Land Of The Living Painting

Mapping the inner journey from red to white, this painting is the artwork for the DAAY band's song 'Land Of The Living'. The song is a story describing the dimension in which we live - what J. R. R. Tolkien described as ‘middle earth’ or as the Druids and ancient cultures described as the middle world. In using colours red, orange, yellow, blue and green it is expressing the apparent ability to transcend this world through the re-assessment of daily rituals. The frustration of this journey is expressed in the main chorus line, where the desire to ‘live a little’ in this world is contradictory to the true meaning of living. ‘Live a little’ in this world seems to be an invitation for intoxication and self harm, the true antithesis of living.