“Turn your face to where the Sun goes down, One thing becomes another. Make of your heart a burning fire, Pass and instant through the open gate, Over the dark of a sunless sea, Guide the ship of the rising sun Into the raging wind and storm." "From the darkness is born the Light. From the void, fulfillment emerges.” "Welcome the night and all that it holds, as the light of the stars shines down." -- A Solstice Blessing -- *********** Production Notes: This is another of my lost renders from 2011. Could've sworn a stack of Santa's Naughty Lists it was posted at the time but nope, not in my gallery. Funny thing is, I remember it being there -- though that version did not have any text other than my signature. Probably went AWOL during a site upgrade or whatever, so here's a nice (sorta) new version. Rendered in Poser, originally postworked up the wazoo in PS/P. Slightly retouched again in Photoshop CS2 for color and to add text & borders. I decided to keep the original date but added (r 2022) to indicate a revision. Apologies to anyone I may have forgotten in my credits, been over a decade and I no longer have complete files. If you recognize it, please let me know and I'll correct accordingly. That said, here's wishing you all a very happy Holiday Season!