The Divine Image

from Westerlies by Mikayel Abazyan

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Comes in gatefold card cover that holds an inner cover with printed spoken words and a 28-page booklet with lyrics, artworks by Artashes Stamboltsyan, and more. All is put in a Japanese mini-LP sleeve polypropylene bag - ideal for such a packaging!
18-page digital booklet in PDF format contains the original poems with their publishing year, artworks, the book matters, etc., provides easy navigation (see the picture) and is supported with clickable URLs to the related external web-resources. Best viewed in Full Screen mode.

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Opening up ones soul requires simplicity of words. The Divine Image written by William Blake (1757-1827) and published in 1789, demanded simplicity of the arrangement. The recording process took about one hour, and same amount of time was spent on adding various percussion, including even a wooden frog.

William Blake portrait used by Thomas Phillips.

lyrics

To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
All pray in their distress;
And to these virtues of delight
Return their thankfulness.

For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
Is God, our father dear,
And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
Is Man, his child and care.

For Mercy has a human heart,
Pity a human face,
And Love, the human form divine,
And Peace, the human dress.

Then every man, of every clime,
That prays in his distress,
Prays to the human form divine,
Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace.

And all must love the human form,
In heathen, Turk, or Jew;
Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell
There God is dwelling too.

credits

from Westerlies, track released October 28, 2019
Levon Hakhverdyan - SFX
Mikayel Abazyan - vocals, classic guitar, percussion

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Mikayel Abazyan Yerevan, Armenia

Born on July 9, 1971.
Self-trained playing piano, guitar and later - bass, which allowed me playing and making a few recordings with various bands in Yerevan.
In 2014, joined a special project dedicated to the music of Peter Hammill and Van der Graaf Generator, which brought me back to studio work. Having released yet another successful solo tribute, started producing my own music.
And I like it! ... more

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