Translunaria

“Borrow my imagination for a little while.
How can I comfort you?
You say you like it this way.
Night or day, it’s the same to you.

Until that day I plant mercury globeflowers
In my garden
And until that night your beams make the flowers
Explode and spread your seeds.

Comfort?
Yeah, like putting plasters on a limb consumed by leprosy.
Comfort?
Yeah, like sticking the head in the sand.

I conjured a miserable creature for you,
A restless moonling always on the move.
It founded its own nomadic state: Translunaria.
The moonling can never be seen from Earth.

Braiding moonbeams…

How can I comfort you?
You like it this way, don’t you?
Slowly revolving a white horizon ‘round your axis.
Your magnetism is so week,
You can hardly keep the ivory tower I conjured for you.

How can I…?
You say you don’t want it.
You say you don’t need it.
How can I…?
You don’t care at all, do you?”

_{[ Translunaria – Atrox ]}


If you don’t consider the Infernal Lords, it’s been ages since I did some digital art, and I really missed it.
Now, on the one hand we’ve got Translunaria, which is my favourite song by Atrox. It’s one of the most depressing songs I’ve ever listened to, both musical and lyrical-wise, which makes it quite inspirational. On the other, while researching other stuff I bumped into Death Depicted as the Grim Reaper on Top of the Moon by Gustave Doré, a breathtaking illustration for Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven. Between the two, there was enough stuff for me to be inspired to do this work.

Photo, concept, editing, model, styling, grooming: GothicNarcissus Photography