illustration friday - alone

At first I thought the topic "alone" was too gloomy, but yesterday I got the chance to sit quietly alone and I remembered that it can be a wonderful thing. I sat on my brother's front steps waiting for Paul, looking at birds, watching the sky (see below) and generally decompressing. I went from feeling rather terrible and grumpy to feeling nicer and calmer, exited about the shadows the sun made through bare branches on roof tops and the color of the darkening sky. I got back into myself instead of fretting and comparing myself to everybody else.

Comments

[hannah]

beatiful! i do like sitting in the sunshine checking out nature by myself. speaking of checking out, tania you must go look at the pictures posted on amy's blog angry chicken. there is a link from my page. specifically the leaf mobile, it so made me think of you!

[Cin]

so like your figure and the contemplative looking at the bird, so quiet, peaceful, alone, healing, lovely

[Denis]

I really like this. Lovely style.

[Denis]

I really like this. Lovely style.

[joleen]

of course, i love this. such a beautiful reminder that being alone IS a great thing a lot of times. I know when I'm alone it gives me the opportunity to relax and create in peace. :D

[thesoulofhope]

Very nice, and I like how you came to it by realzing that being alone can be a good thing!

[Débora Figueiredo]

Beautifull, the girl looks so calm and quiet.

[natalie]

really beautiful drawing...love the watercoloury patterns

[myra]

Sweet and beautiful drawing! I'm trying to remember the name of a song that has the lyrics, "just because we're alone doesn't mean that we're lonely".

[rosa]

i LOVE this :)

[meg]

I think how we interpret alone is how we're feeling at that given moment. My immediate reaction was sadness. It's so nice to see yours was the opposite.

Beautiful color choices and great detail, as always. What else can I say? :)

[laura r.]

an epiphany

[Leslie]

Love your illo -- so sweet!

And being alone is *so* wonderful for me........all the quiet peacefulness, no kids screaming. Dreamy. Simply dreamy! :)

[susanne]

well said. lovely illo, makes me smile :)

[bellablue]

So sweet... I remember having a bird land on my hand in Boston Commons as a child and being completely mesmerized (and a bit freaked out too! LOL!)

[kim]

the words and image very beautiful tania.