| This is the fourth chapter in The Tiger’s
Tale, a six-part visual myth within The History of Rock & Roll. The series tells the story of a tiger (Europe) who steals a dragon (Africa) and buries it in a new world—only to be undone by the dragon’s buried song, which empowers the people to rise.
Here, a noble man sits in quiet strength, crowned with foliage and surrounded by vibrant organic forms. He is not a conqueror, but a listener—an ancestral figure attuned to the buried song. The composition glows with floral bursts and layered textures, suggesting that the dragon’s rhythm is beginning to stir—not in spectacle, but in stillness.
The halftone mouth appears in the upper center, subtle but present. It is the tale teller’s voice—fragmented, amplified, and hovering like a signal waiting to be heard. This is the moment of awakening, when the people begin to feel the song beneath the soil.
The Tiger’s Tale was meant to be paired with a companion series,
The Dragon’s Tale, which remains unrealized. Together, they would have told both sides of the myth: the theft and the resistance.
|
