Hi There! I Absolutely Adore Your Illustrated Wicked Witch Poem, And Was Wondering If It's Available

OKAY SO I've been having a really bad artblock for days now and when I saw your angel in the backroads drawing I was suddenly blessed with song inspiration, a story to go with the drawing, and a whole world to build around it. I just wanted to thank you for giving me this power. Btw would you mind if I wrote a song based on the drawing?

thank you for getting in touch, it means the world that my little illustration inspired someone else to make art of their own! I don't mind a bit and I wish you joy in your compositions! & if you ever feel comfortable sharing I would love that too

an ophelia

HOWEVER despite checking out a bunch of books on the internet archive, I was unable to find a reliable source confirming the existence of Fatima as a cultural figure before 600 B.C. If anyone is still in uni and can find something on JSTOR I’d love to check it out.

I still chose to depict her this way, firstly because I think it’s interesting that attributes of the Moon Goddess as an archetype are preserved across cultures and time periods even as her name changes (Ishtar, Astarte, etc.). I also felt drawing Muhammad’s daughter would run counter to the generally aniconic tradition of Islam. Maybe that’s an odd thing to say, since this is a quote by a radical feminist author and the poem itself is explicitly critical of religion and religious traditions. But I think criticizing institutions and treating individuals with respect and courtesy can exist simultaneously.

Anyway, because of my foggy sourcing, the iconography is not obvious, but the figure’s palm is extended in an allusion to the ‘Hand of Fatima’. I’m unsure (I’m this a lot) about when exactly the hamsa symbol and Fatima as a cultural figure became connected… but to be fair to me, I think many historians are also unsure.

yo quick question what mythology is Fatima from in your art

The incarnation I was going for with my depiction was Pre-Islamic Arabian moon goddess

love love love your art!!!

thank you for the kind words! it's been a long long time since I got anything digital done and this is good inspiration 💛

ophelia: [goes mad]

us all, hundreds of years later: THAT’S ME THAT’S ME THAT’S ME THAT’S ME THAT’S ME THAT’S ME THAT’S ME THAT’S ME THAT’S ME THAT’S ME THAT’S ME THAT’S ME THAT’S ME THAT’S ME THAT’S ME THAT’S ME

The line that pops into my head a lot is just “Bangkok, Oriental setting” yeah we know

I’m kind of curious about the plot of Chess the Musical but I also don’t want to ruin the bizarre magic of this earworm by giving it context

buttercups // best friends in the whole wide world

alternate title: SMSsenger of The Lord

angel on the backroads

Morgana Pendragon deserved better.

The Fourteen Holy Helpers, Part II/II