[**Image:** The high peaks of the Scaiuq mountain range are violently shattered by an immense force climbing to the surface. Fire and light form a palm print on the sky, followed by twisted branches of smoke that thread through the heavy clouds. The stone ribcage of the mountain is cracked open to reveal Lex’s Bleeding Heart, and the monstrous spirit Tamahuaq, who has the heart pinned in its snapping jaws. Tamahuaq’s charred body glows red, silhouetted by its fiery ascent, as its gnarled claws scrape against the rocks, birch-false eyes wide and unblinking.] ◆◆◆ [SOMETHING’S COMING TO THE SURFACE](https://halfslashmoon.bandcamp.com/track/caldera) Gratitude goes to half/moon and their album Traces – Dead of Winter for enabling thursday afternoon’s zone-out-and-paint session. Please have a listen. The cycle of burying and unburying the past continues infinitely there as it does in high Asthaom. Caldera and VEI5 make me want to walk out on my porch after dark and scream. It’s good! Also unburying Rebelle again, my favorite art program that I just can’t quite find a way to fit into my usual workflow, haha… I remembered to record [a timelapse, also](https://youtu.be/bwjGkzf5JNc?si=MGV1e9fajzp2HLSm). process + materials info is in the video description.