Wow. Normally I don't click on anything in the Newest Deviations column, but this just got my eye. Excellent pen work.

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B.A. Baracus: I thought you weren't crazy no more?
Murdock: Only on paper.

this is something i can really relate to

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black is all i feel
so this is how it feels
to be free
(alice in chains)
R.I.P Layne Staley

Charming, in many ways. Very charged, somehow. Haha, I can't directly relate, but I do have certain remnants of grief over similar tragic tales. And I can appreciate the intrinsic beauty in this.

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Let them carry me away, to any place that they have chosen for me. One day I become the stream - the stream that flows to the ocean; the moment of peace right before drowning.
-- The Ocean Collective, 'One With the Ocean'

Oh yes, I recalled something still. [link]

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Let them carry me away, to any place that they have chosen for me. One day I become the stream - the stream that flows to the ocean; the moment of peace right before drowning.
-- The Ocean Collective, 'One With the Ocean'

Thank you for your comment, it's very much appreciated. I don't expect everyone to relate to any of these drawings, you should have seen the faces of people when I had to exibit my work at the end of my Art College year... Most people were quite disturbed and disgusted. Maybe people are scared to admit that they feel these sorts of things. Maybe they don't want to be reminded.

Thank you for the lyrics.. I can't say I'm familiar with the band itself, but the song with it's Biblical connotation... I guess it's fitting. Someone fucking someone else up in the context of love. .. Ahh what can you do...

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...All This Pain Is An Illusion...

Indeed; we come in all colours and shades, some too strong or bright for others to behold.

Sentenced are well worth getting to know to if any kind of melancholy music catches your ear. One of Finland's greatest acts, 1989-2005, requiescat in pace. True to all great entities, Sentenced willingly "went to the grave" over the course of the year 2005, as they were at their peak. [link] And their lyrics are well worth a mention, too. [link]

Finland seems to be full of melancholy acts and depressive walls of sound, of all sorts... Go figure.

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Let them carry me away, to any place that they have chosen for me. One day I become the stream - the stream that flows to the ocean; the moment of peace right before drowning.
-- The Ocean Collective, 'One With the Ocean'

Wonderful artwork. I can very much relate to the meaning. My only question is that while i don't deny that we feel like this sometimes do you not think that it is rather graphic and ultimately no matter what you do it is going to shock people? Plus i think most people would rather forget such events and do not enjoy recalling them. It is still an amazing artwork albeit a tad depressing.

Thank you for a lovely comment! I do appreciate it very much, and I did get those sort of responses quite often.

But that is just the thing; people WOULD rather forget such events, I'm trying to challenge that notion. It is uncomfortable to think of those moments when we felt most alone and forgotten - but we can't deny that they existed. We need to learn from these experiences and face them. The only reason someone would find it uncomfortable to recall is because he hasn't dealt with it properly in the first place... At least in my opinion.

The reason I drew that was an expulsion of the feeling from myself, like admitting that I feel that way, and the only way to get it out was to put it into a visual form... and strangely every time I do it with a piece of work, I feel lighter.





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...All This Pain Is An Illusion...

Thanks for the reply. It definitely challenges people ideas. I hope you continue to produce more great work.