The Gaze of Orpheus taken by Orpheus from light to dark and back to light is symbolic of the artist’s journey from reality to the edges of the surreal, “…the force that enables Orpheus to cross the boundaries of light and life, and to descend to Eurydice, according to Blanchot, is that of art. Rendering this dark point, the lure, the point in which the artist's control is undermined, is also the object of the work of art.” (New Media Narratives). Blanchot uses the myth to transcribe the creative process. “Eurydice's disappearance symbolizes a loss that is recuperated by the compensatory gift of Orpheus's
The Window of Orpheus The Window of Orpheus , also known as Orpheus no Mado or Das Fenster von Orpheus, is a Japanese historical manga series written and illustrated by Riyoko Ikeda. It was published by Shueisha in "Margaret" from 1975 to 1981, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It takes place in Germany, Austria and Russia with the backdrop story of the Russian Revolution. The story begins in Regensburg, Germany in 1903. There is a rumor at the all-boys Catholic S. Sebastian Music Institute that if someone looks through a window known as The Window of Orpheus in one of the towers and