I was drawing chapter 'Dawn' when I rediscovered a medieval hymn called Lo Boier.
It is about an oxherd whose wife is dying and he listens to her final wishes.
I was betwitched by the line 'te farai un potatge' translating to 'I will cook a potatge for you'.
'Pottage' or 'potatge' in old Occitan, meant a stew.
I was struck by the love and kindness the oxherd shows for his wife with that gesture. So this strange new word 'potatge' basically now meant 'love' to me. I chose the old Occitan spelling.
I then decided to go by potatge everywhere I could because it captivated me so much!
Also related, I named Joana the same name as the oxherd's wife in the hymn. In short, I am very influenced by the hymn.
There is other super deep meanings I extract from Lo Boier, but they get a bit too surreal to believe, so I won't say them......for now.
I highly reccomend checking out the other guys who sing the hymn, as they are mystifying. The first one on my playlist here is very special, as I heard it a few years ago. I kept thinking about it and revisiting it, but hadn't looked up the lyrics and meaning yet. I'm so glad I finally looked it up.