01/28/2019
"I've learned isn't a place, it's a feeling"
Social media has revealed to me that I am at the age where many of my friends and friends-of-friends are losing their life-long companions. As someone who has never had a furry friend til end, I can't entirely relate to the grief and sense of loss that must be overwhelming and difficult to let pass. However, I know that the most is generally in relation to what also brings the greatest , more than can ever be said. These loving beings elevate our lives in countless ways we would have a much harder time doing ourselves, both emotionally and physically-- improved cardiovascular health, reduced anxiety/depression and lessons on the value of patience and kindness.
teach us how to be 💗
are undoubtedly among my favorite commission requests! It is quite a privilege to be entrusted with creating meaningful commemorations that are tied so deeply to personal experience. A thousand gazes is infinitesimal to the one smile I can bring to a person's face, more importantly the that touches their heart.
It reinforces the true of as to why art brings me so much . To ! To ! To look and to feel (all the feels)!
Looking forward to the day that I, myself will be able to bask in the pure sensation of just & the in existing that comes with such a friend by my side.
Side note: I'm liking this "quote" thing! Have always loved 'em. Succinct and timeless. Like that of except sourced from a fellow representative of while absent of and . Although dangerous at times, it does a wonderful job at setting the tone for not only image that I post but the idea I attempt to illustrate with it. I dig it 😎
"Taz DaKitten" (2016)
Oil pastels, 9" x 12" @ Vancouver, Washington
