I am obsessed with two things.. folk tales, and the Decemberists. This was inevitable.
This illustration is based on the music, not the actual legend, but the story goes something like this: a poor man finds a wounded crane and nurses it back to health. It transforms into a beautiful woman, and they marry. The man was having a hard time of it financially, so the woman offers to make silk clothes for him. The clothes are ridiculously beautiful and sell really well. The man gets greedy after a while and starts forcing the wife to weave all the time. One night he comes across her weaving, and finds that she's actually putting her own feathers into the cloth to make it soft. He feels enormously guilty. But because he's seen her, the spell is broken, so she flies away.
And I will hang my head, hang my head low...
`anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
Sta.sh
Love your art work--this and the rest.
and such a sad story! i didn't know that hahahaha
The two just go together beautifully, don't they?