2022 Goal: October - Hour

Reminder: The painting was completed on time in October, but blog and photos delayed.

October’s painting was a tricky one because this started out as inspiration for the song “Anoana by Heilung, and inspiration is definitely there, but I ended up painting with inspiration from Songleikr’s “Ulvetime (Hour of the Wolf)”. Both bands feature Maria Franz and Christopher Juul. So umm… we’ll link “Ulvetime” as the main inspiration of this one.

Song Link

The “Anoana” music video features childbirth, so I did take that inspiration, plus the album art for Heilung’s latest album “Drif”. The driving force with the colors and feeling this piece gave me, was “Ulvetime”. Tissue paper background with a very simple heart image, baby in the heart, sprouting a dried flower. Off to the right, in white chalk is a drawn flower. This piece came together quite quickly. I don’t know how to interpret it myself sometimes. It’s soft and subtle, and comes from a mother’s heart.

The piece is representative of that hope for the future, even though it seems uncertain with the situation of women’s rights in the US, which is impacting the health of women.

As a last side note, I got to go “Heilung” live in concert in October. It was a nearly sold out show, and I was in the very back, and short, but it was a great experience.

Given this is being written in late December, I’ll add some things that I was likely currently doing at the time.

Was Currently Listening: Drif by Heilung, or Heilung in general

Was Currently Watching: The Midnight Club

Was Currently Reading: The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin (was still reading it I think)