Icarus Descending

This is a slightly different representation of what has been expressed in “Tristan and Isolde.” It seemed to me that the relationship I had been earlier involved in had gone somewhat like the flight of Icarus. Higher, higher, higher... plummet. So here are the disgruntled lovers at the end of their affair while Icarus falls from his flight outside of the window.

I liken this to "the Narcissist" in some respects, in that both use mythological references but in an entirely new context, and with new implications. Many mythological subjects are much more illustrative, but these two in particular use popular myths as a vernacular, to express something outside of the actual interests of the myth.

 

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(Paintings that feature people in flight or falling are "Song of Solomon," "Tristan and Isolde," "Icarus Descending," "Rapture," and "Ascension.")