Fantastically well done and marvelous composition.

Lars, first of all and most important let me say that it I am glad there is no new cancer and we will continue to keep you in our prayers. I know you have suffered so much in recent months and please don't get discouraged at the slow healing process, my friend. Now on to this amazing presentation that really made my day as I am a HUGE fan of Nightwish myself. Being from the states where they starve us of outside influence I was one of those who hadn't heard of them until a few years back, and only then due to my own research after hearing the song (If I had an Angel) at the end of a movie I enjoyed. This presentation indeed makes a powerful statement about that rise and by featuring children calls attention to the importance of the situation.

Very pretty piece of art!

Lars, I'm glad to hear that there is not a new cancer! I understand how you can feel in having to eat every 20 minutes and sleep... but, like you said, you have to have lots of patience. You'll see that you'll be fine as soon as possible. Sorry if I have not written for some time, but I've been really busy. I hope soon to send you an e-mail! A big hug :)

this is wonderful and the news sounds good too. just keep praying

Very nice to see your wonderful work again, Lars! Yes, It is good news that the cancer is gone. But it is true that it takes time to recover from the terrible ordeal that you went through. I hope that you will feel better soon! Best wishes!

I am glad to hear that your health is improving bit by bit,or should I say bite by bite.Fine work on this inspiring image.I am also recovering from my operations,hernia and hydrocele and am now able to ride my bike again.

Hey Lars! that is fantastic news that your are still cancer-free! Hang in there my friend! you'll make it Wonderful image and great links

You linked this song before and I'm very glad you relinked it. that is a very cool and wonderful video!

i have you in prayers my friend, but that's great news about that C word and no new growth. hope you can quickly recover and gain full health back, Lars. great too see you posting my friend. wonderful image.. God Bless.. / Steve

cool

wow lars hard news,i was not awra of your situation,probably because i was too much occupied with myself,what with the moving back to our home country.in any case be safe and mey your health improve.

Beautiful creation !!!!

Very nice creation!

first thing, I apologize for being late to comment. I have had 3 visitors in my home and my brother in law lost his battle with lung cancer and I went to Oklahoma for his funeral. at least I was able to see my two brothers. 2 visitors have returned to their sons in Las Vegas and the other one is currently with her sister not far away. I am happy for you that no new cancer was found and I hope it is a reality for future tests. your eating problems seems to be a real challenge but I know you will have the strength to survive your art excels as usual. very creative work

it's good to see you here, Lars! I'm happy for you that you have good news but sad that you are still struggling. you remain in my heart and prayers and on my mind, always. this is a cool image, I like children in images, they are our hope and our future... keep looking for hope and for a future, too, my friend.

I can't believe how well you caught the spirit of that song (and its video) in your image! Only, you added a whole range of mythic symbols that the video didn't have. You have a temple, where one of your amazing "child-adults" seems to be offering prayer or gifts. You have an old mansion (on the left), with a bat-dragon flying in front of it. Maybe a touch of Halloween? (Your front-pov looks like a difficult pose to capture, and you captured it very well.) And there are primal mounds and hills too; and---on the right---what look like old jars, even though they're rocks or boulders: Maybe they contain the pieces of a civilization about to be reborn. They feel that way to me. They also have a slight 'ancient grave-stone' feel to them---still, they speak of rebirth and mystery inside. And you have your eternal musician---that woman playing a cello which seems to be a deep aqua-green glass---we can see through it which is a terrific touch of intuition. She's always around in so many of your pictures, playing music that accompanies the cosmos... And there's rubble at the bottom: the detritus of an after-war scenario, with broken-down and rusted vehicles, and flame in the ground, and smoke. But it all leads to this blinding light on top. And the front-most child seems to be painting the rings of that planet with his/her rose. It's a beautiful uncanny touch, one of many such revelations in your many pieces of art. And you placed those children in every kind of position---from sad (at bottom) to leaping for joy (the left-most one). With planets above, and a deep light breaking through. It captures the essence of that song and video; and, more importantly, it captures an essence in you. This is pure myth and inspiration. The song, yes, has terrific instrumentation: It sounds heavily Celtic/Irish. I hear bagpipe, Irish drums and others. And the main melody is so very Irish---it's pentatonic in fact (made of 5 notes, primarily: if you were in the key of "D" they would be D, E, F, and then B flat and A, below). And it has a timeless feel. The opening of the video looks like 3D animation; and the song is performed in a post-apocalyptic setting, where light is dawning. A scene from a Medieval dream, with a beginning-of-creation feel. But you caught that in your image with a much more glowing palette. Again Lars, I wish you all the power in the world, to endure the long uncaring stint of recovery. I hope that you start to see change and strength returning. I'm terribly sorry you have to endure all this, as if the disease and operation weren't asking enough of you. But I know it can take months. Much strength to you, and countless blessings from above. And you have to know that what you're giving us here is a tremendous gift. I remain grateful for it to this day. An amazing upload, Lars. Godspeed.