Art squee!

Was schmoozing around DeviantArt today and found this pretty.

The artist's comments: "A moment of peace shared between a knight and his lady. The artist wanted to show a deeper love than just passion or lust, but the peace that comes from being with someone who accepts you completely for who you are. She describes it as that one person you can always be yourself around, and that love that's just because you are, and not for what you do."

I think she hit it right on the head with this. I just love the emotion that's in it; him not smiling as if he doesn't think he's worthy - as a knight he has seen death and killed men and done who knows what other distasteful things - but her quiet smile is reassuring that she still indeed loves him, for who he is and regardless of what he may have done. The level of intimacy between these two people is obvious, from their touching foreheads to their hands simply resting next to each other, and those are the only two points of contact. They're not in an embrace or kissing or even holding hands as most would expect a picture of "lovers" to be, but for these two just what they have is perfect. All they need is to be near each other.

Here's hoping we all find that kind of love some day.

Art squee!

Was schmoozing around DeviantArt today and found this pretty.

The artist's comments: "A moment of peace shared between a knight and his lady. The artist wanted to show a deeper love than just passion or lust, but the peace that comes from being with someone who accepts you completely for who you are. She describes it as that one person you can always be yourself around, and that love that's just because you are, and not for what you do."

I think she hit it right on the head with this. I just love the emotion that's in it; him not smiling as if he doesn't think he's worthy - as a knight he has seen death and killed men and done who knows what other distasteful things - but her quiet smile is reassuring that she still indeed loves him, for who he is and regardless of what he may have done. The level of intimacy between these two people is obvious, from their touching foreheads to their hands simply resting next to each other, and those are the only two points of contact. They're not in an embrace or kissing or even holding hands as most would expect a picture of "lovers" to be, but for these two just what they have is perfect. All they need is to be near each other.

Here's hoping we all find that kind of love some day.