Joanna Newsom

I don't think I'm satisfied enough with this...
But I have been working on this for a long time, because I really wanted to make it right.
And still, just look at my watercolor-suckery. My coloring is a plain mess.
And as time passed (as it usually does) the drawing started to loose the resemblence (as it usually does) and it came to a point that by now I know that there is not so much likeness with Joanna at all.
Ah, doesn't matter. Doesn't matter.
I just love this little woman. Her music is poetry and it has such an effect on me, anytime I hear it.
Every time I listen to her I find out something new, there is always something to decipher about her words. And when a new meaning dawns on me.. it’s such a beautiful feeling.


Forgot to mention: the paper texture is from here: [link]


And here below come some rambling about the artistic progress. (lol at word choice)(artistic progress my ass)
Please forgive me, and don’t read on if you don’t wanna be bored

So this began as a (very) vain attempt to depict her music. By using the symbolism in her lyrics - if you know her you'll see that here I was mainly inspired by Ys - but I tried to include as much as I could.

I wish I could find that quote that served as a starting point for this things-on-a-string thing. (I really began to like it)
I recall reading something she said about writing her lyrics, that it was like putting these pretty words next to each other and see how they react and rhyme. And line up all of them like you would line up the little stuff you collected on a beach after a long windy sunset. No, she didn’t actually say that beach-part. ^^
She said that for her, writing is something like beading, like arraging and aligning words together, and in the end every single one of them has a meaning and probably a lot more. And every word has it’s own purpose to be on its place.

So I tried to include my favorites from her patterns here an disguise them as knick knacks. :]
I drew "cold clay" too. I can’t stop laughing at myself for drawing so literally , but that was my intention.

Sigh, but I wanted this to look so much better.
Never mind.
Thank you for your music, Joanna