Unfinished

Several weeks ago, before the trip to Bruges, I made this drawing, since I felt trapped.
It seems, not our body, but our mind is a cage. It imprisons us and keeps us from all opportunities in life.
I'm a new soul now. My mind is clear and wide open. The drawing is left UNDONE.

Like a broken butterfly

Sunny days could be a pain, if one's heart is weighted down by sorrow. 

Rainy days calm me down, since the gray color of the sky, that heavy feeling in the air before the rain and the very strong earthy wet dirt smell after it seem to correspond to my blue thoughts.

If my soul were a butterfly, it would be now a broken one. 

For a love of nature- Atlantic Puffin

I love Atlantic Puffins, which are also called Sea Parrots. Their colorful, but sad-looking faces are lovely and somehow very touching to me. Even though their beaks are full with sand eels freshly caught from the sea, they don't look happier.

First Love-Last Love- The 2.Part

Link to the 1. part: http://silent-snail.blogspot.com/2010/03/first-love-last-love.html

A nostalgic moment

I started with a butterfly and ended up drawing coneflowers. I don't know why I'm so fascinated by these flowers, especially when they are fading. Such sad scene always makes me feel nostalgic.

Teru Teru Bōzu

I remember first hearing of a teru-teru-bōzu from Doraemon, a famous Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio. More than 15 years have gone by, I forgot the function of most magic tools which Doraemon can put out from his fourth-dimensional pocket. However, his teru-teru-bōzu is related to rainy weather for sure.
It's said, until now children in Japan still make these little dolls and hang them outside of their windows to wish for sunny weather.

I'm gonna lock my heart

"I'm gonna lock my heart"

"I'm gonna lock my heart. And throw away the key. I'm wise to all those tricks you played on me. I'm gonna turn my back on love. Gonna snob the moon above. Seal all my windows up with tin. So the love bug can't get in. Park my romance right alone the curb. Hang a sign upon my heart "please don't disturb". And if i never fall in love again. That's soon enough for me. I'm gonna lock my heart. And throw the key..." ( sung by Greta Keller)

Sayonara (Goodbye)

 

"Humans are the first species in the world able to foresee their own extinction." - Rama Hughes, an illustrator.

Let's cry for the future which is already predicted.

(Ink and coloured pencils on paper, 10x15cm)

First Love-Last Love! (To be continued)

All these drawings come from my 11x15 cm sketchbook.
The first love might be the last one. Have you ever thought so? It doesn't mean, you'll never be in love again, but you might never love someone unconditionally like you used to do...

"Two months after we broke up, he called me late at night just to say, he missed the walks with...MY DOG by the riverside."
(Base on a true story about love, which I heard from my boyfriend)

"He didn't welcome sudden visits at his dorm. One day I did it regardless and KNEW WHY. My way back home was filled with the scent of flowers of love from someone's garden. Since then I hated roses."

"Before he went abroad, we had promised to keep in touch by phone. I CRAZILY WAITED for a call from him. My cell phone never rang."

Dear Rabbit!

One day, after school, I went home and found my beloved gray rabbit dead in the garden. The poor little creature lied peacefully with his closed eyes on the soft grass. Tears flooded my eyes, I said to myself:"He's just dreaming of a huge carrot field somewhere over the rainbow".