The Shrill Winds
Title
The Shrill Winds
Student Commentary:
In this image from Europe, a Prophecy (1969 facsimile), a nude male figure lays face down on a bed of cold rock and earth. He has curly hair lit ablaze by a ring of fire that surrounds his head. This man is Orc, the revolutionary figure from Blake’s prophecies. Above him, a nude female kneels on a cloud and pulls a dark blanket of some material over Orc’s body. The female is Enitharmon, mother figure in the Blakean universe. The sky is a mixture of dark yellows and reds, and nude human figures dance in the background beneath the text.