south of infinity
The 4th Angel escapade grew from a set of Space Mermaid images by the delightful InfinityRain, particularly the redheaded one with the tinsel green scales and militant expression. Hmmm, how would such a creature encounter my Angel? Maybe mermaids are guardians, a sort of Darkling counterpart, and they need to liase to prevent destruction … because of the black holes. Right. Naturally. And there must be pearls. Also a strawberry sundae reference as I was eating that flavour Lifesavers at the time. Oh, and hula hoops! That’s all Helen’s fault as she was the one hula hooping regularly.
This one got me thinking of a crazy future when some student is studying The Works Of Kate quite seriously and getting it all wrong. There’s no special significance in that image and as for that symbol, ha! So I though I might fill in the context because without my notebooks, jewelery collection and assorted oddities, the poor dear would be completely lost.
Right. Strawberry sundae and hula hoops we know how they turned up. The statue wearing high heels is a tribute to Blondie (pink high heels) and Creedence, with a little Dark-Hunter thrown in as she’s armed with a double bow and and arrow combo. Easy, really.
The title is a nod to Rain, to the movie Toy Story and … and … another movie, can’t remember will come to me later. Then it’s mirrors and masks suggesting indentity crisis and an impending significant birthday plus the mermaid Infinity invoking the maternal tone and Angel resisting. That’s where I stopped as it was getting far too deep and I prefer to leave my subconscious alone. We get along much better that way.
Okay, maybe those futuristic scholars will be able to interpret liberally but I promise it’s mostly non-intentional on my part.
On a brighter note, Rain and I had fun and she went on to create a special image just for this story:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/infinityrain/art/405115-6-angel
Gorgeous, yes? All cool strength and capability.
We think there might be pirates up there, too, but they haven’t shown up yet.
