{"id":4026,"date":"2018-06-22T13:13:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T17:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/?p=4026"},"modified":"2018-06-22T13:13:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T17:13:01","slug":"cassildas-song-the-spark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/2018\/06\/cassildas-song-the-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassilda’s Song: The Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"

EDITOR\u2019S NOTE:<\/strong>\u00a0Samuel Araya previously explored his process for illustrating\u00a0The King in Yellow<\/a>\u00a0in \u201cThe Darkening of Materials<\/a>,\u201d \u201cNo Mask<\/a>,\u201d \u201cBut Stranger Still<\/a>,\u201d \u201cThe Tatters of the King<\/a>,\u201d \u201cAldeberan and the Yellow Sign<\/a>,\u201d and “The Stranger<\/a>.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This piece was the initial spark for my interpretation of this edition of The King in Yellow. I was reading about alchemy and the first phase of the magnum opus of the alchemist, which is “Nigredo,” the darkening of materials, or the dark night of the soul. (Alchemy is pretty much a spiritual practice.) Being in a particularly dark time of my life, the verses of “Cassilda’s Song” held special interest for me.<\/p>\n

Along the shore the cloud waves break,
\nThe twin suns sink behind the lake,
\nThe shadows lengthen
\nIn Carcosa.<\/p>\n

Strange is the night where black stars rise,
\nAnd strange moons circle through the skies
\nBut stranger still is
\nLost Carcosa.<\/p>\n

Songs that the Hyades shall sing,
\nWhere flap the tatters of the King,
\nMust die unheard in
\nDim Carcosa.<\/p>\n

Song of my soul, my voice is dead;
\nDie thou, unsung, as tears unshed
\nShall dry and die in
\nLost Carcosa.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Cassilda’s Song” is indeed nigredo, the darkening before the light of revelation at the unmasking of the stranger that visits Carcosa. The signs associated with it are (among others) the raven and earth. (The raven head was done as a separate piece, which was part of my alchemical studies, then overlaid in the general composition.)<\/p>\n

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Samuel Araya
\nAscencion, 2018<\/p>\n

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EDITOR\u2019S NOTE:\u00a0Samuel Araya previously explored his process for illustrating\u00a0The King in Yellow\u00a0in \u201cThe Darkening of Materials,\u201d \u201cNo Mask,\u201d \u201cBut Stranger Still,\u201d \u201cThe<\/p>\n

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