A few days after my previous return, my hard drive collapsed and took almost everything with it. Most unfortunate. I had to start from scratch and live without internet for weeks.

And now I'm back again. I have learned to not promise any returns until there's something to show -- in other words, when my computer is back up, or I summon the courage to show some photography. But that's a hazy concept.

Happy Valentine's.

Finally. I've got some time on my hands, and I've been going around DeviantART again, trying to look at and comment on as much art as I could. I didn't realize how much I missed it.

I recently bought a camera, and I am enjoying it immensely -- still taking the time to fully discover it, but hopefully I'll be putting something up sometime soon.

Finally.

This is, I think, my first piece without any brushes. Also, I think it's my first piece in a long time that is free of naked women.

I hope you all enjoy.

"How long has it been?"

"A hundred moon-deaths and many more," she replied. "It's been too long."

And indeed it has been. Real life gets in the way of too many things. There has been a lot going on in my life, but there wasn't enough soul and art to go around.

It's good to be back.

"You do know," he said, "that you're the last of your pantheon."
She looked at him then, with eyes ageless as the waters she had risen from, countless years ago.
"Of course I know," she answered.

They sat in silence, for a little while. Then:

"What's it like," he asked, "to be a goddess?"
A smile flickered across her features, like the light glimmering across the edge of a knife. "We aren't much different from the rest of you," she told him. "It's just that we play the game much better."
"What game?"

"Why, the game of you, of course."
She lifted the cigarette to her perfect lips.
And smiled.

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I was going to use that for another descripton for another piece, until I came to the realization that I lacked the resources to achieve the look I wanted, and set it ack for a later day.

It must be interesting, being a goddess.