Day 124

September 21, 2015 in emotion from afar, splash, ink, ant, gouache, drawing, bloom, flower, adrawingaday, watercolor

A veces nos sentimos tan frágil como una hormiguita solitaria y es difícil tomar la belleza y amor alrededor de nosotros. No es para uno de afuera juzgar lo que siente esa hormiga pero si es posible, porque no acompañarle durante esa tormenta.

Day 115

July 23, 2015 in emotion from afar, illustration, watercolor, splash, ink, drawing, adrawingaday, bursts, text, gouache, brain, heart

There are some things that are best left unsaid if nothing else will sprout from it. But it's nice to take a new meaning and make it your own. Happy Thursday!

Day 71

November 09, 2014 in adrawingaday, drawing, emotion from afar, figurative, ink, sign language, portrait

I'm still thinking of the Ebola victims, their families and the physical nurturing that they have been deprived of now. Read an interesting article on NPR about this very same topic. I wonder how others, or what others would do if they couldn't hold their loved ones.

Day 65

October 23, 2014 in adrawingaday, drawing, emotion from afar, figurative, gouache, ink, portrait, ebola

It's hard to get away from all of the images of Ebola patients. It's especially sad when you see the kids that have been hit by the disease. This is a composite drawing of a couple of those images.

Day 64

October 22, 2014 in adrawingaday, drawing, emotion from afar, ink, figurative, sign language, portrait

A continuation on emotions from afar.

Day 59

October 17, 2014 in adrawingaday, drawing, figurative, ink, sign language, emotion from afar

I was reading about how Louise Troh (girlfriend of Thomas Eric Duncan, first person to die of Ebola in the U.S. a few weeks ago) heard of Duncan's death from her pastor, who had to stand a few feet away and could only console her through crossing his arms over his chest. It's so sad to see how this disease robs us of the consolation of human touch. But it's also remarkable what we do in place of it with just as much affection. You can read more about this and the life in quarantine people are living in here.
This made me look into sign language, how this can connect and what other emotions look like when we're left to display them from afar.