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Doran's Sign
The front sign is the person I try to be.
The back sign is the person I fear I am, on my darker days.
This was inspired by
Sidian's idea here ( https://www.furaffinity.net/view/4199722/ ) for a personal sign that warns those in our lives of our own flaws and shortcomings, although I thought it would be neat to try and show both sides of the issue. Being a Dorey involves both good things and not so good things.
For me at least, the bad side certainly has at least a small element of my simply feeling whiny and sorry for myself from time to time, but this isn't meant to be depressed vent art. It certainly isn't inspired by any particular event or recent feelings, as the idea's one that I've been intending to draw for probably a year or two now.
Much more than any of this, it's intended to try and convey what makes a Dorey a Dorey, at least in an abstracted and simplified sense. Warts and all. I try to put my best paw forward and show the world a happy face, but I'm not without my personal struggles.
A few words you won't find on either of my signs; jealous, cruel, sarcastic. For complicated and personal reasons, this is a fact that is desperately important to me and that I take a fair bit of pride in.
This is an important piece to me. I think I spend a lot of my life feeling like I'm just wired up quite differently from most people around me, I suppose everybody does to an extent, and it's always been an important thing to me to try and explain to other people just what it is that makes a Dorey a Dorey. So... here you go. This is me. Nice to meet ya.
The back sign is the person I fear I am, on my darker days.
This was inspired by
Sidian's idea here ( https://www.furaffinity.net/view/4199722/ ) for a personal sign that warns those in our lives of our own flaws and shortcomings, although I thought it would be neat to try and show both sides of the issue. Being a Dorey involves both good things and not so good things.For me at least, the bad side certainly has at least a small element of my simply feeling whiny and sorry for myself from time to time, but this isn't meant to be depressed vent art. It certainly isn't inspired by any particular event or recent feelings, as the idea's one that I've been intending to draw for probably a year or two now.
Much more than any of this, it's intended to try and convey what makes a Dorey a Dorey, at least in an abstracted and simplified sense. Warts and all. I try to put my best paw forward and show the world a happy face, but I'm not without my personal struggles.
A few words you won't find on either of my signs; jealous, cruel, sarcastic. For complicated and personal reasons, this is a fact that is desperately important to me and that I take a fair bit of pride in.
This is an important piece to me. I think I spend a lot of my life feeling like I'm just wired up quite differently from most people around me, I suppose everybody does to an extent, and it's always been an important thing to me to try and explain to other people just what it is that makes a Dorey a Dorey. So... here you go. This is me. Nice to meet ya.
Category Artwork (Digital) / General Furry Art
Species Western Dragon
Size 1207 x 689px
File Size 997.9 kB
being a anyone involves both good things and not so good things. You are as you will yourself to be, no more and no less. Believe in the blue.
The difference between genius and insanity is not the presence of evil thought, but how you act upon it.
fear not, you are a dragon. Know your self, and know yourself.
The difference between genius and insanity is not the presence of evil thought, but how you act upon it.
fear not, you are a dragon. Know your self, and know yourself.
That's the really important thing in all of this, I think... that recognition of how much of this comes down to choice. I know I've got those elements of the 'red' in me, and on bad days those are the things that cause me distress, but most days I get to choose the 'blue.'
All true things and all very good points. :) That really is how I try to see things, and that knowledge of self and sense of empowerment is what makes this a matter of identifying my worries and fears, rather than a matter of being whiny and feeling sorry for myself.
Thanks for your kind words and encouragement. :)
Thanks for your kind words and encouragement. :)
Awwww. It is on your days where you feel it's the back sign that's showing, that your friends will wrap their arms around you and hug from behind, covering it up so only the front one shows. :) You are one of the most amazing people I know Dorey - to the point where I look at that back sign and wonder what that's doing within a mile of you. *hugs tight*
Thank goodness for the wonderful friends and loved ones I have, especially on those days. :) I like the thought of that, hugs from behind to cover up the sign. ^^
The plus side is that, most of the time, I don't necessarily believe that I -am- all of those things in red. I just know those are the things I fear being the most, and on my bad days I slip in to some of them. But only temporarily. The blue stuff on the front sign is the stuff I work hard at being all the time. ^^ And having wonderful people like you in my life is what keeps me believing that. *hugs firmly*
The plus side is that, most of the time, I don't necessarily believe that I -am- all of those things in red. I just know those are the things I fear being the most, and on my bad days I slip in to some of them. But only temporarily. The blue stuff on the front sign is the stuff I work hard at being all the time. ^^ And having wonderful people like you in my life is what keeps me believing that. *hugs firmly*
Dearest Dorey, everyone has their negative traits, and I'm certainly no exception. I love you for who you are, including the bad parts. I will always love you regardless of your shortcomings and problems, and I will always be here for you whenever you need me.
And I don't mean love in the marriage sense....just to clarify for anyone reading. We're just incredibly close friends.
And I don't mean love in the marriage sense....just to clarify for anyone reading. We're just incredibly close friends.
Sweetie. :) And yeah, for my part I know exactly what you mean. The kind of friendshippylove we share is really special and important to me, and I thank you for your kind words. :) As stated, I don't spend very much time wallowing in the red sign's sort of self-doubt and worry, but it seemed like an important thing to show to people that I do struggle with such feelings now and then. I'm not a happy bouncy dragon because I have no worries or fears or self-doubt; I'm a happy bouncy dragon because I fight that stuff down and choose to be. And friends like you make a huge difference in helping make it possible. <3 Thank you.
I'd been waiting to comment, to take my time with it.
I like it, and I look at the back, and I can tell. Like... hrm. I can tell that you really do fear those things, and I can tell where it is in your life that you are susceptible to those things. They're kinda part of you, and you may lean toward those because of your gentle, calm nature. Though you don't step into it, and that's good. I can really intimately comprehend afraid of everything. It's like being a little bird. *hugs* I don't have any of the answers, but you're not useless or naive or weak or fragile. And you can never be too clingy. *cling* :<
I like it, and I look at the back, and I can tell. Like... hrm. I can tell that you really do fear those things, and I can tell where it is in your life that you are susceptible to those things. They're kinda part of you, and you may lean toward those because of your gentle, calm nature. Though you don't step into it, and that's good. I can really intimately comprehend afraid of everything. It's like being a little bird. *hugs* I don't have any of the answers, but you're not useless or naive or weak or fragile. And you can never be too clingy. *cling* :<
*clings back and smiles* How you describe it is really what I was going for. That's the thing... like it or not, these are a part of me, either as qualities or as fears, and they aren't something I can really be rid of. And as you point out, plenty of them go hand in hand with my more positive traits, and I can't really have one without the other. So they're here to stay, things I need to keep learning how best to live with rather than things I can go through some sort of personal quest and then be totally done with.
I imagine most of us all have times now and then where we feel like a scared little bird, too small and helpless to really take on the world. I don't know if I feel that way any more often than anybody else, but it is something that can hit pretty hard sometimes.
I imagine most of us all have times now and then where we feel like a scared little bird, too small and helpless to really take on the world. I don't know if I feel that way any more often than anybody else, but it is something that can hit pretty hard sometimes.
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