identity. Here are two excerpts:
<<<It is interesting to remember that “human” does not come from man (homo) but from earth (humus). That is to say, what is really proper of man is to crumble into dust and become part of what he once was. Hence the need for “humility” (another word deriving from humus) to understand that the natural state of the human being is underground, and it is only a matter of time before all return there».
<<Life is becoming. The will to exist goes beyond “being”
It is more concerned with leaving itself behind than with maintaining its own existence. That is its end. That is why flowers are stronger than the rock that forms the mountain, why a butterfly is stronger than marble. The passage of time turns the rock and marble to dust, yet a flower or a butterfly, ephemeral and delicate beings, leave behind their seeds, their offspring, the process repeating itself again and again… The life cycle continues, unscathed, while everything around it crumbles and disappears. The end of life is to transcend itself».
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