Illustration Friday - "Obsession"

I feel kinda proud of myself today because I accomplished two important things:

1. I managed to clean up my room

2. I made a new painting after months of inertia.

The painting:  

 The Silent Sound of Music

The Silent Sound of Music by Little Pixy Boots

This painting is a mix of acrylic and oil paint - I usually prefer acrylic because it dries fast and I don't have to worry about smudging it after I'm done with it, because it's virtually waterproof. But I do like oils too, especially if I use it sparingly because colours blend very well together and it has a creamier texture to it because it is oil-based, unlike water-based acrylic.

So anyway, this painting is based on my poem "No Need to Travel" inspired by my obsession of the silent sound of music.

What is the "silent" sound of music?


It's the music you hear in your heart's ears during meditation. For me, it comes and goes every few months and during June, when I was quite sick with fever, my ears vibrated with music unheard of normally.

The poem:  

No Need to Travel

As I lay fevered in my bed

Several noises fill my head

My breath a battered battleground

My heart a hardworking beating sound

Yet what is that I also hear -

Something unheard with physical ear?

No one and nothing can explain

the loud hum of horn in another plane

the beautiful harp that plays so sweetly

the sparkle of stars that twinkles gently

the faraway chimes of bells of church

where no bell is there if you search

If I'm lucky I catch a flight

a train of flute that comes on light

There is no need to travel

for sounds of Heaven

It comes to the humble

who walk in their garden

No need for fancy flights or OBE

I'm experiencing these within my body

Grateful I am to the K 

for bringing me on a journey in this way.

~ Little Pixy Boots

Silent Sound of Music - closeup of head

Silent Sound of Music - closeup of horn

Silent Sound of Music - closeup of bells

Silent Sound of Music - closeup of heart

Silent Sound of Music - closeup of harp

Silent Sound of Music - closeup of star

I used gold and shimmering violet on the instruments to indicate they are spiritual and not physical.
The blue background was done with oil paints - and they are not dry yet!

The sound of stars are the most obvious to me during meditation - it's a sound hard to describe.
Almost like static but nicer.

Hope you've enjoyed this painting :)

xoxo
pixy

See also other music related illustrations:

http://littlepixyboots.blogspot.com/2009/11/illustration-friday-music.html
http://littlepixyboots.blogspot.com/2009/11/illustration-friday-music-2.html
http://littlepixyboots.blogspot.com/2009/11/illustration-friday-music-3.html
http://littlepixyboots.blogspot.com/2010/06/review-of-music-recital-for-which-i.html