Baptism of Icarus Verso - A verso/back view shows handwritten lines on a white surface with red handprints and red tape-like bars.

art-076

Baptism of Icarus Verso

2026-03-16

Medium
acrylic on canvas
Size
approx. 24 × 36 in

Role: verso_media_excluded_from_primary_count

Raw title: Baptism of Icarus Verso

Aliases: Baptism of Icarus Verso, baptismoficarusverso

Recall

The verso converts the painting into devotional evidence, mixing red handprints, wings, prayer, return, and apocalypse. It reads like the private engine behind the front image: flight is not freedom alone, but dependence, rescue, and being carried home.

Song Pair

Geese - Au Pays du Cocaine

Visual Text

(Paschal / Wings / Me & My Wings / God is gonna give me wings / I can still come home / You came down to see me) / {-----------------} / Against all reason to hope / [against all] / The Human Aviation Project / The Freedom of the Emancipated Baby / The [Fantasy] of the Engaged / Fantasies / I will get out from under the sun / {You will carry me forever} / Apokalyps

Source

source filename: baptismoficarusverso.heic
site image: art-076-baptism-of-icarus-verso.jpg

Tags

Visible

Colors

grayorange / brownred

Part of

Connectedness #112 of 128

Manual Priority Evidence

No priority evidence recorded.

Transcript

(Paschal
Wings
Me & My Wings
God is gonna give me wings
I can still come home
You came down to see me)
{-----------------}
Against all reason to hope
[against all]
The Human Aviation Project
The Freedom of the Emancipated Baby
The [Fantasy] of the Engaged
        Fantasies
I will get out from under the sun
{You will carry me forever}
Apokalyps

Line breaks preserved. [] = strike-through, () = blue text, {} = red text, per user notation.

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Song Pairing: Geese - Au Pays du Cocaine