a place of bells & trees

White Raven Feather Red Cedar, 71” x 12” x 10”

Ok I'm posting my favourite version of this, it's called "the butcher" by Markos Vamvakaris. He was a greek musician active in the 1930s playing sort of underground music called "rebetika" (like Greece's version of American blues at the same era, or the music Edith Piaf played, sort of urban underclass music)

It was very macho music and of the era, a lot of the songs are about crime, prison, drugs, and romance, and most of those are pretty old fashioned and by modern standards very sexist (similar to delta Blues, some of the songs just straight up talk about beating women, have the word "bitch" in the title etc.)

And then amongst all that there's this one, a love song about a butcher. It's a Markos original too, not even a cover. And it's unmistakable, it's not just about a cool/tough guy like a lot of others were.

The lyrics talk about how good he looks with his butchers apron that makes the singer die when he sees him, his shining knife-holder tied around his waist that drives the singer crazy, how the knife glitters just like his black eyes, and how even though he works with blood it doesn't hurt his heart when the singer just straight up says "I love you my butcher, with this manliness of yours"

to me, grace's house on erid looks like it was inspired by organic modern/japandi interior design styles with industrial elements. which makes sense from a set designer's stand point because it has to look like it was made with both natural materials and metals.

but i have so many questions about it. is this grace's interior design style? is this how interior design is on erid? did grace and rocky set up a joint pinboard and spend the trip chucking jpegs in there? he has so many vases, are they gifts from the eridians? is it an eridian cultural thing? did grace take up pottery?

they seem metallic to me, or some kind of eridian wall texturing. i agree it's popcorn reminiscent, but it also kinda gives comb, slap brush knockdown, and hammered metal

As for the lighting... I think the Eridian's probably rely on natural light for Grace's home based on like, every architectural digest they studied in the process of designing his house that praised it and the wonders it does for mental health since he's got a fragile squishy human brain

that being said! the Eridians are very committed to filling grace's home with as many things as they can to making it feel like home, and are willing to give him whatever he asks for, though he doesn't try to take advantage (from da book)

I mean they even built him a tree outside of his home ;;

So, I do think he has some lights! loving the the point of invention and what not......... but I think for safety reasons above all else grace would need lights during night cycles, especially with growing mobility issues and age.

Though, I do think his lights are a bit different. not like a traditional lamp? I dont think the eridians would have an issue replicating a light bulb, but they'd also take it a step further and create lights that mimic more natural lighting and improve upon its design

this is the only one I could make out, over on the left, and even then it's a bit blurry but it almost looks to be a tree with a glow emanating from it