Unfinished Unpublished Inktober 2017 Drawing

Oh woaw, that's an amazing interpretation, I absolutely love it. I have never thought about the fact that the bird was imprisoned, which goes to show how my brain works when I draw, it's almost like it doesn't consciously pick up on obvious symbols, but puts them together to be understood after completion. I love it, thank you, what a wonderful perspective of this piece.

i keep coming back to this and it genuinely reminds me of this quote from the book The Color of Water by James Mcbride , A bird who flies is special. You would never trap a bird who flies. to me i just see this internal struggle. at least for me dealing with my mental health i know that a lot of these habits i’ve picked up are unhealthy and i can see the other side and i know i can get there but it’s so difficult to break out of something you’ve known for so long that it’s become comfort. this is such a lovely illustration, i resonate with it so much and hope you day you find yourself with it again.

Yoshi

That's a really good question! It's very strange, because I usually just felt elated, and excited. I think the feelings I try to express are not the surface ones, not the ones I am feeling at that moment in time, but more the deeper, more layered, less conscious and accessible ones. I think my art is my way of trying to understand the things and feelings that influence my life in subtle ways, in ways I am not necessarily aware of. So when I paint piece, it often feels like I am releasing some kind of internal pressure, and I feel incredibly happy. I feel the pain that sometimes goes with my concepts too, but in a way where it is almost a relief to feel it, as if feeling it and expressing it through art is allowing me to let it go, or at least assimilate it better into my life. I hope this doesn't sound too obnoxious, haha, I truly mean every word :)

Maybe! It felt unsatisfying somehow, I don't know why. I agree that if I decide to work on it again it will be different, which is wonderful in itself, isn't it :) Thank you so much, I'm very glad you like it :)

May is a weird month for me, it's a mix of wonderful and stressful. But it's also the beginning of spring, which I am all for! :D Your interpretation is really interesting, I hadn't thought of that, thank you so much for sharing <3

Haha, Thanks Gabrielle :) I don't have that many unseen works, I wish though! I'm glad you like it!

Ohh, but it's gorgeous! Damn it's crazy to think you must have so many works we might not have seen that are of such great quality. I'm glad you posted this one!

Gabrielle Marin

I love this concept and if you feel like adding to it I would love to see it completed.

may is such a lovely month ^_^ for me, there' something.... because of the birds and dizziness of the picture- it makes md think of the crazy, loud, nastiness of twitter/ social media, but the prettiness of the birds are like moments of clarity. Like the sane voices in the chaos- or more insidiously the voices that sound sane, come across as neat, but are probably tied deeply to the chaos. So glad this has been a better day for your brain ^_^