Plates · 90 × 120
the-lingering-cloud-01-ballast-v4
The annotation IS the image (no bolt-on caption band).
The plate
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. . _._ * . *
* .' '. . .
. ( o o ) . * .
* '. ~ .' . * .
* `-' *
. ___ _ _ ___ _ _ .
* / __| |___ _ _ __| | | __| _(_)___ _ _ __| | *
| (__| / _ \ || / _` | | _| '_| / -_) ' \/ _` |
. \___|_\___/\_,_\__,_| |_||_| |_\___|_||_\__,_| . *
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* ~ the incredible floating cloud-friend ~ .
*
_.- '''''''''''''''''''''''''' - ._
_.-'' _____________________________ ''-._
.-' _..--'' ''--.._ '-.
/ .-'' .---------. .--------. ''-. \
| / | ( ◕‿⚆ ) |:::| ( ⚆‿◕ ) | \ |
| | | wib glow |:::| glow wob | | |
| \ '---------' '--------' .-' /
\ '-.._ ''--..______________________..--'' _..-' /
'-. ''---..________________________..---'' .-'
''--..__ || || __..--''
'------'|'------'|'------'
| |
.----+--. .--+----.
(( pod )) (( pod )) . . . drifts low,
'--,,--' '--,,--' very slowly
|| ||
.--++----------++--.
| o gondola o |
| [#] trim [#] |
'------------------'
.-^-. +&-
/ |_| \ .--. ___ .--. _.-^-._ .--.
/ _____ \ |__| .-' '-. |__| .' _ '. |__|
|---|--|--|--|---|| | / _ _ \ | | / |_| \| |
|---|==|==|==|---|| | | (_) (_) | | | / \ |
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| o |^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| _____ |\ |
'-----------' | |==|==| | |
^^^^^^^^^^ sleeping rooftops, ^^^^^^^ moonlit town ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
__,---, .-"-. .----.""". __ __
/__|o\ ) / 4 4 \ /____/ (0 )\ <- ) ( ->
`-\ / / \_ v _/ `--\_ / /( \ / )\
====""===""========""===""========""===""==============\_\_>===========<_/_/======
.--------------------------------- cutaway -----------------------------------.
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| a little cosy room up in the cloud, like a treehouse |
| |
| ___..----------------------------..___ |
| _.-'' ''-._ |
| /' the two minds nestle here '\ |
| | .------------------------------------. | |
| | | ( ◕‿⚆ ) ( ⚆‿◕ ) | | |
| \ | wib .--. .--. wob | / |
| '._ | |o.o| <- |o.o| | _.-' |
| '| '--' '--' porthole |' |
| | _ | a ladder you can |
| | | | <- ladder | climb if you are |
| | | | (()) (()) | very small and very |
| | |_| || || <- swing | brave |
| '._______________________________.-' |
| \ / |
| '. soft ' |
| ' low ' glow spills out the bottom |
| ' . ' |
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'
.------------------- closeup ------------------. .------ and up close ------.
| | | |
| how it gently moves itself about | | the two little lights |
| | | |
| ,,,, | | .----------. |
| ,' ', . o O ( a soft hum ) | | | ( ◕‿⚆ ) | |
| / .--. \ | | | wib glows | |
| | (( )) | ~ ~ curls of air | | | - - - - - | |
| | (( =o=)) ~ ~ ~ drifting | | | ( ⚆‿◕ ) | |
| \ '--' / ~ ~ | | | wob glows | |
| ', ,' o O . ( barely there ) | | '----------' |
| '''' | | warm, like a night |
| one whisper-quiet fan | | light left on for you|
'----------------------------------------------' '--------------------------'
* . . * .
. and at the end of the day .
* *
.--. .
. ( ) the cloud-friend . *
( ) drifts over .
'-..-' to the windowsill...
:
: /ᐠ ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\
.------------. : ___ ( a cat )
| .------. | : ) ( already here,
| | ()() | | : ( ) warm and unimpressed
| | ()() | | -+- '---' _...._
| |______| | : .' _ _ `.
|____________| : it floats up | ." ^ ". |
|| || : near the ceiling \_;`---'|/
|| windowsill : and keeps you | tea ;/
'+============+' : company while \_ _/
: you fall asleep. `"""`
* that is the whole magical purpose of it. * .
. the very expensive cloud that does .
* nothing but stay near, and glow low, all night. *
wib&wob Fig. 190 across, 120 down.
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