Psychic Language
There is a psychic language
That exists between our minds
Where senses have collided
Space seems to swallow time
Involuntary voyages
Starboard subconsciousness
Gives to you a snapshot gift
Cherish it before it drifts
As we go back in time
I’ll meet you in the psychic disco
Through your eyes I will read your mind
I will wait for full dilation
Before we travel back through time
Illustrated Lyric Book and Projections (Chas Thomas)
As part of the ALT (Arts Lab Teesside) collective I was asked to submit illustrations for some song lyrics as part of an accessibility hand-out for a gig. I’m not the only artist working on this, I think we all get different lyrics. Unfortunately I don’t have a soul, so all song lyrics seem lonely and literal to me.
The Projects aim is to incorporate accessibility into the creative process for the post-lockdown return of ‘The Red Room’ (an interactive music/poetry/art event) (23 July at Base Camp venue, Middlesbrough)
Musician Chas Thomas will be doing a live music set – the hand out will illustrate some of the song lyrics, hopefully creating an experience for deaf and hearing impaired patrons
I decided to focus on space, water, distance, a person in relation to another person, and a deep sense of unadulterated longing and loneliness – I have never heard this song and knowing my luck it will be a jaunty pop song
I’m looking at repetitive line, Japanese inspired figures and nature woodcuts, fairytale illustration, vintage flat comics, and anything weird, line based and space related. I don’t want anything too difficult to print, or too difficult to make out on a hand out.
Aimee Charlotte 