May 302012
This visualization is based on the text “Aedh Wishes For The Heavenly Cloths” by Yeats. Aedh is a recurring archetypical character (one of the three “principles of the mind” that represents romantic affection.
Simple and sweeping, this text remains one of the most widely known works by this Irish author, who remains one of the most influential authors of the XX century.
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.