the rough pages...

while reading this text and envisioning the translation into imagery, it became quickly apparent that there was not a lot to work as far as a linear narrative was concerned. the first half of the first (fourth) was very heavy on the metaphors and very light on description or dialogue. I suppose that that is largly due to the fact that I am starting with the fourth chapter and the bulk of the setting and character description would have been delt with in previous chapters (and, yes, I have thought about reading the rest of the book and, no, I have not done it yet). so, I needed to figure out a way to establish the main three characters (Aalo, Priidik, and the forest)and their relationships. the following drawing illustrate that process. the captions are pieces taken directly from the text (except : "where is the water, woman?") and will be incorporated into the image (somehow). they're all in order, so... yeah check em out.

thanks- Ben

"yet just as the day is split into two halves..."

"one governed by the sun.../the other by the moon..."

"so there are many who people of the day..."

"who busy themselves with day time deeds..."

"whilst others are children of the night their minds  consumed with nocturnal notions..."

"but yet thereare some in whom the two merge like the rising of the sun and the moon i

"and all shall be shone in good time..."

"when fate thinks it fit."