doing the missing Linktober Inktober prompts the crazy bonkers way with a SKY LINE UP
I picked and chose a few prompts not really caring to make it the right prompts for the days, and for the rest of the month I'm just gonna mix and match them (more like taking the day 29 prompts and using them tomorrow kind of mix and match)
But YEAH this was a lot of fun!! the aus i used going from left to right-top to bottom are: @bonus-links @linked-maze @linkeduniverse @limited-hero @heroesspirit and finally my own (which remains unpublished atm)
I'll leave close ups to all the guys under the cut!
We all like to imagine that Sky is a world brimming with Light and joy and peace and kindness exclusively.
But in truth it isn’t. It’s full of darkness and pain too.
After facing this truth, we then make guesswork of “what went wrong” or “how could this have turned out differently.”
But in truth it couldn’t have. Darkness was inevitable.
But darkness is not a bad thing. Eden is not a bad place.
Yes, it is the ground zero of some cataclysm that brought a kingdom to its grave, and yes, it is the deathbed of many a Sky child that makes the pilgrimage. It reeks of death and destruction at its very core.
Then why do we continue to go? Why does the Light lead us to darkness? Why does life march us to death?
Because you can’t have one side of the coin without the other.
Darkness provides context to Light. Without shadows we cannot see: we would be blind if exposed to only one or the other.
Death provides context to Life. Without death life would bear no significance: It’s the permanence of one that highlights the impermanence - the importance - of the other.
Death is inevitable. Eden is inevitable. But Eden’s intense Darkness provides context to our intense Light: They push and pull in equal measure. Sorrow paves the way for joy. Hardship sows the seeds for triumph. The more powerful the Storm, the deeper the Hope.
No matter how low your lows or high your highs, it always balances, it HAS to. Otherwise your journey is hardly a good story.
The Storm is the joyous reminder that our sacrifice within is powerful and purposeful. Death is the joyous reminder that we’re alive and we can do whatever we choose with that.