Climbing the light
Added 2024-07-07 17:48:42 +0000 UTC
Hey pals!
This is a comic that was commissioned by Québec en toutes lettres, a literature festival taking place in Québec City this October. The theme for their 15th edition is "climbing the light" (escalader la lumière), an excerpt from a poem by Jean-Paul Daoust.
My intention with the comic was to show the way that artistic creativity can inspire others throughout space and time. Artists tend to live normal, localized lives, but their work can expand far beyond that to touch distant parts of the world over decades. I also wanted to hint on how one doesn't know what one is capable of before trying.
I chose an Eastern Whip-poor-will for the bird since it is 1. local to me/Québec, 2. sings at night, and 3. is pretty darn cute! Here's a link to what they sound like. If you live in Eastern North America, it may be familiar to you.
The comic is wordless partly because I think it's an interesting challenge (I'm a fan of silent comics like Simon Bossé's Loiterers and most things by Nicolas Presl), and partly because the comic will be shown in Québec City to a mostly French-speaking audience, and I didn't want to have something that needed to be translated.
Apparently they will be printing it on large aluminium panels to be displayed outside as well as on little cards that will be free throughout the city.
Happy Sunday!
-Joshua
Comments
Raw Painting à Pierre Blanchette Tranquille comme un dimanche matin À New York Sous un ciel aussi bleu que les yeux D'un souvenir Qui glisse tel cet avion En train d'escalader la lumière
María
2024-11-02 15:38:11 +0000 UTCSorry for the delay! I'd love to know how to get this as a print
Sara
2024-07-11 23:08:14 +0000 UTCBeautiful and touching! I especially love how this comic works as a large print just as well as it does as small. Love it!
Paula Hasstenteufel
2024-07-10 08:49:26 +0000 UTCStunning!!! So glad that this incredible work of art will be displayed throughout the city.
Sarah R.
2024-07-08 20:38:47 +0000 UTCbeautiful😍😭
AloneOnG
2024-07-08 15:32:28 +0000 UTCJ'adore!
Geneviève Delisle
2024-07-08 12:13:46 +0000 UTCwow, this is gorgeous!
Minzoku Bokumetsu
2024-07-08 03:56:28 +0000 UTCThank you!! I tried looking for it too too no luck
April Stormdancer
2024-07-07 22:49:42 +0000 UTCIncredible way to showcase the work for the festival. Love this!
Destynnie K. Berard
2024-07-07 21:23:10 +0000 UTCThank you!
False Knees
2024-07-07 21:07:51 +0000 UTCI believe I could make it into a print for you, sure! If you're interested, send me a message and I can explain how I can do it for you :)
False Knees
2024-07-07 21:07:44 +0000 UTCAbsolutely beautiful. Master piece 💖
Irene Roga
2024-07-07 21:07:15 +0000 UTCI tried looking for it online but couldn't find it. You may have better luck than me. It's called "Raw Painting" and it was published in a poetry collection called "111, Wooster Street" by Jean-Paul Daoust. I'm assuming it was written in French, although the title is in English, so it's a mystery!
False Knees
2024-07-07 21:06:29 +0000 UTCAbsolutely beautiful!
Jessica Lachewitz
2024-07-07 20:51:03 +0000 UTCwhoa 🤩
hallie
2024-07-07 20:49:01 +0000 UTCLove it! Congrats!! You’re going to be enjoyed by so many people :-)
Holly Monster
2024-07-07 20:48:39 +0000 UTCSo lovely!
Lori Stokes
2024-07-07 20:45:25 +0000 UTCSpeechless. ❤️
Sandy Kavanaugh, of Hens' Haven.
2024-07-07 19:40:36 +0000 UTCmerveilleux
potted_penguin
2024-07-07 19:23:41 +0000 UTCI don’t know why but your illustrations in these sorts of stories make me very emotional; not saying it’s bad, just sharing that these art pieces definitely communicate to many I’m sure.
M. van der Vries
2024-07-07 19:10:03 +0000 UTCSometimes I'll hear a bird let out a chirp at one in the morning, and it has always perplexed me. Now it all makes sense.
Bicycle Safari
2024-07-07 18:16:21 +0000 UTCcongrats on the commission and thank you for yet another deeply moving piece of art ❤️🥹
the_nerdpit
2024-07-07 18:12:13 +0000 UTCI know you created this for a specific event, but any chance it would be a print?
Sara
2024-07-07 18:09:54 +0000 UTCMuch truth in the message that art from one person inspires art from other people. All the artists I know are overjoyed for the artists who inspired them.
John Friedrich
2024-07-07 18:01:35 +0000 UTCThis is so beautiful!! Any chance you have a link to the poem?
April Stormdancer
2024-07-07 17:56:28 +0000 UTC
