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44. Two Roadsby ~angel-of-arkansas

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Inspired by the song "Ce he Mise Le Ulaingt- The Two Trees" By Loreena McKennitt from her album "The Mask and the Mirror."

Here are the Lyrics:

Beloved, gaze in thine own heart
The holy tree is growing there;
From joy the holy branches start
And all the trembling flowers they bear.
The changing colours of its fruit
Have dowered the stars with merry light;
The surety of its hidden root
Has planted quiet in the night;
The shaking of its leafy head
Has given the waves their melody.
And made my lips and music wed,
Murmuring a wizard song for thee,
There the Loves a circle go,
The flaming circle of our days,
Gyring, spiring to and fro
In those great ignorant leafy ways;
Remembering all that shaken hair
And how the winged sandals dart
Thine eyes grow full of tender care;
Beloved, gaze in thine own heart.
Gaze no more in the bitter glass
The demons, with their subtle guile,
Lift up before us when they pass,
Or only gaze a little while;
For there a fatal image grows
That the stormy night receives,
Roots half hidden under snows,
Broken boughs and blackened leaves.
For all things turn to bareness
In the dim glass the demons hold,
The glass of outer weariness,
Made when God slept in times of old.
There, through the broken branches, go
The ravens of unresting thought;
Flying, crying, to and fro,
Cruel claw and hungry throat,
Or else they stand and sniff the wind,
And shake their ragged wings: alas!
Thy tender eyes grow all unkind:
Gaze no more in the bitter glass.
Beloved, gaze in thine own heart,
The holy tree is growing there;
From joy the holy branches start,
And all the trembling flowers they bear.
Remembering all that shaken hair
And how the winged sandals dart,
Thine eyes grow full of tender care;
Beloved, gaze in thine own heart.

It's for Yama-Neko-Sama's Art List. (She's a good artist; go take a look at her stuff!) Anyway, this pic took me about two days, and I really like the way it turned out. It's supposed to convey the idea of how Krystal and Kursed are two sides of the same person. For those confused, Kursed is a result of Fox dumping Krystal, Krystal joining Star Wolf to get back at Fox, and everyone calling her a traitor. Check it out in SF: Command.

love 1 1

joy 3 3

~~wow 0 0~~

~~mad 0 0~~

~~sad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

~xoxJamiex Jun 11, 2008

Nice work!!!!! I love the way you colored it!!!!

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-always live life to the fullest-

~angel-of-arkansas Jun 11, 2008

Thanks! It took a lot of work, but it was so friggin' worth it!

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~xoxJamiex Jun 12, 2008

Your welcome

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-always live life to the fullest-

!cdytcktt Jun 5, 2008

lovely work

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Well.... Hello there!

~angel-of-arkansas Jun 6, 2008

thanks. snow scenes are so intimidating to me, but I'm glad the way it turned out.

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~Kage-Kaze-Kitsune Jun 5, 2008

me likey.

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Gotta love Shiny Thingys!

~angel-of-arkansas Jun 6, 2008

thanks.
why you no subby?

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~JavelinChimera Jun 5, 2008

Wow...
I love the nature in the pic... This is really great!

~angel-of-arkansas Jun 6, 2008

thank you.

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*xJaderkinsx Jun 4, 2008

xDD aww

Awesome picture,

~ Lunette

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