Roos, your troubled Emil is really beautiful. My first thought on seeing his pupils was s*** how hard did he hit his head, but of course a sharp light as you depicted will do it as well.
I bring art, and a collaboration with Róisín. I love her poems:
And the poem in plain text:
EQUINOX/DUALITY
I am a simple man, magic or none
My nature is the same. I wish to help
Because I know the world is full of folk
Whose hearts are broken, or who have lost heart.
Who find no hope in love or mage’s art.
I am a shepherd, so I know first-hand,
How life is made out of dualities:
Birth matched with death, the ecstasy of joy
With depths of sorrow; hunger paired with food,
Hatred with love and hope with black despair.
And it is of despair that I would speak.
You are my friends, and I would you wish you well.
Would wish you sunlit days and starry nights
Safe journeys with home-coming at the end
To family, to sweethearts or a friend.
But hard the world is, that thing all men know
Who roam the worlds through wildernesses wide
Or work at home to feed and clothe their folk:
The world is hard and dark and full of pain
Yet is illumed with lightning-strokes of joy.
Seek out that joy, and strive against the dark!
And let your soul’s clear light a beacon shine
To guide the souls around you. Let them come!
Follow your light, and find their way to home.
