the faded wizard

Riley Pinkerton

monochromatic stamps and blinkies

Pixel art of me, Yumykon, a nude girl with short dark hair, floating on a starry sky river with water swirls surrounding me, filled with ghostly hands reaching but not touching, except for black hands holding my chest and my arms. My skin shows cracks & marks, symbols of my illness, a daily reminder that death increasingly pulls me to the bottom of the river with its dark hands. My calm and indifferent gaze shows my acceptance w/out fear, embracing the unknown. The scene is my “lake of souls,” a metaphor for the uncertainty of after death... the depiction of my feelings towards my belief and disbelief. The hands are gentle, mournful and concerned, they mean our history and our ancestors, and they offer the best of us, their legacy: art, knowledge, culture. My nudity speaks of birth, fate & the beauty of life — It's a spark of light that shows that even bitter things can hold sweetness too.

One last performance. A lifetime of legacy.

Dépressive