For the Inner Vision contest of and

Before & after [link]

model
blue moon and starnight texture
staff
sky and brushes are from my own stock:
the bottom of the pic
wings kindly gave mepermission to use his stock
flames : [link] dutch photosite that give a licence for commercial use without a fee ( or how do you say that ) so a little treasure i found

Birth of a phoenix. metaforic : Its about how we rise from the deepest point of our feelings with a new strenght to confront everything. We can be broken for a little time, not caring about the world, not caring for ourselfs, but at some point we find something that makes us find our fire back and rise from our ashes. with the experiances only making us stronger each time it happens..

parts of the "beloved ' song of VNVnation that was the cause of the result of this pic

When the warm wind comes again
Another year will start to pass
And please don't ask me why I'm here
Something deeper brought me
That I need to remember

We were once young and blessed with wings
No heights could keeps us from their reach
No sacred place we did not soar
Still greater things burned within us
I don't regret the choices that I've made
I know you feel the same

Grant me wings that I might fly
My restless soul is longing
No pain remains
No feeling
Eternity awaits