Faculty of Design
Illustration
Rebecca Michie
Cold Hailey Rainy Night
Illustration
2021
“Then she rose and let him in, and kissed his ruby lips and chin and then they went to bed again…” Cold Hailey Rainy Night, as sung by The Imagined Village, recounts an ancient occurrence known as the “night visit.” A man comes to his lover’s window after having traveled through the cold dark night, and asks admittance to her chamber. In a moment of sexual agency, she makes the choice to let him in.
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Illustrator
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