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So, finally finished this! If ayone's interested in seeing progression of this, you can check out my Scraps! Other than th at, let me explain this piece more fully...
The light here actually represents three things, a star, a seed, and an idea. In the literal, the piece shows
bagheera and my wolf, Nighty, cradling a star, but a star is one small piece of an entire universe. However, even the smallest things can amount to something great, and that’s the figurative translation of this piece. As such, it represents a seed, because it is the start of growth, the beginning of something larger. And an idea, because that is the start of great dreams and change to come. I often see these two characters being the guardians of these things, the believers in them, those who nurture them. So that is what the piece fully represents…Baggy and Nighty protecting, tending, and guarding something that means a great deal to them. The title is in reference to the awakening of dreams and life, and the birth of a new star. ;)
Hope you like it Bags. :3 <3
The light here actually represents three things, a star, a seed, and an idea. In the literal, the piece shows
bagheera and my wolf, Nighty, cradling a star, but a star is one small piece of an entire universe. However, even the smallest things can amount to something great, and that’s the figurative translation of this piece. As such, it represents a seed, because it is the start of growth, the beginning of something larger. And an idea, because that is the start of great dreams and change to come. I often see these two characters being the guardians of these things, the believers in them, those who nurture them. So that is what the piece fully represents…Baggy and Nighty protecting, tending, and guarding something that means a great deal to them. The title is in reference to the awakening of dreams and life, and the birth of a new star. ;)Hope you like it Bags. :3 <3
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I look at this and I try to figure out what to say about it, but in the end it just sends my thoughts into a fugue on the nature of the nurturing instinct, and genesis, and the act of creation, and how we link these things to the animal within ourselves.
It's a lovely piece, both in its emotion and in that gorgeous lighting. Thank you, animal.
It's a lovely piece, both in its emotion and in that gorgeous lighting. Thank you, animal.
Seeing the finished piece and, more importantly, reading the full description at last, brought back a lot of emotions so forgive me if what I am about to say seem confusing.
I was putting away some of the new artworks I've collected recently that were too large to fit into my binder. I have a large padded envelope that I use for larger artworks, mostly originals - and inside it still sits one of the very first drawings of anthro Jowana anyone's ever done - and it was by you. You handed it to me in person when you visited me in NJ in 1998, I think. I still remember that day vividly - my aunt made some soup for you guys and it was NOT yummy. xD Your dad didn't like the dry seaweed and your mom did. And you were telling me about your dog - was his name "Boot"? I also remember dragging you downstairs so I could show you my extensive wildlife books and documentary collection, and your parents were getting all worried and calling for you. And I felt so bad. xD
I showed the picture to Balaa and she awwww'd and remarked on how cute it was. I blushed and said you drew it, and remarked, "We grew up together". Balaa said she was envious of you, because we grew up together - she wished she had someone who could have grown up with her in the same way. And in that moment I felt... so warm and comforted, so fortunate to have had someone to grow up with. There were times when we grew apart, and times when we hurt and cried. There were times when life seemed to take us on different paths, moments when I thought we won't meet again. There were even painful, heart-wrenching moments when I wished we had never met. But always, I find myself unable to forget, unable to leave. And when I do return, I always find you there... still waiting for me, always ready to accept my friendship anew. And for that, I owe you my gratitude in the deepest ways.
There were so many things I once wanted to share with you. I remember those first moments when I first used the term "dreamer" to describe myself, and oh how joyous I was when I heard you say the same about yourself. You were my fellow dreamer, someone I so eagerly wished to share my dreams with - some of them, no doubt, seemed daunting, even intimidating, but you stayed with me nonetheless. I now build my dreams with someone else, a different dreamer - someone who can share those dreams that we couldn't share. But I still look back to those days, and remembering our mutual desires to share ourselves and understand one another. My dreams started there, by your side. In many sense, you taught me to believe in myself and my dreams, and nurtured my desire to share those dreams. You helped give birth to so many of my dreams, and that is what this picture makes me think of first and foremost.
The second thing it reminds me of is, of course, the new beginning. I want to say our friendship was "recently" renewed, although in retrospect, that was like... 3 years ago now? xD Still, I can't shake this feeling that the new beginning never quite... "began". I am not sure if the feeling is mutual, but it almost feels like we are both waiting for something? :> May be I am just over-analyzing things - may be it's as simple as you have been away most of the time and we never got a chance to properly catch up on things. In any case, I think some answers will become clearer with this visit - I hope so, anyway. I just have this nagging feeling that somewhere, something is waiting for us - an idea, a dream, waiting to be brought into this world, waiting to grow. Perhaps the seedling is being guarded by Nighty and Baggy as we speak.. :>
Lastly, and I will go onto a tangent not related to the picture with this one... the notion of a baby star fascinates me. We as living things see things as alive or inanimate - but on a scale as grand as the universe, all things are born and die. I still tear up at the first episode of Cosmos where the young stars are "let out into the world - still surrounded by wisps of nebulosity" - stars may not be "alive" as we call it, but their journeys, their creations are equally beautiful and miraculous as ours. After all, we are all children of the stars. :3 So, Baggy would like to take this chance to tell Nighty that he's thankful to her for inviting him to witness the birth of a new star - for sharing with him a small miracle in this vast universe. Thank you, Lady of the Night, for gifting upon the dark places tendrils of light and warmth, and for filling my heart with starlight throughout the many years of our lives that we shared together.
~With Dreams, Hopes, and Love~
Bagheera "Lorien" Silmaril
I was putting away some of the new artworks I've collected recently that were too large to fit into my binder. I have a large padded envelope that I use for larger artworks, mostly originals - and inside it still sits one of the very first drawings of anthro Jowana anyone's ever done - and it was by you. You handed it to me in person when you visited me in NJ in 1998, I think. I still remember that day vividly - my aunt made some soup for you guys and it was NOT yummy. xD Your dad didn't like the dry seaweed and your mom did. And you were telling me about your dog - was his name "Boot"? I also remember dragging you downstairs so I could show you my extensive wildlife books and documentary collection, and your parents were getting all worried and calling for you. And I felt so bad. xD
I showed the picture to Balaa and she awwww'd and remarked on how cute it was. I blushed and said you drew it, and remarked, "We grew up together". Balaa said she was envious of you, because we grew up together - she wished she had someone who could have grown up with her in the same way. And in that moment I felt... so warm and comforted, so fortunate to have had someone to grow up with. There were times when we grew apart, and times when we hurt and cried. There were times when life seemed to take us on different paths, moments when I thought we won't meet again. There were even painful, heart-wrenching moments when I wished we had never met. But always, I find myself unable to forget, unable to leave. And when I do return, I always find you there... still waiting for me, always ready to accept my friendship anew. And for that, I owe you my gratitude in the deepest ways.
There were so many things I once wanted to share with you. I remember those first moments when I first used the term "dreamer" to describe myself, and oh how joyous I was when I heard you say the same about yourself. You were my fellow dreamer, someone I so eagerly wished to share my dreams with - some of them, no doubt, seemed daunting, even intimidating, but you stayed with me nonetheless. I now build my dreams with someone else, a different dreamer - someone who can share those dreams that we couldn't share. But I still look back to those days, and remembering our mutual desires to share ourselves and understand one another. My dreams started there, by your side. In many sense, you taught me to believe in myself and my dreams, and nurtured my desire to share those dreams. You helped give birth to so many of my dreams, and that is what this picture makes me think of first and foremost.
The second thing it reminds me of is, of course, the new beginning. I want to say our friendship was "recently" renewed, although in retrospect, that was like... 3 years ago now? xD Still, I can't shake this feeling that the new beginning never quite... "began". I am not sure if the feeling is mutual, but it almost feels like we are both waiting for something? :> May be I am just over-analyzing things - may be it's as simple as you have been away most of the time and we never got a chance to properly catch up on things. In any case, I think some answers will become clearer with this visit - I hope so, anyway. I just have this nagging feeling that somewhere, something is waiting for us - an idea, a dream, waiting to be brought into this world, waiting to grow. Perhaps the seedling is being guarded by Nighty and Baggy as we speak.. :>
Lastly, and I will go onto a tangent not related to the picture with this one... the notion of a baby star fascinates me. We as living things see things as alive or inanimate - but on a scale as grand as the universe, all things are born and die. I still tear up at the first episode of Cosmos where the young stars are "let out into the world - still surrounded by wisps of nebulosity" - stars may not be "alive" as we call it, but their journeys, their creations are equally beautiful and miraculous as ours. After all, we are all children of the stars. :3 So, Baggy would like to take this chance to tell Nighty that he's thankful to her for inviting him to witness the birth of a new star - for sharing with him a small miracle in this vast universe. Thank you, Lady of the Night, for gifting upon the dark places tendrils of light and warmth, and for filling my heart with starlight throughout the many years of our lives that we shared together.
~With Dreams, Hopes, and Love~
Bagheera "Lorien" Silmaril
It doesn't seem at all confusing. ;) I remember that picture of Jowana, and that visit...I still have a photo from it. :3 And you're close! Her name was Sneakers. :D I'll never forget that visit, it was the first time i'd ever met anyone that I'd known online, and it was absolutely wonderful. <3
It also makes me smile that this reminds you of those early days, the things we shared, and how, in some small way, I affected yoru life, and you affected mine. *hughug*
I agree, too, about the friendship. It is renewed, but still in it's beginning stages...there is so much we have to catch up on and learn about one another! I'm excited about my visit so we can do that. And also excited to get to know your "co-dreamer", as I shall call her, better. ;) It'll be nice to finally get to relax with both of you without convention craziness to go along with it. :P
And yes, the first ep of Cosmos is just wondrous and beautiful...all creation is beautiful, in my eyes. :D Plus, as you always have known, I share this...connectino with stars I can't explain. THey fascinate me and fill me with awe at how beautiful they are. Tiny pinpricks of light in this endless sky, gathering together to create light where there is otherwise darkness. In a word, beautiful. And something Baggy and Nighty share in terms of vision and connectedness. :3
It also makes me smile that this reminds you of those early days, the things we shared, and how, in some small way, I affected yoru life, and you affected mine. *hughug*
I agree, too, about the friendship. It is renewed, but still in it's beginning stages...there is so much we have to catch up on and learn about one another! I'm excited about my visit so we can do that. And also excited to get to know your "co-dreamer", as I shall call her, better. ;) It'll be nice to finally get to relax with both of you without convention craziness to go along with it. :P
And yes, the first ep of Cosmos is just wondrous and beautiful...all creation is beautiful, in my eyes. :D Plus, as you always have known, I share this...connectino with stars I can't explain. THey fascinate me and fill me with awe at how beautiful they are. Tiny pinpricks of light in this endless sky, gathering together to create light where there is otherwise darkness. In a word, beautiful. And something Baggy and Nighty share in terms of vision and connectedness. :3
*smiles and leans on gently* you didn't affect my life in "some small way", dear. ^^ you helped shape it in very big ways. and it is my sincere wish that we will continue to play a part in each other's lives, even in "small ways"... :)
oh you have no idea how much I am looking forward to your visit! *eeeees excitedly* I may put on some more Cosmos while we draw and whatnot... it's very good background sound, because Sagan has such a soothing voice. xD try and get a few more episodes in before you visit, though! :D I wanna show you Agora!
*smooooooshes his sister wolf* heee I missed calling you that! :>
oh you have no idea how much I am looking forward to your visit! *eeeees excitedly* I may put on some more Cosmos while we draw and whatnot... it's very good background sound, because Sagan has such a soothing voice. xD try and get a few more episodes in before you visit, though! :D I wanna show you Agora!
*smooooooshes his sister wolf* heee I missed calling you that! :>
Wow..
This just looks so smooth and soft. And when you look into it you can see small details that just keep adding to it - as well as what meanings it has for the artist; where the viewers can also add their own meaning to this. It's practically stuffed with small hints of what you want to see here.
This just looks so smooth and soft. And when you look into it you can see small details that just keep adding to it - as well as what meanings it has for the artist; where the viewers can also add their own meaning to this. It's practically stuffed with small hints of what you want to see here.
I love single light sources, such a beautiful ambient glow :)
This will actually be a great reference for me, since I've had a single light source piece that I've been trying to color for a long time, but have failed to do so thus far :/
Anyways, beautiful piece Autie! ^^
This will actually be a great reference for me, since I've had a single light source piece that I've been trying to color for a long time, but have failed to do so thus far :/
Anyways, beautiful piece Autie! ^^
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