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Losing Color

Published: December 19th 2024, 4:12:29 am

ink and colored pencil

I've been struggling a lot since the US election. It's scary how quickly it feels like the color and hope have drained out of life. I want to bring people hope and comfort with my art, but in the face of what feel like much bigger problems and forces than I have any means of fighting, I haven't been able to focus much on art-- which makes me feel even worse, which just keeps the cycle of dark feelings going. I've been carrying this image in my brain for a few weeks, and finally drew it-- not overthinking it or trying to make anything big, just a drawing on a page in my sketchbook-- to try to exorcise some of these feelings.