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This illustration depicts complete desolation. It is as though the creature knows that where it is heading to nobody will follow. The road is like a never-ending spiral; the creature is so used to looking "down" that its head is always pointing towards its own feet, not the sky.
I love this work. I don't know much about art, but I would not be surprised to see it in a Gallery.
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That's really kind of you to say! I'm glad you can appreciate it and relate to it. Most charcoal drawings just came in my mind spontaneously and it's amazing what stories could be read from it!
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in a hole from drugs and drinking...in a gutter for a few years....doing great now!
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That sounds bad... Good for you to get out of it!!
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It feels like the mule/horse/whatever is clopping through the digestive system. Like, this is the stomach, and off he goes towards the spleen and pancreas and the small intestines...
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I guess I have a pretty odd imagination.
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No problem! Odd imaginations are the most interesting ones!
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Work smooth work with charcoal is so impressive, Essy and although I've got a degree in literature and love the works of Garcia Lorca and am familiar with Don Quixote, I couldn't help but think of the old western adage, "You can lead a horse to drink, but you can't make him water."
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Okay, I'm Dutch... What does it mean?
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Heheh, silly girl, being Dutch has nothing to do with not understanding it. I've switched the saying around, the original adage is, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." When you see it in it's original context is means that you can give someone what they need (usually advice), but they might not want to use it.
My brother and I used to have fun changing the order of verbal clichΓ©s.
I'm sure you've heard the saying (as another way to say yes), "Is the Pope Catholic?" or "Does a bear shit in the woods?" Well my brother and I would say, "Is a bear Catholic?" or "Does the Pope shit in the woods?"
Of course he sometimes gets people angry when he does this. Once we ran into two girls he knew at a bar and instead of saying "What are two nice girls like you doing in a place like this?" he said, "What are two girls like you doing in a nice place like this?" Of course they knew his sense of humor and didn't really get angry with him.
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Yes, Rebecca once translated a word play you both exchanged in one of your comments. You two are both very witty.
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"You're no match for me"?
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Yes, that was the one and it was funny once Rebecca translated it.
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Leuk dat je daaraan denkt bij deze tekening! Ik heb het niet bewust zo gedaan dat je het daarmee associeert, maar ik vind het wel een mooi verhaal!
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Weird, as soon as I saw this, I immediately thought of Federico Garcia Lorca's poem "CanciΓ³n del Jinete" (translates as "Horseman's Song")--it's the perfect illustration for the poem. If you aren't familiar with it, you should read it: [link]
Some of the emotion is lost through the English translation, but if you aren't familiar with Spanish, the translation is roughly as follows:
"Cordoba.
Distant and alone.
Little black horse, giant moon,
and olives in my saddlebag.
Even though I know the road,
I never will arrive at Cordoba.
Over the plain, through the wind,
Little black horse, blood-red moon.
Death is watching me
From the towers of Cordoba.
Oh, such a long road!
Oh, my valiant little horse!
Oh, the Reaper will take me
before I ever reach Cordoba!
Cordoba.
Distant and alone."
Anyway, just thought I'd share that. Nice work.
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Thanks for sharing! You're right, it looks like the drawing goes with the poem. But I really didn't know it... 
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i like the gloomy feel to this piece and the contrast. looks great
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I really like how flat the figure is against the more rounded scenery. Nice work!
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This is such a sad image, I love the fact that it is in charcoal, it makes it all the more gloomy.
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Thanks for commenting scrattletrap!
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He is so cute and so alone
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