Half and Half (Doodle)
Posted by rachelcreative on May 6, 2007
[IMAGE] A6 indian ink pen brush and watercolour
Totally exhausted with a superwoman stance.
CFS is not who I am, but shapes so much.
I’m an artist, but not able to reach full speed. I’m not even an artist, I work in an office in IT. I’m not even doing THAT day to day because I’m so ill. But even in the office my blood is my blood and my heart is my own.
I’m a good friend, daughter, wife, sister. I’m not there to help anyone.
I’m strong, defiant, a fighter - bursting with positivity. I’m weak, deflated, defeated - a natural pessimist.
I’m happy and content. I’m unhappy and unsettled.
I’m not one thing or the other. I’m half and half a hundred times over.
May 7, 2007 at 9:00 pm
I think thats me today too, but with a round tummy full of food and fresh tattoos, defiant but needing to be coddled a bit.
August 18, 2007 at 5:39 am
I love the meaning behind this peice of your art, I think many of us can relate to the feelings you’ve noted through this image ^_^ fantastic job!
October 30, 2007 at 11:53 am
Half and half… interesting concept. I relate.
I don’t get depressed anymore though. Since I stopped dragging myself around trying, trying, trying… and realized I was doing it all wrong and had to learn to live with the limits, a few years ago, even when I wasn’t as ill as I got to be later on, I haven’t been down. I’m thankful for that. My moods don’t have much to do with whether I’m feeling better or I’m a living dead weighing a ton stuck in bed, anymore. I think that’s an advantage in my case. I don’t know how I do it. My mother says it’s in the genes, that we don’t tend towards depression, more to anxiety. Which isn’t a good thing either but still.
Sorry, I don’t even remember why I’m saying this :DDD
But yes, I relate.
May 27, 2008 at 9:30 pm
The iconography and message behind this piece is brilliant! I only wish you could exhibit some of this work - and become famous - raising large monties both for yourself and for the cause! ha xxx
May 27, 2008 at 9:32 pm
monies… i meant monies not “monties”… lol, hmmm its moments like these we need a “mintie”!