Saint Monica – Luis Tristán // Hope – Ludwik Stasiak //The Virgin Mary at Prayer – unknown artist // Christian in Prayer – Max Nonnenbruch // Maria Cristina of Savoy, Queen of the Two Sicilies – unknown artist // Mary of Egypt – Jusepe de Ribera // Devotions – Ernst Nowak // Old Woman Praying – Matthias Stom // Lady Praying – unknown artist // Magdalena in Mediation – Jan Lievens// Purgatory – Gabriel von Max // That Unwanted Animal – The Amazing Devil
"And you rip my ribcage open and devour what's truly yours"
Here we are, dear hearts, at the first truest anniversary of the release of The Horror and the Wild. An absolute masterpiece of an album that teaches us that we are capable of not only great fury and sadness, but beauty and kindness as well. I really looked into the meanings of flowers for this one, incorporating poppies, marigolds, and yarrow. Flowers that can represent anger and hurt, but also remembrance, passion, and healing. Anyway, here's my tribute to That Unwanted Animal by The Amazing Devil.
[View all my other embroideries inspired by The Amazing Devil here]
i'm the papercut that kills you and the priest that you ignored; i'm the touch that you crave, i'm the plans that you made, but fuck all your plans, i'm bored
That Unwanted Animal is, and always has been, my favourite TAD song (and dare I say it my favourite song period) so I wanted to make a drawing for it!
One of the perks of TAD's music is that they make you give meaning to it; to me this song is about trying desperately to keep a relationship that isn't meant to be, which leads to pent up resentment. I wanted to convey that deadly silent that comes right before blind rage idk
I’ve been listening to amazing devil for years now and even though I heard the songs hundreds of times, I still find something new in them.
In That unwanted animal I just noticed that after the line: “well, can’t you hear the scratching” there is a tiny scratching noise.
Or in Fair, which seems like it is sang fully by Joey, there is Madeleine whispering the line: “Where have you been” before “she’ll whisper” faintly with Joey. What a ridiculous attention to details!
Like who made these people that they decided to make songs this layered! 🥰
the amazing devil expects me to be normal after hearing if we join our hands in prayer enough to god it all must start to sound like applause????????????
it took a lot longer than I thought it would (mostly because I took a couple-month-long break from working on it) but I finished it up last week! It abstractly represents most of the concepts, feelings, or imagery in the horror and the wild album. I’d be happy to describe my choices if anyone’s interested!
that unwanted animal came up in the queue so i turned out the lights and laid on the floor to look out the window to see the cloudy skies and when it played i turned the volume up at appropriate points and sang along and made my own harmonies and now it's raining and i think i just did a summoning spell
I've always found it fascinating that in That Unwanted Animal, Madeleine sings "can't you hear that scratching/I ask your eyes?" I also love how digital art means I can make new art and scribble writing all over something without losing the original art.