My initial thought for tranquility was 'the sea of tranquility' on the Moon. I thought about drawing swimming astronauts or aliens but went off that idea quickly.
I then thought back to today's physio session and my ponderings about being weightless and amniotic fluid and calm. I had been doing shoulder excercises but while i was relaxing later Kate Bush's song Breathing kept coming into my head.
Anyway my final thought was to do a baby swimming in the sea of tranquility ie the womb , and making it a kind of celestial baby - like the man in the Moon's child.
I used my memories of my children's ultrasound [sonogram] tests to draw the foetus and used quite a few of the textures i have been photgraphing recently to get the uterine veiny look and the softness of the baby.
Swimming in the Sea of Tranquility
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Alsion: you live in southern France, right? Though you may have seen them before, I thought you might like these:
http://www.doverpublications.com/sampler/0722/sample13a.htm
Sorry about that cut off URL. Some of this stuff is still new to me. In any case, there are things at Dover Publications that offer lots of reference material to the visual artist.
The embryo hears the pulse of mother's heart. Ultra uncommonly, there is a child who remembers that.
very very good idea! perfect !
Nicely done! Thanks for sharing!
Wow.. this reminds me of the book Conception to Birth.. Its got some really incredible images in it!.
I love your blog and love all the images. I will be back.
beautiful- peaceful and dreamy- too bad the little ones don't stay in that state for long!
Lovely interpretation, beautifully rendered.
Wonderful interpretation of this theme. Thanks for stopping by my illo.
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