Out of My Mind *reads the news* I see this new year is off to a great start 😩

"This is nature- not AI. Lightning sprites in Oklahoma. Lightning sprites are large, colorful electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorm clouds. Extremely difficult to see and photograph because of their short duration and faintness, only about a millisecond to capture."

𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔬𝔫, 𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢,

...𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔡𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔰 𝔪𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔫

ᵂᵉᵇˢⁱᵗᵉ

With their beautiful wings the others soared forward towards the planet in the sky. I wanted to follow, yet no matter how I tried I could not rise. My wings were small and frail.

Preview of my work-in-progress short illustrated book titled Moon Memoirs, which tells about two children of the Moon and their common dream of flying to the Earth.

Glass and wings Starlight brings Dreams that gleam sharper Yet my nights grow darker ___

Here's a peek of how I painted this. The HD image and full hours long process videos will be DMed on my Patreon on Oct 5

“ᵃʳᵉ ʸᵒᵘ ʰᵉᵃˡᵉᵈ ᵒʳ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᵗʳʸⁱⁿᵍ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰⁱⁿᵏ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ⁱᵗ”

ᵂᵉᵇˢⁱᵗᵉ

Posting the finished winged lion illustration!