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Four Deaths

First: Cessation, sudden loss of a loved one by suicide or accidental death.

Second: Quietus, loss of a loved one where the living had more time to prepare.

Third:

Fourth:

I am the unicorn. The white beach or white shores as found in the Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis is a metaphor for death or life after death. Similarly in the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien when the elves travel by boat to distance lands to rest. The mountains are the House of the Lord. The sky is His divine glory. The lace is the Veil: that pinnacle where one passes from mortal to immortal. The arched triangle composition of the central narrative alludes to the Gothic arch and it’s purpose to draw the eye heavenward. It is all contained within a traditional, four 90 degree cornered frame that has been torched black representing mortality and the unavoidable hurts that come with it.

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