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Oh OK. Public domain music is fine.
Thank you so much for this gift. It means a lot to me. This is the first time anyone has ever made a tribute like this to my work. This thread gives me a boost in art confidence.
My mood lately.......View attachment 199804
Jeshu,
What does this image mean to you? What part of the image speaks to you?
source:Die Bilder -> Sack Und Asche Bibel
hi @u2spicy... when i first saw his sketches, i broke down. it depicted so clearly the things i could not understand. it's so hard for me to explain right now the exact thoughts i had when i fisrt saw it.. i guess i'll start with the autism spectrum disorder... my brother was always misunderstood coz of his condition. the sketch showed a child, with eyes so lonely and innocent. the sewn up lips show how autistic kids (whether high functioning or low functioning) are unable / struggling to express themselves in the way normal people can. the sketch shows curled up toes and fingernails scratching the floor - and i remembered how my brother struggled to find ways to make us understand what he was going through...@fragilewingz, you are right, Shawn Cross is an amazing artist.
Do you wish to share how any of the drawings that you posted express how you feel about the family issues you mentioned?
i find that writing and doing devotionals helps me clear my thoughts a lot... i do art and paint with different mediums (landscapes) , sketch faces (mostly sad girls and eyes) and do digital art on photoshop for a living.
@Jeshu Thank you so much for sharing this work with us.
This is a powerful expression of your feelings of pain, guilt, remorse, and anger, and you are heard and understood and most definitely not alone in your sufferings with mental illness.
The images are excellent choices showing how in touch with your feelings that you are-which is a true gift, I feel, as many are just plain numb.
Being so finely tuned makes one, I feel, sensitive to their environment, perhaps more so than others, and therefore more in pain, such as was artist Van Gogh.
Great job with sourcing the second image!
Did you learn how to do a google image search using the jpeg code?
Do you have somewhere to save your writings and images altogether, like a digital journal?
I believe our creations are worth keeping and referring to when reflecting on life.
Do you or anyone else have ideas on how or where to do this?
i guess i'll start with the autism spectrum disorder... my brother was always misunderstood coz of his condition. the sketch showed a child, with eyes so lonely and innocent. the sewn up lips show how autistic kids (whether high functioning or low functioning) are unable / struggling to express themselves in the way normal people can. the sketch shows curled up toes and fingernails scratching the floor - and i remembered how my brother struggled to find ways to make us understand what he was going through...
@Jeshu, what part of the lyrics speak best to your heart?
How Can It Be
Songwriters: Jason Ingram / Jeff Johnson / Paul Mabury
I am guilty
Ashamed of what I've done, what I've become
These hands are dirty
I dare not lift them up to the Holy one
You plead my cause
You right my wrongs
You break my chains
You overcome
You gave Your life
To give me mine
You say that I am free
How can it be
How can it be
I've been hiding
Afraid I've let you down, inside I doubt
That You still love me
But in Your eyes there's only grace now
You plead my cause
You right my wrongs
You break my chains
You overcome
You gave Your life
To give me mine
You say that I am free
How can it be
How can it be
Though I fall, You can make me new
From this death I will rise with You
Oh the grace reaching out for me
How can it be
How Can It Be lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Essential Music Publishing, Music Services, Inc
hi... I taught him how to type maybe 3yrs ago... so he used writing stories as a tool to express himself. but, our situation has not improved unfortunately. I keep praying for God to heal him - to remove all the anger and hopelessness he is feeling. it's so hard to communicate with somebody who is so frustrated with his condition. whenever we try to reach out to him he reacts so negatively (like getting defensive /angry/ turning the blame on us)...How are you and your brother doing now when it comes to communication, fragilewingz?
@u2spicy I cannot thank you enough for starting this thread. I have this compulsion to keep writing so that my mind could relax from all the thoughts that keep flowing through... so journals. i don't know how many i've filled up since 2012.. but i would write/draw on ANYTHING. I've got memory problems so once an idea passes by i have to capture it before I forget... i do have a sketchbook as well. but i suck at sketching.@fragilewingz Thank you fragilewingz, the image is perfect for what you describe as being trapped or imprisoned in ones own mind, struggling for escape or freedom from the torture of ones own thoughts!
You are inspiring me to try and journal. I want to get out the negative thoughts too.
What kinds of journals do you use? do you just use a sketch book to both write and draw?
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