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I stopped drawing for a while... Here's why...

I stopped drawing for a while, here's why. A comic on coming back after experiencing major loss.

Lydia C

24 Jun 2024 — 5 min read

what happens when life crashes into you... Follow on IG @thoughtfulwanders_studio

A lil comic after a hiatus from drawing and making art. Extended commentary after the comic for (free) subscribers ~

Hi... I stopped drawing for a while... Here's why... — 1/10

It left me in rought shape... like a fish stranded on land — 3/10

But I somehow managed to keep going... I'm still here. — 4/10

I'm not the same person I used to be (has no clue what's about to come) — 5/10

Though to be honest. That version of me struggled to reconcile the tough things in life — 6/10

but as life wrecked me, it also washed away my outside self. the outside self that still wanted to pretend everything was okay (when it wasn't) — 7/10

after going through major loss, here i am no longer pretending to be someone, something i'm not — 8/10

the old me wanted to only show, and draw, a happier self. she was too scared to show her full self. but after what we went through... the full self is comfortably out in the open now. excited to draw and share the full range and darker sides. like the fact that i think about death a lot... — 9/10

in art & in life, i am now more comfortable embracing it all. from the joy to the grief, the dark to grey to the pop of color. that's life right? comic me sees a flower and says "such a pretty flower! it's gonnad ie someday. : ( but it's still so beautiful — 10/10

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