Down in the Valley

This is the image that came to my mind as I listened to the many different versions of "Down in the Valley," or "Birmingham Jail." To be specific, the version that was playing in the background while I drew this image was sang by an anonymous artist, one with an incredibly moving voice. The feeling I got from the song was nostalgic and longing, like the feeling you'd get while staring out into a vast open valley and thinking deeply about a lost love or contemplating your life. Of the different versions, I liked listening to the upbeat and soulful voices of Burl Ives and the Ikettes best, but the greatest emotions were elicited from the more heartfelt and raw voices of Lonesome Valley and Bob Ross. I picture tranquility and somberness and loneliness all at once, the feeling one experiences in deep pensive solitude.