With the raven, who came to me in the form of a single artifact…
It has been a very long time since I painted geometry; I used to avoid explicit symbols (or tried to mask them, make them invisible), but here… It feels like a direct return to the past, when geometry was more of my starting point—only in reverse, as the galdrastafir entered a painting that was already finished and demanded to be made visible.
Vegvísir—the runic compass—points the right way, helps overcome obstacles, assists even when the goal is unclear, and helps make the right decisions. Vegvísir consists of eight staves, each responsible for a specific sphere of life.
Ægishjálmr, or the Helm of Awe—one of the most powerful protective staves, designed to shield against any negative influence from the outside.
