Good morning, friends!
I am delighted to present you, at last, with my latest astrological image: the Moon according to Apollonius, again from the Picatrix: “… a woman standing upon two bulls; the head of one is next to the tail of the other.” (Picatrix Bk II Ch10 Para 36, trans. Attrell & Porreca)
I first drew penciled this image at the end of May, and I’m frustrated that it took me until the first weeks of September to get it inked, but do I think that the final product really benefited from the extra weeks of ruminating until I was really ready to re-engage with the image.
Whereas most of my other images are much more recognizably in my usual style, from my first vision, this piece very consciously drew on the shape and style language of ancient Minoan bull-jumping frescoes. In the final execution, I also found myself thinking very much about the linework of Rachamim (@hydeangelus.bsky.social and https://iliothermia.tumblr.com/ ) whose work I have been following for years. I don’t know