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Dreaming of Spring

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Another :icontriumphartbook: contest entry.
1. Name: Athena Lim
2. Title: Dreaming of Spring
3. Season picked: winter.
Texture by Gemma Wright :icondazzle-textures: Thank you for the free use :)


This drawing is dedicated to my older sister, who passed away due to cancer last February. That's why I'm trying to draw something that will encourage people, especially cancer patients, to live their life fully, just like she did. I'm sure she doesn't have any regrets leaving this world so early.

As you can guess, this piece tells about triumph over sickness and other sufferings this world has to offer us.

Everything in this piece represents hopes, promises, faith, and courage. There are wishing stars, paper cranes, rainbows, all sorts of flowers which represent the four points I'm trying to convey (I'll put up the list later on), wishing wells, genie lamps, a cross, and other things as well. The girl, or boy (you can interpret this any way you like) in this picture is suffering from cancer, but she tries to live her life as well as she could, by not letting her disease stop her from doing things she like (drawing, playing games, reading, etc). Hence the title dreaming of spring, for in the midst of winter, we can always have hope. We have to hope for the best, for there is always the promise of spring. And I can tell you, that hope is the last thing that dies.

I can't promise that every cancer patients will get well over time, but I'm sure that if you live your life out fully, you won't have any regrets in dying. For after this life, there is another life much more beautiful, which lasts eternally. This is represented from the phoenix drawing, for phoenixes represent rebirth and eternal life.

My sister said that when she's undergoing chemotherapy, there are always those people who cries and looks like they don't have any hope left. That's not the right way to endure this suffering. They should be optimistic, and do all the things they do, before their time runs out. They shouldn't worry about it, because all people die anyway, and healthy people could die sooner. Everyone is under a constant threat of death, by accident, by sickness, or simply dying. Cancer patients, while they still live, could always hope for the best. Everyone is under the same threat of death anyway. Although sometimes their sickness hurt them, they should try to undergo it as happily as possible.

There are still things you can do with your life. Work. Have fun. Be with your friends and family. Even if you're hospitalized you can always surf the internet, or draw, or write, or read, or create small things. There's no point in making yourself miserable.
And I know it's hard. I saw my sister undergo the same things. But people can try. After all, if such a pessimist like her can live happily, then I think others can too.

This is not dedicated solely to cancer patients, but to everyone. While you still live, try to live it out as fully as possible. Leave a mark in this world, and be kind to others. Like the famous saying goes, "Carpe Diem." or Seize the Day.

I hope this piece makes it to the art book. It would mean so much to me.


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kiki1ww's avatar
this is absolutely stunning, i love it! you have such a talent, please never ever stop drawing :la:
the world of art would be a darker place without you ^^