Jig of Life

Inspired by the song "Jig of Life" by Kate Bush, in which a woman lost at sea sees her future self in her dream, telling her to hold on because if she drowns, her older self won't exist and her children won't be born, I asked Apri Kusbiantoro to make this version of a scene from "The Hounds of Marduk", album 14 of Don Lawrence's "Storm". Although Storm was able to save Ember (or "Roodhaar" in Dutch) from drowning, she has fallen prey to an intoxicating effect caused by the waste products of a living sewer. The only thing that can save her life, is "Pandarve's Breath", a vapour coming from the inside of the planet. So while the unconscious Ember is tied to a crane and her legs lowered into the pit with the vapour, and a worried Storm is watching her at night, Ember sees in her dream the spirit of her future daughter Cerina (an OC by Apri and me - as you can see in earlier artwork), telling her to not give up, because if Ember would die now, Cerina will never be born.

Ak 2022