Raven's Light

For several months I have been working on a fantasy ep

ic called "Raven's Light". It is about never losing faith, of hanging on no matter how small the glimmer of hope my be. I finished the first part in screenplay form yesterday. It was around 138 pages. Working on the second episode. Either it will be a movie or animation...a trilogy or a series. The greatest pleasure of Raven's Light is participating in the journey of it with your characters. They become real. My editors and family talk about them as if they live down the street or family members. Music is the key. I am listening to the soundtrack of Skyrim for more the action parts and traveling. I discovered this group from Spain called Narsilion. OMG, they are etheral/ambient dreamlike fairytale of beauty and sadness. Their song "A Night In Fairyland" fits so perfect with the most dramatic scenes in Raven's Light/episode I. I cried three days listening to that and writing the scene. I had spent my whole life to be a novelist. In 1990 that dream was taken from me when I had a car accident and was in a coma for three weeks. I had periods of writing briefly, twice, and now it is upon me again. I am terrified it will go away. I hope it stays with me now...that after all these years a part of my brain has healed enough that I can continue to create new stories. I lost like 8 books and have draft remains of two. Sigh. So, I hope with Raven's Light, this will be my work that survives and becomes published. All that I ever said in the other books, I get to say now. I may have lost a big perfect of my vocabulary and knowledge of all the other works I have read...but now I write a more simple prose that goes to the point and is honest and true.

Between Mortal and Divine

I know the difference between Mortal and Divine.....from what I see with my imagination...to what comes out on the canvas. Something so beautiful you could never wholly recreate. You can only do the best you can and hope it is enough of a glimmer of what you imagined to delight the viewer.

Today worked on the new beginning for the "Raven's Light" project. Saturday will be at studio hoping for some christmas sales. Will be beginning on the next themed exhibit called "Ravens" of which some of these will be inspired from the "Raven's Light" project. Have a new manager, Aaron Longstreht and Brett. With all these Ravens projects seems like all I've been thinking about lately. I do feel this connection. The solo bird in black cawing, attracted to shining things - bringer of light to the world as in the native american mythology...accept I do this through my paintings.

Ravenism

Today created the term "Ravenism" as an art style bascially the same as illuminism. Illuminism sounds more artsy, but has association with the illuminati, which is a direct controdiction to their name and what they do; Raven in mythology brings Light to the world. It is associated some with death...but I wear black alot like a Johnny Cash thing, to feel and relate to the blight of others and the darkness of the world... to take it in, to sympathize then churn out that darkness back into the form of Light...God's Light using the media of paintings and words and good deeds to inspire and bring hope to others.

Yandell Family Portrait

Poses taken from photoshoot and put together for the painting of the Yandel Family Portrait. Wall Photos .. Like · · Share · 19 minutes ago near Charlotte. .. . Stefan Duncan Yandel Family Portrait. Commissioned. Will be exhibited tonight only at 15 North. "Yandel Family Tree" by stefan duncan | ArtWanted.com ArtWanted.com.. Like · · Share · 24 minutes ago. Stefan Duncan wow...finished at 5 a.m. this morning...I've been up all night. 12 minutes ago · Like. Stefan Duncan I'm exhausted. For weeks I have worked straight through. I feel like Mozart in the movie Amadeus after finishing an finished a symphonic movement and literally lifeless afterwards. It's like inspiration hits me like Lightning...and when the work is done, you're left like a piece of charred wood. 5 minutes ago · Like. Stefan Duncan I can truly say, I've given my all to the best of my ability physically and spiritually. The better painting is when the artist does the best he can and expresses himself truly. I worked hard to be spiritually receptive to inspiration. Now, the show is tonight. I hope people will see and feel a hint of God's essence...His illumination in my work.

Illuminism

Stefan Duncan
Today, I announce the beginning of a worldwide movement using art as the catalyst. Today is the creation of "Illuminison." It is an art movement focusing on the Divine's illumination through nature as a counter movement to the current state of gloom and hopeflessness from the current worldwide state of affairs in politics, religious wars, economic losses, and natural disasters. The world is in a state of darkness and it is time to reawakened the Light of the human spirit. May "Illuminism" remove the veil of darkness so people may see to inspire hope and a sense of peace there is a living Light of the Divine for all mankind and living creatures.



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Stefan Duncan Two years ago, I had like a voice that sounded in my head that it was no longer good enough to simply say my mission was to put a painting in a person's home right in the heart of where they live to be inspired and given hope through my painting. It was time to rise to a worldwide platform. Where darkness struck whether wearing the face of natural disasters or a terrorist attack, where darkness fell, I am to do a painting of that place and fill it back with Light. That we, as a people of the world, have had enough of reigining terror and darkness. No longer will be be forced to live in darkness...but to live with the Light within us and in all things that exist created by the Divine of Light. The pendulum has swung to its darkness point and now it's time to get it swinging the other way. With Illumimisn as my sword, I strike at the heart of Darkness.
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Stefan Duncan Last night Meredith Logan and Abby, of our little "Intentions Group" take turns to define our missions, our goals, our steps. And last night, it was decided it was time for me to move forward with "Illuminism." So, today is the official day. I will now paint as "Illuminism" as my style and hope that other artists, musicians, writers, poets, teachers, preachers, homeless, whoever to join this movement.
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Meredith Logan Here
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Meredith Logan Here's to ILLUMINISM !!!!!!!!
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Mrfirst Impression Wow. ..that's amazing
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Bobbi Roberson Like the pay it forward movement. We could all definately use illumination in our lives but I honesty believe it comes from within and no matter how bright the light if we are not willing to accept it and build upon it we are still in darkness!!! I pray many will get on that lighted wagon, let your light shine Stefan, if to have reached at least one your vision was not in vain!!!!!
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Sharon Craig Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished. ~Michael Strassfeld
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Bobbi Roberson Nice!!
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Christine Ballard Thomas ♥
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Stefan Duncan I have always thought the "Illuminati" was in direct contradiction of the meaning...this mythological group of men that preside over the world controling events that effect us all. It's time we reclaim that name as part of our "Illuminism" and use if for it's true meanting... the enlightening of others. The Light is within us all and in everything that exists...this Light....God. So as of this moment in history, with "Illuminism" we will become the true "Illuminati". THrough our actions, our songs, or poetry, our arts, or words....... we will illuminate the people of the world that the Light is within them and in all things.
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Bobbi Roberson Stefan if u ever get the opportunity go to the holy land..endless inspirations where all people have to hold onto is that "light". Makes the faith for what you do much stronger and certainly more determined!!!
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Christine A Smith oh my gosh - breathtaking
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Inspirations During a Commission

On occassion and especially with someone new working with me, express concern when looking at the start of a commission that it does not appear it's going to be very pleasing or close to the concept given the client during the commission consultation. I started explaining about the painting and thought it may be of interest to those that are artists and those that appreciate my work.
I am putting in four hours a day in CAL with the painting now. I just feel if I can create what I envisioned fully developed, it will be a very beautiful painting and taking the poetic license change. In the process of creating, sometimes a sudden flash of envisioning becomes very exciting implemented upon an original concept that can make the work more glorious or miss it's mark, but sometimes you have to take that gamble as a true artist and right now I am willing to take that gamble...if it doesn't work, I'll go back to the original....but the new envisionings have been like added crescentos and magicial sparkles to an otherwise more sutle melody that stays in a flowing stream without the sharpes and flats.
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It's the magic of spontaneous inspirational combustion that can make the mundane glorious. This is where Divine inspiration intervenes. It strikes like lightning on a clear blue sky. It is the closest thing to the original moment that out of nothingness the Divine creates something into being...something fresh and new never before beheld by another. So when it comes you have to surrender to it. You have to open yourself up to it and you conduct it with your brush like a madly inspired Mozart. And those on the outside may view the intitial strokes and first strand of melody attributed to a mad man with no direction engulfed in the chaos of a titantic tempest of unstructured madness....are awed when the symphonic movement jells together into a creation of sublime beauty that spellbounds and thrills and ascends the soul as if just witnessing the first moment of creation of the universe.