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The Last Unicorn (1982), as seen on my 1999 CRT TV

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This is a personal piece for me. When I first learned about my cancer diagnosis, this scene from The Last Unicorn came to mind. Amalthea realizing her own mortality and I too felt like my own body was rotting away.

I wanted to redraw this scene. I drew her uglier and made her cry because that was me: I was just sobbing and gross and mourning my own decaying flesh. It was human, just like she was in this moment.

Finally after being in remission for two years, I can draw this piece and share it. I am glad that I am here drawing and sharing my thoughts.

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“𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑯𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅?”

“𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒂. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑯𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅’𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕, 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒚.”

“𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒖𝒍𝒍.”

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒖𝒍𝒍…𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉. 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕. 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝑯𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.”

faun-grove

Hi. If you happen to revisit the last unicorn again, I hope to see your illustration (or a sketch) based on this scene?

“Then the Lady Amalthea smiled at him for the first time since she had come to stay in King Haggard's castle. It was a small smile, like the new moon, a slender bend of brightness on the edge of the unseen, but Prince Lír leaned toward it to be warm. He would have cupped his hands around her smile and breathed it brighter, if he had dared.”

It’s basically saying he would have kissed her, but in a more poetic way.

Your arts are beautiful and really amazing 😭