The book contains a selection of ANOHNI’s paintings, drawings, photography, collage, and writing. Fragmentary images reflect glimpses of liminal states and illuminate ANOHNI’s animist approach. In one series in the book, entitled “Ctut Away The Bad”, ANOHNI identifies a corrupting element within a newsprint image of a landscape and removes it; by doing so, she suggests creating space for the restabilization of other elements reflected in the image. In the cover image of Swanlights, ANOHNI “cut away” the image of the hunter looming over his prey in an effort to refocus the viewers attention on the specific character and dignity of the bear at her moment of expiry, banishing the presence of the human predator from the intimate image of the dying bear. Intersecting visual and musical gestures amplify ANOHNI’s developing mythologies. 'Swanlights' is the fourth Antony and the Johnsons album and the follow up to the critically acclaimed 'The Crying Light' which was included on year-end lists across the globe in 2009.