Klaus Nomi — The Cold Song (Live in Germany - 1982)

I'm not very fond of Klaus Nomi's synth-opera music, some of it dosen't age very well. But there is a song by him I think is just timeless. It's his interpretation of The Cold Song taken from Henry Purcell's King Arthur opera. The fact that Nomi knew he was dying of AIDS while giving this show (and that it was certainly his last visit in the country where he grew up) makes his performance all the more intense and troubling.

Tor Lundvall — Paintings

Tor Lundvall is a painter and ambient musician. He has also done the artwork for a few neofolk acts such as Sol Invictus. America's landscapes, paganism and solitude are a recurrent themes in his paintings.

Coil — Rosa Decidua (1998) [Featuring Rose McDowall]

Rose, I hear your voice near to me

I've put away the poisoned chalice, for now
And lie down amongst the flowerbeds

Whichever stars we walk among
We both seek out the darkest red
The wine was turned to blood again
Without this blood we'd both be dead

I've wound myself tight into the hedgerows
Let's see which way the winter wind blows

(You are my shadow)

Painting: Georgia O'Keefe — Abstraction White Rose (1927)

Pierre et Gilles — La Madone au cœur blessé (1991)

Alejandro Jodorowsky — La danza de la realidad (2013)