This week I am highlighting a web weave (an underrated art form) about auspisticism (an underrated quadrant). This web weave by decapoddent is beautiful. If you aren’t sure what a web weave is, check out this post, and if you’re interested in making your own, check out this post.
Please go and appreciate and reblog this piece of art before reading this post. It won’t make sense if you don’t look at what I’m reviewing.
I have a lot of thoughts about this web weave. I’ll preface this by saying that although I have complicated feelings about the idea of an auspistice as a missing link, I do feel like this web weave presents the concept in such a way that it doesn’t come off as saying there’s only one possible configuration of souls that will complete you. Rather, I feel that it presents the theme of a missing link as something sad and lonely. It’s the idea of missing your auspistice when they aren’t around, the idea of missing the relationships that make the whole. Or at least that’s my interpretation of this web weave.
One transition I really love is between “Flowers, for instance, because where would we be without them?” to the image of clovers. It’s smooth word to associated imagery that also hits on the core theme.
The set of three necklaces and the quote starting with “I want to know what he knows…” is a elegant combination. The necklaces themselves draw to mind clovers and are on chains, two pieces of imagery that I like. Paired with the quote, it illustrates the intimacy, the closeness, the vulnerability, the trust between three people.
I’m not only a dodie fan but also a fan of the song In The Middle specifically for auspisticism reasons. Seeing this quote in this web weave made me go absolutely wild the first time I saw it- and it’s made me grin every single time I’ve looked at it since. It is simply one of the most ashen songs ever, hands down. Speaking of hands, I love that this quote, which refers to hands, is followed by a painting with beautifully painted hands. It just feels right to me.
I really like the Rose and Kanaya quotes interspersed. I don’t get the sense that this web weave is about their relationship specifically, but more so the feelings they’re expressing in these moments. It has a tone of sorrow. Similarly, the final quote about red dawn and being covered in blood gives a somber note to end the web weave on. It’s also appropriately gruesome for Alternia.
Overall, the imagery is fantastic, the arrangement of the components is stellar, and the theming is driven home. Seriously, this is one of my favorite pieces of ashen art and it’s so sad and yet it’s so real. It hits me in the feels, you know?
