Vulture’s Blue Path by CinderR0SE alternate color scheme version of my loki painting vultures path pt. 2 ____________________________________ i can seep in, i can dry clear and yes it would still be there and no i couldn’t hold you forever but isn’t it drafty at night, alone in that canyon with the wind of the mind dragging its debris- i wanted to put my mouth on you and draw out whatever toxin… -but i understand there are limits to love here is a flower that needs no water it can grow anywhere nourished on nothing and yes. poem “you with the crack running through you” by kim ad donizio _________________________________ next painting in a series of kennings for loki, “Gammleið”, translating to vulture’s path; this is one of my favourite kennings for loki and this is part two of the painting series. in this i relate to lokis role as cremation fire and the stripping of flesh leaving bones in an action to release the soul. in reading his mythos it can easily be correlated with his eating contest with logi (wild fire who wantonly consumes while loki only strips meat and not bones) and his role in baldrs entire death process. this particular kenning really portrays him as a funerary god in this way and i chose to convey that in this image. i relate loki personally to all birds, especially birds of prey and vultures, and in this particular image i crossed how i normally paint him with several species of vultures (most notably in part 2, the cinereous vulture) from the eurasian area of the world (and the black vulture that resides near where i live and that i see often) for the overall look to him; i also visually made it a partial transformation which is a visual nod to the hawk cloak as well. i definitely recommend enlarging for details. XD __________________________________________ do not remove my watermark or alter/trace/copy in anyway, and if reblogged elsewhere give me credit, do not remove my artists comments, and link back to my main site; thanks! ~cinder.
