About the work

A closer look.

Ask and Embla, shaped from ash and elm on the shore, before anything was put in them. Three gods stand over the empty forms, and the nearest is the one doing the giving. The poems name Odin and Hoenir and leave the third as Lodurr and almost nothing else, so the giver is the one with the least said about him. He is held as Loki here, and if it is him, what he poured in was not the breath and not the soul. It was the wanting, and the flush that comes with it. One JPG that prints clean at 20x16 in. The telling covers Voluspa 17 and 18, names the third giver the poem barely names, and says what he poured in. Print it yourself, or take the file to any print shop and ask for 20x16. It is the same picture either way.