RE: The first drawing after the brain injury
First off, congrats on the mini curie and getting some c-squared love. š
I actually started to reply to this earlier this morning, but this is one of those posts that is too deep for my ādeepthinkingnessā. I feel like a broken record with you, but itās both a beautiful and sensitive post in words and art.
Iāve been researching the very topic youāve covered for a while, and yours is the single piece that has me most absorbed across both public and private readings. Maybe itās because I consider you a friend, so itās hard to read the struggle and losses youāve encountered. It was so heavy it took two attempts to resteem!
What I continue to enjoy about your posts is that I am always surprised. Errm....that āroseā... Iām glad you shared your doubts. Through my critique glasses, it looks like a hibiscus with thorns. The hibiscus is a much-loved flower for me that brings back childhood memories. I donāt think theyāve ever had thorns. But if itās your idea of a rose, then itās a rose... Never argue with the artist...
I very much love the flower contrasted with hulky man; Iām a fan of the Hulk too. :)
As for the reference to Dylan Thomasā āDo not go gentle into that good nightā, thatās my favorite poem. It can be applied to so many experiences, and very much that of a Veteran. So to anyone who might not know it, Anthony Hopkinsā reading is fabulous. I actually have it in my āmoodyā playlist. Itās one of those pieces you can listen to thousands of times, and itās beautiful, sad and sounds better each time. Iāve shared it to others often.
I agree with Carl, you are awesome. ā¤ļø
(Oh, the big puppy and the guy is very cute. Not so emo goth chick. :P )
EDIT: awww, that evil radioactive bee is so cute too... Iāll get to your other comments once I get a free moment. Work as always.
First off, thank you so much for the 10 SBD. I am flattered to have won your contest! It might be the first contest I have ever won! I put it to good use immediately with a post promotion, so since you were also generous enough to resteem hopefully you will see some of it back. I'm trying to figure out how to repay you and so far am coming up empty: so promise me if there's anything I can ever do to help you out, be sure to ask!
So far my attempts to get you rich have worked negative 10 ;p
I am very touched that my posts have stood out for you in a field you were already interested in: these topics are definitely the ones closest to my heart but it often feels as if they are the ones that provoke the least interest. I'm also happy to be considered your friend because the feeling is mutual. Hopefully, slightly better than facebook friends because as I recently discovered in a conversation with a facebook friend from college, I am 90% clueless about all the things one ought to know about a friend applicable to everyone on my "friend list." One can only intuit so much about people through memes and dog videos.
I really enjoyed that poem reading you shared. The visuals brought out the power of the words. And what is this about you having a moody playlist? You must share it so that we can be emo together lol. No seriously, I'm always fascinated by other people's playlists. I think it could be a really good blog post for you.
This artist loves to be argued with or more specifically "input" or "critique" since a lot of my art is created from raw emotion so often I am left trying to figure out what it is along with everyone else when it is finished. I guess I would have to agree that the flower is definitely not a rose. Perhaps you are correct and it is a thorned hibiscus that will be the new bane of gardeners everywhere.
My big puppy always looks sad and emo but she can thank genetics and breeding for a perpetually droopy face. She is scared of almost everything so I named her Lieutenant Ripley, after the bravest movie heroine from the Ridley Scott Alien movies. A brave name didn't seem to help and years later she is still scared of everything.
Itās hard to kick you from Australia, but you spent your prize money from my non-existent contest on promopost?!
sigh
I was hoping youād just go buy yourself a coffee and have a moment of reflection on what a wonderful human you are. But I will just zen out and tell myself you are promoting it for greater visibility to the plight of Vets.
counting to 100
Also, I donāt wish to be repaid, it really is my favorite post across multiple platforms and email correspondence to date. Besides, had you been cooperative and got yourself stung by a radioactive bee already, that coulda been the hefty upvote from rich me. So next time you see a strange bee, please dive at it and not away!
As for sharing my moody playlist, anything that doesnāt fall under running/ dancing tracks is āmoodyā. My definition is loose. You donāt need to be encouraged to be moody anyway.
And look, we donāt need to judge you too harshly. Itās still worth noting you drew a rose stem.. You almost got there! There were thorns, there was blood. The artwork is beautiful, vulnerable and inherently romantic. When I have a moment, Iāll print it out and stick it up somewhere. Iām sure it will inspire some stories if I was to gaze upon it long enough. Just need to find time to gaze in contemplation.
When you first mentioned the rose drawing, I was eagerly anticipating a story of unrequited love where:
In all three scenarios, you cried yourself to sleep and woke up to draw a rose. But no! Expected the unexpected from corpsie... It would be brain injury.
Finally, more than a Facebook friend. For me, real life and online friends offer different rewards, but both are equally important. Though, Iām not sure how Iām supposed to get rich when Iām writing you essay-length comments. I havenāt even gotten to the other two, which I started to write and began with, āDonāt take this literally emo, but you are so dead for the Sharon Stone misquote and chocolate face!!ā
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frantically re-evaluating life decisions feeling like Charlie Bucket in "Willie Wonka" spending his grandpa's life savings on chocolate
Well actually I spent the 10 SBD on promobot to be more specific, and got an upvote worth 15 USD so it seems like I made money with it. Everything I make from my posts I put into promoting in the hopes of it reaching just a few more people. I really don't think it works but I'm clueless as to how else I could broaden my posts' reach.
Wow, I've never had someone say that they actually wanted to hang my artwork up and look at it before. Except for my sister who literally had me draw on her apartment walls before she likes my style so much. Getting into a show in open-minded areas is a struggle let alone convincing people to hang it up in their homes. I can't even convince relatives to take it for free and am actually looking at having to throw some of it away possibly since my living situation is uncertain. If you have a PO box or something and it turns out I have the original in a binder somewhere I will gladly mail it to you. I mean you already bought it for more than it's worth =p
I have plenty of stories of love gone wrong but none of them involve roses. Well, I mean I HAVE given roses to women but never with the timing that heartbreak immediately followed. Oh hang on, actually yeah that did happen once. Huh, I had forgotten about that lol.
Please refer to me by my first name Brian rather than "corpsie" lol or my gaming/Discord handle of Devil if you prefer. I mean we ARE trying to make me less emo, right.... corpsie feels very Tim Burton.
I understand that you have a busy life as a wife and mother and professional so I'll try not to feel bad if you need to tone down the length of your comments so you can focus on RL. But hearing from you always makes me laugh/smile and is pretty much the highlight of my day.
Also knowing I have at least one fan makes me look forward to sharing more, which feels good.
How's that for a guilt trip huh.
Fav poem, interest in comics, fan of Procreate, lover of wordiness, and now you referenced Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?! See? I knew we were meant to be pals! Why, you might be me, embodied as a man...We could be long-lost twins and would finish each otherās words!
And there you go, getting emo on me again! Iām going to have write a story about a goth princess and call her Brian soon. :P
All jokes aside, Iām not on steemit to get rich on crypto, I spend time where I feel most rewarded. So Iāll be around, you just need to tag me if I get too quiet. Iām sure your broad shoulders will stop you getting crushed, and youāll cope just fine.
Sounds like a lot of heartbreak. Iām sure itās character building?
If you find the original, keep it aside for me please.
Yeah, no guilt tripping, it works and inevitably makes me grumpy. But I am a fan and a believer of radioactive bees. ā¤ļø
You... emobodied as a man... as me....
say, don't go stealing my novel idea! You're in my head!
And if you want to go collaborating on a comic strip I'm all game for it sigh even if it's about Brian the goth princess.... (but only a goth princess because it's really Linnyplant trapped inside of Brian ) sheesh we might need to simplify it or everyone will be as confused as you reading my "N00b Squad" comic
Iām telling you, itās eery how we think so similarly. I had this comic in my head where weāre twins, only Iām the hot twin, and you, not so much. Thatās why youāre emo, sitting in the corner eating crayons, and running out of that, all the rose heads from a string of failed romances. Then one day you were stung by a radioactive bee...
You wouldnāt be impressed. Lol
But I am super busy atm, and a collab will just not work right this moment ā maybe when the weather warms up. So in a few weeks, we could start a little series if weāre feeling inspired. Cold Melbourne weather makes me resistant to doing anything. Besides, Iām a creative control freak, weād fight anyway. Itās best we feel each other out a bit more. Itād have to be more a graphics story, we can go on an a DnD or LOTR style adventure! That might be fun.
Be good, be lively, make sure you get some sunlight in the next 24 hours, Iāve got some serious stuff to contend to in RL, so will be a ghostly steemit presence.
Linny xx