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leapintotheboundless — Holding Darkness Within

Published: 2011-01-27 09:01:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 566; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 12
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Description One of the buildings of Trinity College in Oxford.

As title I chose a quote from "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson, thought it fits well. Because I like the book, I will quote the very first paragraph in its entirety. Here we go:

"No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone."
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Comments: 6

Fateeee09 [2011-03-28 20:44:53 +0000 UTC]

wow this is gorgeouuus! i really love it (: love the black and white effect too.. gives it more depth.
do you mind if i tried sketching this picture? just the shape of it, all the detail will be my own...

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leapintotheboundless In reply to Fateeee09 [2011-04-02 16:50:25 +0000 UTC]

Hi Fatee! What shall I say? I feel honored by your lovely comment. Thank you very much! I am happy you like it. Feel free to use it for your sketch. I just ask you to include a reference to my original work (in any way, e.g. as a link in the description) if you upload it to dA or any other site. I'd love to see what you made of it, so please notify me when it's finished

Btw, welcome to dA!

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Fateeee09 In reply to leapintotheboundless [2011-04-24 21:26:48 +0000 UTC]

Hey! Yes it was a beautiful picture! And i finally got the chance of finishing up drawing it. Haha ofcourse, all the credit goes to you (: It's been uploaded on my profile and let me know if you want me to mention anything else. Check it out when you can, hope you like it as well. THank you once again (:

And thank you for the lovely welcome

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leapintotheboundless In reply to Fateeee09 [2011-04-27 21:32:43 +0000 UTC]

Hey there! Thanks again for your lovely words! I just checked your drawing and I like it. You've added some nice details to it!
And of course half the credit goes to you as creating a drawing is always a creative process shaped by the artist's personality. Keep it up!

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RyanLaine [2011-01-29 19:12:49 +0000 UTC]

It's beautiful! Scary beautiful

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leapintotheboundless In reply to RyanLaine [2011-01-29 19:53:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! Thought you might like it You know the book I mentioned? A movie (The Haunting) was adapted from it a few years ago.

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