Themed Artwork

-Completed September 14, 2020 :3 ty** for viewing 🙏🏽🙏🏽🖤

#bullies 😞 #abuse #abusiveness

a quote by rumi. the man is floating on an ocean :3 the shapes look weird, I think :3 *i am nothing!!* ty for viewing. -september, 2019.

Some of my favorite words, phrases, and concepts.. :3 ‘Africa,’ ‘black is beautiful,’ ‘rest,’ ‘freedom,’ etc. ‘Inquisitive,’ ‘heaven,’ and etc… One of my favorite words, ever, is ‘circumstance,’ is at the bottom of this graphic… 🍂 *The phrase in this picture that says ‘I may be shy, but I shall certainly write a book’ is actually a quote~ from a certain author.. I can’t remember his name 😦 I tried searching this quote online.. But couldn’t locate an originating source, or author. 😦 Ty** for viewing this🖤🌻☮️💟🌻 -the arabic word on the right-hand side says ‘al-Hakim.’ I wrote the transliteration below it c: meaning ‘the Most Wise’.. one of the 99 names of allah, swt :3 lol, #muslimfamily #muslim. (the most wise, the most loving, the most gracious, the source of peace, etc etc :3 growing up muslim was comforting, in evrything I learned, and stuff. (pretty comforting teachings.) but now I’m questioning life, and everything .. so idk about this stuff, anymore (the teachings, god, etc :3 it’s all kind of unbelievable now..with how bad life is, & evrything :3 ok bye 🥺🙌🏽🙌🏽💟☮️☮️

:3 this graphic was inspired by the book ‘Letters To A Young Madman,’ by Paul Gruchow. #LettersToAYoungMadman #PaulGruchow #writer #books #memoir #letters #literature #reading #amreading 🍂🍂🍂 #illustration #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #doodles #scribbles #draw #yellowbackground. -this was completed August 24, 2020 :3 ☮️ ty** for viewing 🧡.

oh hey there c: :3 this drawing was completed today, on July 5, 2020 :3 #life #confusing #wtf #what in the actual hell. :3 I tried to make this an abstract type of piece .. like, abstract art. c: btw the words in the bottom right corner are from the song ‘Speechless,’ by lady Gaga. :3 🧁🧁🍂🧡🙌🏽🍷 bye! 🥺🍂🧡

Oftentimes, it’s just a matter of not thinking about it, regardless of how bad it is. Some things are unsolvable, I think. So just take your mind off of it. Literally don’t think about it anymore – shift your attention away. This is not ‘ignoring it,’ by the way. It’s honoring your life, in a very real way. Not thinking about it is sometimes the best cure – and it can be a very powerful thing to do.

-may, ‘21.

Nov. 26, ‘21.

Nov. 29, 2021. 9:42 pm.

Friday, dec. 3, 2021

dec. 23, 2021. ✨luv u

-jan. 8, ’22.🥺🌸

-Jan. 14, 2022🌾😘🐣☀️✌🏽

-Jan. 15, ‘22.

-jan. 21, 22

2/14/22. 😢💛😘

thursday, march 10, 2022.🌼✊🏽

what is life, in a nutshell? keep it 100% real, though. :3 🥲😢🥺 🤘🏽 -April 24, 2022.

-may 26, 2022.✨🥺😢💗

-inspired by song ‘no woman, no cry,’ by bob marley. -may 28, ’22. ty*** for viewing.✨🐣🥲😢🌸🤘🏽🥺🌼💗🐣✨ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuOi1ANvTr8

-august 15, 2022.

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-august 28, ’22.

-august 31, ’22 <3💛

-sept. 12, ’22.

-dec. 6, ’22. 🥹🍉

-dec. 14, ’22.

-dec. 26, ’22.

-feb. 6, ’23

young Noam Chomsky ^.^ #saint #socialist # on the right side of history on every issue. 😮 how many other ppl can say that 🥺 I* definitely can’t say that. 😞 Anyway, thx ☮️. Btw, here’s a video of Chomsky explaining #anarchism. It’s on my facebook page, lol. I also talk a little bit about hearing about chomsky for the first time in my linguistics class, at Gmu (George Mason Uni.), fall 2013. I was 19. I’d been on my psychiatric meds for two whole years, lol. :3 but yeah, he seems cool af. 😬🥰 Ok bye! Ty! ☮️🍷 https://www.facebook.com/EtharEltiganiHamid/posts/574521499852523?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD9TCXT8NNaLWnuoMXb4U20BoExCKpSGIfryrTdXlZbG2SEL-u_JgpWuLHsPA-lFMWxl1qA9Ve13BAb1sqFGa_85gk_UIMdGpK1jEO401jKd9ggIfanJAI_nnX1_F7k5MWlo9U_KFxDUc8IEcOgRlXfh00LOONB1LgtteVl8fMhsNF0WO3zZQWX4BXYhk5Z2nNcUQr1xXk6IAQeTWGGZSPz44ZAZxwEcYQWsRyUCQedNQpIb9eeqK8EHdc6Fy6YgdS_rUvQPZPgoSHzX7MSNmXDST9v7q4KZZpQV3Iw1cxsqZvf7gOxO-6zbIIm2uToU-SjEjHXKTWAp5ShKgJTrLg&__tn__=-R ☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️💟☮️🥺🧡💛☮️

July 18, 2020.

June 25, 2017. description of drawing: I like Sen. Sanders’ emphasis on ‘the people’. working class people, poor people, young people, minorities, etc. That’s why I tried to include several aspects of the idea of ‘the people,’ in this drawing. E.g.: the sign hanging on the wall says “We the People Will Rise” (a proclamation of unity, and determination against difficult odds). And: the three figures (who are listening to Sen. Sanders’ speech) are holding a banner that says: ‘Bernie Sanders–You are marching band, you are The People…You are a helping hand-you are a hero’. So again, the idea of people–the marginalized and mistreated majority of us–is present in the drawing (hopefully). *The words on the banner that the people in the audience are holding (“You are a marching band…”) are actually lyrics from the song “The World’s Greatest,” by R. Kelly. (The song is dedicated to the late boxing legend, Muhammad Ali.) The original lyrics of the song are ” I* am a marching band–I* am the people… I am a helping hand, I am a hero”. I just switched the ‘I’ pronoun to “You’, in order to address Sen. Sanders. I.e., I borrowed the words from the song and included them in my drawing. Both Muhammad Ali and Sen. Sanders are awesome people, so the song “World’s Greatest” is highly applicable to both of them of course. Thx for viewing this😗😙🧡. ‘The world’s greatest’ song, + lyrics: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LyaNlZaVOpc

August, 2016. -this drawing conveys that Sen. Bernie Sanders stood with marginalized people (during the ’15-’16 presidential race). In reality, he encouraged them to take part in the political process and make their voices heard, despite (or rather–because of) their marginalized status in their communities/society. the drawing depicts Sen. Sanders with supporters of his about to meet the corporate media, politicians who are part of the (powerful and stubborn) establishment, and corporate America (e.g., Wall Street people). the Senator is reassuring his supporters with; “Don’t worry, guys–we got this.” In the drawing, the Bernie Sanders supporters are each part of a marginalized/ignored/mistreated/disenfranchised group of people, in American society. — True unity, a common vision/dream, and love between a politician and his supporters is a rare and beautiful thing. That’s (part of) what makes the Sanders movement/revolution/cause so special.🙂 A quote (from blacklivesmatter.com (link) that I think really reflects the Sanders movement (I think Sen. Sanders has said a version of this quote, many times. The quote actually sounds *just* like him.): “There’s no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively – I am one with the people.” (Huey P. Newton). -Here’s to standing with those who need justice, care, love, help.

Hello:) Description of drawing: tulsi gabbard is at an event, speaking to a crowd of ppl. *the words that she’s saying in the speech bubble are actually borrowed from the song ‘waiting on the world to change,’ by John Mayer. I chose this song for its anti-militarism/anti-war message. it goes rly well with tulsi’s political message of ending wars, and standing up to the military industrial complex… etc. The lyrics in this song sound exactly like something tulsi would say.. :p Tulsi isn’t the only one who reminds me of this song, obviously. So does Bernie Sanders, all of our newly elected, progressive, elected officials in congress (rashida tlaib, ayanna Pressley, illhan Omar, aoc)… and everyone else, of course. All of our good politicians and peace activists who are fighting for a better America, and better world. The song (‘waiting on the world to change’) also reminds me of ron paul, with his message of non-intervention, and ending all wars and military bases in countries around the world. I was actually watching a video of ron Paul where he was saying that the U.S has military bases in like, a crazy number of countries (I forgot the exact number..). And the ultimate message from him was; ‘Do we need that, is it making us safer? The U.S. intervenes and is in other countries for no good reason…’ ☹️ he also talked about the rly bloated military budget and the military industrial complex, etc.. 🌾 song + lyrics ‘waiting on world to change’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REqz9D7OWZE 🌾🌾✌🏽🏵💜⭐️🙏🏽🙏🏽 #tulsigabbard #peace #endwar #militarism #antimilitarism. #ronPaul #song #antiwarsong #waitingontheworldtochange Drawing completed Tuesday March 10, 2020. ty

-quick sketch. July 5, 2021. ❤ 🥲🌾☀️

hey friend😢😢😢 this is a drwing of Justice and Lucky (Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur), from film ‘Poetic Justice.’ 😢🥺 thx fr viewing, love u😢 (-the words are actualy frm the song “Again,” by Jackson, which plays at the end of the film.😢🌸). -feb. 18, 2021.

-wed. july 20, ’22.

friday april 15, ’22. :3 😢🥲✨✨🌼

-dec. 11, ’22. this is an acrostic poem; every letter of each line helps spell the word in question, it helps spell the word ‘capitalism.’ It says “Capitalism can be a catalyst, and people interconnect through a living, inclusive societal marketplace. Conscientiousness and proactiveness incline them towards truth, advancement, liberation, independence, innovation, ingenuity, sound solutions, maximum mobility, and mental clarity and liberation; maturity.”

-dec. 11, ’22.

-dec. 24, ’22.

-jan. 29, 2023.

feb. 2, ’23.

ty for viewing this , much love xxoxox. -sept. 29, 2020 c:

This drawing depicts an event: a speaker & crowd of ppl. The event is about immigration to the U.S.-how immigrants & immigration are so integral to the American narrative that any negative actions towards immigrants is rly unfounded😞& I actualy wanted this drawing to be more specifically about Dreamers-the young immigrants who were brought to the U.S by their parents/families, ‘& who know no other home,’ as we often hear 😢it sucks that theyre often targeted😡. I read an LA Times article today saying the U.S Supreme Court recently rejected the Trump admin’s efforts to repeal the Obama-era order that protected Dreamers from being deported 🙌🏽 “In a striking rebuke to President Trump, the Supreme Court on Thurs. rejected his plan to repeal the popular Obama-era order that protected so-called Dreamers, the approximately 700,000 young immigrants who were brought to this country illegally as children.” https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-06-18/supreme-court-immigrants-daca-dreamers-trump☮️ Glad the Supreme Court did the right thing. I drew this pic in dedication to Dreamers. The ppl in the background r holding a sign saying ‘Let the river run- let all the Dreamers wake the nation.’ Thats frm the song ‘Let The River Run,’ by Carly Simon. Basically, the song reminds me of Dreamers/children of ppl who immigrated to U.S. I capitalized the D in the word ‘Dreamers,’ in this drawing. Normally, the lyrics of the song actually have the word ‘dreamers’ with a lower-case ‘d.’ The song in its original meaning isn’t actually referring to Dreamers- children of immigrants. It’s referring to ‘dreamers’ – regular ‘dreamers.’ But this song can also have another meaning- that of children of immigrants. In other words it would actualy make complete sense if the song was dedicated to them/was about them. Songs can have various meanings :p We as listeners are entitled to interpret them in different ways :p So in that spirit I capitalized the word ‘Dreamers’ in this pic to have that line refer specifically to the children of immigrants brought to U.S. Those* Dreamers- not ‘dreamers’ in the general sense. Song: https://soundcloud.com/carly-simon-official/carly-simon-let-the-river-run ~~~ idk if it was clear what I trying to say..about how the word ‘dreamers’ can reference both ‘ppl who dream//ambitious ppl, ppl with hopes for the future,’ & Dreamers – the title given to the children of immigrants who were brought to the United States as youths. In a nutshell, I was thinking that the word ‘dreamers’ used in the song ‘Let The River Run’ can be in reference to both kinds of dreamers. That the song can possibly be addressed to both groups of ppl. & that we as listeners have a license to interpret songs in our own ways/idiosyncratically. I also mentioned in the comment above how I chose to capitalize the word ‘Dreamers’ in the drawing. & that that was to signal that I was referring to Dreamers- the kids of immigrants to the U.S. Although: the original lyrics of ‘Let the river run’ probably weren’t referencing Dreamers, specifically – it were referring to ‘dreamers,’ as a whole – as a general term. ‘ppl who dream, etc’ 😛  I also wanted to mention the following words in the above description, but I had run out of room;  The phrase ‘Come- the new Jerusalem’ (which is another phrase in the song) – gives me the impression of ‘Come – a new place/society, etc.’ One filled with ppl from different backgrounds, etc. A new order of things, a new type of society- filled with qualities that perhaps weren’t there, previously. Like Dreamers. They bettered America to an infinite degree. So: that line is also very relevant to Dreamers, & their narrative. (So, that line doesn’t literally mean ‘Jerusalem,’ in my interpretation of the song :3 the city in the Middle East/palestine. It means ‘a new place/society..a new type of society..’💟🙌🏽)  -June 22, 2020.

Hey c: This drawing is sort of a part 2 to the drawing directly below this one…These are both inspired by the song ‘Let The River Run,’ by Carly Simon.In this one, the girl is holding a sign saying ‘We’re coming to the edge; running on the water. Coming through the fog- your sons and daughters’. That’s a line from the song :3 This song would make a great activist song, if that’s a proper term.. :3 A song used to inspire and motivate and inform..about the spirit of marginalized people, etc.This song could also serve as an anthem for Dreamers – the people/immigrants brought to this country as youths by their parents/families, as the previous drawing’s description goes into :3 Songs can have various interpretations I think…ur free to imagine them to mean anything you want..especially if ur interpretation or analysis makes very good sense/could actually work/is a good guess at what the song means. Even if the song writer had a different meaning and point, in mind. :3Thx friend c: 🥺🙏🏽😘#song #music #lyrics #LetTheRiverRun #CarlySimon #greatsong #inspiringsong #meaningfulsong #deep ##art #illustration #artwork #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #color

-February, 3, 2016. Description of piece: This drawing is conveying that police shootings are often influenced by (the police officers’) subconscious prejudice–that the shootings are largely due to the prejudices that certain officers might have towards people of color (as opposed to unbiased shootings, if you will–shootings that are not influenced by the color/race/appearance of the victims). The drawing is an exaggeration of that reality (expressing that such important institutions as the media, government, and schools assert that police shootings are “color-blind”–a “blessed miracle”)…but it is this exaggeration that (I hope) makes the viewer think about how elements of our society at times deny that police shootings can be influenced by prejudice and racism (which they certainly can be, no matter how subconscious those forces are, in those law enforcement officials).The drawing also depicts a man (a man of color, to be exact) thinking, in response to the media, government, and school conveyance; “but…” (As in: but, that doesn’t seem to be right/that seems untrue.”Again, the entire drawing (both aspects) is caricature-like, exaggerating the saying of societal institutions in regards to police shootings (and subduing many people’s reactions to it); but they ultimately reflect the situation in our world/country, today (I think..).The piece depicts the world’s view on police shootings (e.g., governments’ views, media views, and schools’ views) vs. people’s views–“regular people” who don’t have any hidden agendas–who don’t have any motive to propagate a message of how just and fair our society is.

-Feb. 26, 2020.

-April 3, 2017

# late night sketch. Finished at 11:30 pm, Thursday, August 8. 😅😗. the person sitting on the far right reflects exactly how I feel, in this situation. Description of drawing: friends sitting around a table, discussing Trump. The girl sitting on the far right is thinking to herself, but not saying what she’s thinking. (Sometimes you just don’t vocalize your thoughts, I think… :3 esp. when you aren’t that talkative to begin with :3 I think if all the shy, quiet people got together, they would run the world, though. :3 ok thank u*** 😘😗 pray for America, pls.. 😖

-this is a flyer I created for the Charlottesville Area Green Party, a local chapter of the Green Party in Charlottesville, Virginia.

This is the invitation that was used by the Rachel Corrie Foundation. (**Note: I only provided the illustration {the three figures…I didn’t design/provide the design of the document (holistically).

This is a flyer that I designed for the International Day of Solidarity With The Palestinian People + #GivingTuesday, for use by the Rachel Corrie Foundation. We didn’t end up using this flyer, but I think that this is (still) a good example of my work.

This is the flyer that was used.. I completed this in November, 2016.

domestic abuse. -completed August 24, 2016

i remember my mom braiding my hair before the bus came to pick me up, for school (back in elementary:) i miss those days 😦 … 22 now, and the world seems so cold and cruel. 😦 (it was so rainbow-and-unicorny, back then.) ~also; here’s to all the little girls (black little girls) that wear their natural hair to school! i remember people used to make fun of my hair, actually. (used to call it ‘excessively poofy and frizzy and bushy,’ and all the rest.) these days, i heard there was a story in the media about a young girl getting in trouble (even suspended, I think?!) for wearing her natural hair to school (unbraided, no pony-tail or pig-tail…just “down,” as we say.) But, hold on! if all the other girls get to wear their* hair down, why couldn’t she? if u ask me, that was just another case of natural black features being intolerated. (along with dark skin, big lips, wide noses, etc…which are so often disparaged in the media.) 😦 ~but, black girls with thick/course/coily hair should be encouraged to do their thing and rock their natural hair. (they are beautiful, by the way! there is something about black little girls that is beautiful and magical…don’t u think? 🙂 ~ thank you for viewing, ❤ -ethar hamid

January, 2016

Dec. 24, 2024. ❤

this drawing was completed on January 2, 2019. Drawing is depicting a girl sitting in her bedroom, wishing that people around her could see her whole identity (which consists of good things like being a great student, a Christian, and an art-lover)….rather than focusing on her sexual preference.

Hii there 🤓 This drawing is for pride month, 2020. Today’s the first day 🎊 I draw an lgbt+ related drawing every June. It started last year. I’m gonna continue this tradition every year of my life hopefully. it’s fun for me, gives me something to do every June. Cuz: I usually don’t have anything to do, except hw. I don’t rly talk to anyone, in my life.. barely know anyone. So yeah I have an art project to do every June, at least 🎉 🎨🍷 I look forward to it all the time..🧁 So, the idea behind this drawing is that it’s in a college setting/at a college campus, somewhere. the girl is reading a note on a bulletin board, which gives info on statistics regarding trans people. The idea is that she herself is trans…which explains why she looks sad and distressed as she reads through the statistics about the trans community. I think the only way to tell that she is trans is by looking at the book she’s holding- Trans Identity in The 21st Century. 😛 To be honest I didn’t know how else to get the message across/give a clue that she is trans, herself. But yea the main idea behind this illustration is that: the fact that she herself is trans, is what makes the bulletin board note so pertinent/poignant and sad. 😦 she feels bad about her community, basically 😦 and about herself, her situation as a trans person. 🥺 I think this drawing is sort of somewhat relevant to the police killings that have occurred recently 😞 Cuz, black trans women are targeted too, in society.. and actually they’re some of the most vulnerable/marginalized groups in the U.S., and around the world. very sad. #trans #pride2020. ☮️ Last year during June, I drew two LGBT drawings…but they were focused on the gay experience. and I had a few other drawings throughout the year that focused on lgbt themes/the general/overall cause. But this is my first drawing specifically about trans identity .. I should have done this much sooner 😛 Idk why i didn’t. oh well🧁 Lastly: I wanted to say that I actually come from a pretty traditional Islamic background…so, religion was my main framework, while growing up. It was the main theme, I guess in my home. :3 And um I actually wasn’t exposed a lot to the LGBt cause, or movement. *I know a lot of Muslims have had the opposite experience, though- they grew up embracing teh LGBT cause and etc. Many are LGBT themselves, they are gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans+ Muslims. And they don’t feel any push back from the religion, against their LGBT identity, etc. I think that is wonderful**. 🤩I wish I myself had had such a framework while growing up. I mean it would have been way better 😢🙌🏽 1000% better. I would have had a better understanding of the world, of life, if I had been taught something about lgbt identity, movement, etc. I mean I wouldn’t have had to be a full-fledged adult and yet not have a frame of reference, frame of mind, that includes everyone*, in its parameters. If you know what I mean.. I would have been thinking about everyone*, all this time, when I thought about humanity 😢 (I only saw the world as ‘muslim’ and ‘non-muslim..’ let alone seeing it as a world with different identities, different experiences, etc. Tbh I didn’t have a good view or understanding of many* things. but I’m trying to absorb/learn as much as I can now- have to make up for lost time 🕓. 2.5 decades 😦🥺 ☮️🧁🧁☮️🧁☮️ty for viewing this🥺 *btw Pls visit this pinned blog post I did…if u cud scroll down to the section that’s titled ‘LGBT-themed drawings.’ That setction shows all my lgbt themed art, adn their descriptions. 😘😘 ty. ☮️ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_killed_for_being_transgender 🥺🥺😞 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5551619/ ☮️ this is the link where I got the quote from, the quote that’s written in this drawing. Ty bye🎊🧁🎨☮️🎊🧁🎨🧁 #

It’s really true. #nofriends #loner #alone #prideparade #DCpride #pridemonth #lgbtpridemonth

* In this picture, the first letters of each phrase spell the word “schizophrenia,” when read from top to bottom. (an acronym for the word “schizophrenia.”) this was completed in July, 2015.

This was done in yr 2015 c: ty fr vewig

-final version c:

I painted this using oil paint and oil pastels. i also used colored paper cut-outs (for the shapes surrounding the girl). this piece is featured in Barking Sycamores lit. mag., at the following link: https://barkingsycamores.wordpress.com/2016/03/03/schizophrenic-and-happy-ethar-hamid/ 🙂 thank you so much for viewing. -May, 2015.

-yr 2015 c:

-everyone has certain things for helping get through their day… life is hard, people are mean, the world presses down on u 😢. So: #self-care #spirituality #helping hands (fam/friends/therapist/etc.), #therapuetic measures. -it’s a must!! -“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” -Audrey Lorde. 👏🏾. Self care is political warfare ✊🏾! #pls take good care… ~ty so much for viewing this 🔆. This was completed on January 24, 2018.

A drawing of my favorite scene from Alice in Wonderland – the 2010 movie. – “Have I gone mad?” the Mad Hatter asks his friend Alice, in distress. Alice, like her father did to her all those years ago, places the back of her hand on the Hatter’s forehead, as if checking for signs of feverish delusion. “I’m afraid so,” Alice replies, gently. “You’re completely bonkers. But I’ll tell you a secret—all the best people are.” 🌸🌸- thank you for viewing this. I’m not the best at drawing/art, but oh well. Bye bye.. #alice in wonderland. completed September 3, 2018. 🌞🌞✌🏾☀️

I joined in the effort to sell irises outside of Giant supermarket (in Ashburn, VA) for NAMI-NoVA’s Iris Project. The Iris Project was an effort to raise funds for NAMI NoVA by selling irises-a flower that is a symbol of “hope” for mental health :3 Date attended: Sat., April 5, 2014. c: Pls consider supporting NAMI-NoVA through liking them on Facebook or Instagram, or maybe a donation :3 Thank you*: https://www.nami-northernvirginia.org/about-us.html 💜💟☮️🙏🏽

-found these in the sitting area of my local Robeks (fresh juice and smoothies, and quick eats). This was in mid-July, 2020 :3 I live in Loudoun County :3 of the northern Virginia area…and the greater Washington D.C. metro area :3

-May 19, 2020 :3 I’m not done with it yet though, I guess. :3 ugg idk, who knows :3 :3. Ty**.😘

May 19, 2020 c:

This song is rly** good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDdV-pN9pjk 😢 ‘I’ve had my own dark cloud for a while, now; it goes wherever I’m going’ 😞😞 # The ground can’t get no lower. #maryjblige #MaryJBlige MaryJ #song #music #lyrics #icandobadallbymyself #movie #film ~ #art #artwork #sketch #sketchbook #illustration #drawing #badtimes #life #rough #difficult #pain 😢😞😛🖤🙌🏽 -Illustration completed Friday August 14 2020, 3:11 a.m. est. 💛🙏🏽💟☮️ ty luv u.

hi :3 ty for viewing this. This drawing is based on the song ‘The Scientist,’ by Coldplay. I tried to depict certain (most) lyrics of the song, in this drawing. I actualy also made a speed sketch of this drawing- it’s way more clear how the drawing relates to the song when u watch the speed sketch. :3 here is the link to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBx5AvrkfIk ☮️🧁 ty for watching! #coldplay #song #music #musicandart 😛😛😛😛😗

Hi 🙌🏽 ☮️ Thank u for checking out this post. This is a drawing I completed this past January, ‘19. The idea for this piece – the entire inspiration, actually – came from the song “Praying,” by Kesha. I heard this song – and saw the music video – online, and i rly liked it. It drew me in, rly strongly. Link to the song: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tLR3Gqz5PEs ☯️ The song repeats the phrase “I hope you’re somewhere praying”. This “you” is not identified in the song. So, the person who’s being addressed is not identified. But in my interpretation, this “you” can easily refer to God. Even though God doesn’t pray to anyone, I don’t think (since ‘he’s the supreme being and there’s nothing greater than him/it’ is the logic, I think) – the “you” in this line can still refer to him. The way in which it could refer to god would be (addressing him); “I hope you’re at peace, and I don’t have any venomous feelings towards you. I release you, and I am letting all the hurt you have given me, go.” So, the term “praying” here wouldn’t be a literal praying, but a figurative term for being ok – at peace. The speaker (or Kesha) is telling god “I hope you are at peace. And I release you.” This interpretation of mine is supported by many other verses in the song, like: “Well, you almost had me fooled – told me that I was nothing without you” (the opening lines); “You brought the flames and you put me through hell – I had to learn how to fight for myself”; “After everything you’ve done, I can thank you for how strong I have become”; and “I’ll just say this is I wish you farewell.” These verses can all, together, refer to God. Again, it backs up the idea that the speaker is peacefully letting god go. It’s a really beautiful and unique idea, that one ‘hopes God is somewhere, ‘praying.’ It’s a unique way to express one’s releasing of god. To be honest, I’m not sure if the singer/songwriter (Kesha) would say that this interpretation of mine is valid (regarding her song). But at the same time, one of the beauties of music, lyrics and all art is that the audience can interpret it…rather than there being no chance of more than one interpretation. Or ‘answer’, as in math and other things. *Also: I researched a bit about Kesha online, and learned that she does believe in god/a higher power. But maybe the song is sung from part of her that lets go of the idea of god. (Because – you know – we’re multidimensional beings. All of humanity is, I’m sure.) Or maybe the song is sung from the perspective of someone else. Someone else who is letting god go. In which case my hypothesis would still hold valid, and the “you” in the song could refer to god. I hope all these theories of mine about the song are strong/good.. “Praying” is a really beautiful song – I loved it. I think it’s one that a lot of people should hear/listen to. Just like how the song “Praying”, in my personal interpretation, features someone letting god go, my drawing depicts a woman doing the same. She’s addressing god (depicted with the multi colored shapes and lines), telling him that ‘she hopes he’s somewhere, praying’ (words borrowed from the song). The woman is physically abused, mentally ill, and alone, in life. That may or may not be the reason why she says goodbye to god. In addition: the drawing depicts some aspects of the suffering and unbearableness of life. Things like war, murder, mental illness, slavery, and homelessness are symbolized by my renderings of a bomb, a gun, psychiatric medication, chained hands, and a family living on a street. I thought I’d include the idea of life’s misery in general, in addition to the woman’s specific misery, to strengthen the message of letting god go. Of there being too much misery in life for a benevolent god. -I’m not actually saying to my audience to let god go – it’s more of a spotlight on the idea. A highlighting of the concept, itself . I personally believe in a god//a higher power (just like Kesha does. hehe 🙂). But I don’t blame people who don’t. I think their position (of unbelief) is a legitimate position too, considering everything. -I believe in an afterlife very strongly… so I guess by default I have to believe in an entity that administers (or is in control of) that afterlife. (That’s not the only reason I believe in a higher power, though 😬). -I’m really confused as to the level of suffering around us, though. I think that some suffering – up to a certain level – does give you good character, and so on. Very strongly. It gives you sensitivity to and empathy with other people’s pain and etc., very much so. But sometimes life is unbearable. I don’t know what the point of that is. That’s something I’m grappling with. As in; I know you can’t have a rainbow without the rain, but sometimes the rain is an outpour. And it’s freezing. And it goes on for seemingly forever. So, I don’t necessarily see any meaningfulness in that. I don’t see why life has to be insanely bad, sometimes. The unbearable-ness of life (poverty, mental illness, domestic abuse, crime, etc.) is something I can’t quite understand why. But I’m trying to.. And I’m open to whatever answer may come to me, of course. hehe ok ty🙏🏽

an ‘I’m sorry’ card..lol. remorse is one of the worst feelings , I think. I would love to give these cards to some people I’ve hurt, and receive some for myself, honestly. 😣 *This phrase (‘The pebbles forgive me, the trees forgive me…’) is from the song ‘Anyone Else But You,’ by The Moldy Peaches. This song was also part of the soundtrack to Juno , the movie 😋. Link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-N3BjVMWziE thank u for viewing, lol. #music #songlyrics #movie #forgiveness #remorse #sorry #friends #relationships #communication #presents #cards ~lastly; this #illustration was completed on Tuesday, May 14, 2019.. ty 🎊🎊

c: **the words in the grey box (“ever wonder…”) are from the song “Try,” by Pink 🖤💕😬 the other thing is a snapshot of a journal entry/some thoughts :3 loool ! *i thought both elements (1., the grey box with the anguished/distressed man + the sad words around him, and 2. the optimistic journal entry) would work well together. I considered it as the journal entry sort of answering the man’s distress. So this graphic design piece (?? I think that’s what this is :3) goes from anguish and distress to ‘the answer to the distress’. Like: from problem to solution. (?? 😛 …) 🙏🏽🙏🏽✌🏾⚡️ #drawing #artwork #art #icantdraw #picture #journal #illustration #song #songlyrics #pink #notebook #thoughts #music #scribbles #doodle #bad :3 here’s the song! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fdHCec23BKE ☮️ 💜☯️✌🏾💞🖤

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ePyRrb2-fzs Old song (I think like 12 yrs!), but it’s just as good now.. 🥳😘😎 #onerepublic #musicgroup #band #apologize #song #music #musiclyrics ~ #art #drawing #illustration #artwork #sketch #rose #dyingrose (the lyrics written in this drawing are the most poignant/intense lyrics in the song, I think 😥😓) ok ty, bye, **thank u for viewing** ⚛️

‘al-salam,’ wrtten in arabic. :3 meaning “peace,” or “the Source of Peace.”-this was done with oil paint and pencil.

-feb. 17, 2020 :3 😢

-nov. 17, 2020 🖤🙏🏽

#speaking to people #speech #talking #presentation #communicating #communication #verbal communication #audience #nervous #anxious #worried. #Moses was a great prophet..😥😥 u gotta give him love and a lotta kudos, I guess 😥😢😢😓🥲🥲 #bible #moses. —thank u for seeing this messg🥲🥲 😘😙😗😘😘😘🙏🏽☮️🥺🥲😘

doodle :3 completed February 14, 2020 :3 Valentine’s Day 🥰🥺 I won’t ever have a valentine, tho 🥺 ok bye ty😚 p.s. I’ve no idea what this doodle is, or anything…I don’t know what this is😞 I guess stream of consciousness, in drawing form? A Stream of consciousness doodle. :3 😅😝🥺 ok bye ty😚😽

Hi 🙌🏽 ☮️ Thank u for checking out this post. This is a drawing I completed this past January, ‘19. The idea for this piece – the entire inspiration, actually – came from the song “Praying,” by Kesha. I heard this song – and saw the music video – online, and i rly liked it. It drew me in, rly strongly. Link to the song: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tLR3Gqz5PEs ☯️ The song repeats the phrase “I hope you’re somewhere praying”. This “you” is not identified in the song. So, the person who’s being addressed is not identified. But in my interpretation, this “you” can easily refer to God. Even though God doesn’t pray to anyone, I don’t think (since ‘he’s the supreme being and there’s nothing greater than him/it’ is the logic, I think) – the “you” in this line can still refer to him. The way in which it could refer to god would be (addressing him); “I hope you’re at peace, and I don’t have any venomous feelings towards you. I release you, and I am letting all the hurt you have given me, go.” So, the term “praying” here wouldn’t be a literal praying, but a figurative term for being ok – at peace. The speaker (or Kesha) is telling god “I hope you are at peace. And I release you.” This interpretation of mine is supported by many other verses in the song, like: “Well, you almost had me fooled – told me that I was nothing without you” (the opening lines); “You brought the flames and you put me through hell – I had to learn how to fight for myself”; “After everything you’ve done, I can thank you for how strong I have become”; and “I’ll just say this is I wish you farewell.” These verses can all, together, refer to God. Again, it backs up the idea that the speaker is peacefully letting god go. It’s a really beautiful and unique idea, that one ‘hopes God is somewhere, ‘praying.’ It’s a unique way to express one’s releasing of god. To be honest, I’m not sure if the singer/songwriter (Kesha) would say that this interpretation of mine is valid (regarding her song). But at the same time, one of the beauties of music, lyrics and all art is that the audience can interpret it…rather than there being no chance of more than one interpretation. Or ‘answer’, as in math and other things. *Also: I researched a bit about Kesha online, and learned that she does believe in god/a higher power. But maybe the song is sung from part of her that lets go of the idea of god. (Because – you know – we’re multidimensional beings. All of humanity is, I’m sure.) Or maybe the song is sung from the perspective of someone else. Someone else who is letting god go. In which case my hypothesis would still hold valid, and the “you” in the song could refer to god. I hope all these theories of mine about the song are strong/good.. “Praying” is a really beautiful song – I loved it. I think it’s one that a lot of people should hear/listen to. Just like how the song “Praying”, in my personal interpretation, features someone letting god go, my drawing depicts a woman doing the same. She’s addressing god (depicted with the multi colored shapes and lines), telling him that ‘she hopes he’s somewhere, praying’ (words borrowed from the song). The woman is physically abused, mentally ill, and alone, in life. That may or may not be the reason why she says goodbye to god. In addition: the drawing depicts some aspects of the suffering and unbearableness of life. Things like war, murder, mental illness, slavery, and homelessness are symbolized by my renderings of a bomb, a gun, psychiatric medication, chained hands, and a family living on a street. I thought I’d include the idea of life’s misery in general, in addition to the woman’s specific misery, to strengthen the message of letting god go. Of there being too much misery in life for a benevolent god. -I’m not actually saying to my audience to let god go – it’s more of a spotlight on the idea. A highlighting of the concept, itself . I personally believe in a god//a higher power (just like Kesha does. hehe 🙂). But I don’t blame people who don’t. I think their position (of unbelief) is a legitimate position too, considering everything. -I believe in an afterlife very strongly… so I guess by default I have to believe in an entity that administers (or is in control of) that afterlife. (That’s not the only reason I believe in a higher power, though 😬). -I’m really confused as to the level of suffering around us, though. I think that some suffering – up to a certain level – does give you good character, and so on. Very strongly. It gives you sensitivity to and empathy with other people’s pain and etc., very much so. But sometimes life is unbearable. I don’t know what the point of that is. That’s something I’m grappling with. As in; I know you can’t have a rainbow without the rain, but sometimes the rain is an outpour. And it’s freezing. And it goes on for seemingly forever. So, I don’t necessarily see any meaningfulness in that. I don’t see why life has to be insanely bad, sometimes. The unbearable-ness of life (poverty, mental illness, domestic abuse, crime, etc.) is something I can’t quite understand why. But I’m trying to.. And I’m open to whatever answer may come to me, of course. hehe ok ty🙏🏽

Hi there..this is a sketch i just finished. It is sort of an abstract piece…*it’s inspired by the song ‘I Am Light,’ by singer India Arie. here’s the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ism8dBjxKvc I sort of intended to have the line that says ‘I am not the pieces of the dream I left behind’ to be the main part of the drawing, in a way. The drawing depicts a bunch of pieces (maybe puzzle pieces, I guess),, and so it goes with the line ‘I am not the ~pieces~ of the dream I left behind..’. So that line of the song is the crux of the drawing, in a way :p hehe Ty 🙏🏽🎊✌🏽 Ok bey 😗😝✌🏽😬🙏🏽🎊🍂 (drawing completed today – March 15, 2020.)

Hi, thxx for checking this out (this drawing).The words in this drawing read like this: “Life goes on, it gets so heavy. The wheel breaks, the butterfly.” These are words/lyrics from the song “Paradise,” by Coldplay: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J6ZWlDks0nQ i paired each individual phrase (from the song) with a symbol.. So, each phrase is next to a symbol that reflects the phrase.- the phrase “life goes on” is next to a (funky looking) arrow, pointing north. The arrow representing “life goes on.”-the phrase “it gets so heavy” is next to the heavy weight of a scale. To symbolize “heavy, heaviness…”-the phrase “the wheel breaks” is next to a broken wheel.- and the phrase “the butterfly” is next to a butterfly. (These last two phrases {“the wheel breaks, the butterfly”} were relatively easy to come up with symbols, for.. 😬😬)Ty*. This drawing isn’t that good..But, here’s to music, and here’s to ur sketchbook app (art app) on ur ipad being ur best friend.. b.c nobody else cares to, whatsoever. 😅😅😘ok c u#art #drawing #song #musiclyrics #coldplay 😬😘

This drawing depicts struggles, and asserts that ‘the struggle is nothing but love.’ *This phrase is taken from the song “All The Above,” by Maino, ft. T Pain: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d01ANjFHlRY ~The homeless family depicted in this drawing is actually a cut-out from a different pic I did, a few months ago. You can view that pic here, if u want. It kind of goes into similar themes as this one, here on Instagram: https://findingapeacefulplace.wordpress.com/2019/04/04/drawing/ :3 **ty** for viewing!! 🙏🏽 🙏🏽 ~completed today, Saturday May 4, 2019. #drawing #illustration #song #songlyrics #struggle #love

~another update, done on October 29, 2017 ~ **i took the words in the thought bubble from the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” by poet T.S. Eliot.** -I feel that this phrase/excerpt from the poem is really relatable to everyone; everyone has difficulty expressing themselves, sometimes. (The girl in the drawing definitely can relate to that, as well: she is actually crying out of frustration and sadness at not being able to articulate/express what she means. (She is talking to someone who is not visible, in the drawing.) **last thing: I have a hunch that this feeling (of not being able to articulate what you mean) is often more exaggerated in people with mental illnesses… Because: a lot of mental illnesses often cause cognitive difficulties in the sufferers, like difficulty in organizing thoughts…racing thoughts…and concentration issues. -I can personally completely attest to that: my schizoaffective disorder certainly hinders a lot of my cognition, I am pretty certain. 😣 But, at the same time, there is a kind of humor and lightness in all this as well, I think. Because, it’s like our thoughts are in limbo, kind of floating above us, but just not intelligible to anyone in the vicinity. It’s pathetic, but there’s humor in there, as well. (Like: the person who you’re talking to in the conversation doesn’t know about your problem, when it comes to talking/articulating. Partially because mental illness doesn’t have any physical traits, to it. -the whole scenario a bit funny, in that way. (Sad and pathetic, but funny.) -well ty so much for viewing this piece! I think I am almost done with it–just some more finishing touches, hopefully. Ty, 💜💜🦋-ethar

raining roses, lol 😅😜🌧. Or I guess, roses falling from the sky 😜🌹🌹 completed this at age 17. i was alright back then, now I’m more messed up than I was then. :3 and this thing sux, i.m.h.o. -Ty for viewing! 😘😘☯️