The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
-Robert Frost
Derby #245: Poetry Illustrated
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Miles to go Before I Sleep
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- Mar 30, 2012 5:20 PM
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Check out Legend of the Elipsicon! I made it.
- Mar 30, 2012 5:30 PM
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Re: Miles to go Before I Sleep
I like the way you drew the walker. It looks pretty cool!
- Mar 30, 2012 5:58 PM
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Re: Miles to go Before I Sleep
No pop culture?
My speech is not splitting. I am speaking in Cthulhu.
- Mar 30, 2012 6:58 PM
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Re: Miles to go Before I Sleep
Love the combination of machine and nature! Very cool design.
- Mar 30, 2012 7:48 PM
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Mavyn wrote:No pop culture?
If it was from some other work, maybe. But this walker appears to be original.
- Mar 31, 2012 12:39 AM
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Re: Miles to go Before I Sleep
love it
- Mar 31, 2012 5:21 AM
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What a...weird interpretation....I love love love the background - but the walker doesn't make any sense to me. Am I missing something?
- Mar 31, 2012 1:10 PM
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Kinda looks like the Robocop ED-209.
- Mar 31, 2012 8:58 PM
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Love the juxtaposition of nature and machine!
- Mar 31, 2012 9:01 PM
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newnie wrote:What a...weird interpretation....I love love love the background - but the walker doesn't make any sense to me. Am I missing something?
To me it says that the man inside the machine is patrolling and would love to get out and be closer to nature, but has a duty to complete first. I love how the machine is similar in colors but stands out so brazenly. There is no harmony between machine and nature - only the man's desire to leave one for the other.
- Mar 31, 2012 10:55 PM
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bluesplot wrote:To me it says that the man inside the machine is patrolling and would love to get out and be closer to nature, but has a duty to complete first. I love how the machine is similar in colors but stands out so brazenly. There is no harmony between machine and nature - only the man's desire to leave one for the other.
But the poem specifically mentions at least a horse...
"Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
Maybe I'm being too practical...?
- Apr 1, 2012 3:29 PM
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Re: Miles to go Before I Sleep
I love this - it's my favorite poem and a wonderful representation!
- Apr 1, 2012 5:16 PM
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whoa, another Michael Evans! gotta support my doppelgangers
- Apr 3, 2012 2:58 AM
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Re: Miles to go Before I Sleep
Love the interpretation, and the simple but effective shading you used on the robot makes me envious.
- Apr 3, 2012 6:24 AM
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Robocop+poetry=epic shirt.
"Don't believe in the you who believes in me. Don't believe in the me who believes in you. Believe in the you who believes in yourself."
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