Robert Powell

The Triumph of Silence This picture is set during Orpheus’ last concert. He’s been pretty bummed (understandably) since the underworld incident, and he blames himself (quite rightly) that Eurydice is still down there. All the songs he has sung after he got back from Hades have been unbearably sad - this is the person who sang the sirens to suicide. At the centre of the picture is a stage surrounded by an enormous stadium. There is a huge cosmic organ (like Robert Fludd’s) putting down some beats and the light...