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For a friend----------------------
We were just two souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year
OK, this is probably the most emotional piece i've ever done and probably will ever do, cus frankly its tearing my mind to shreds.
On this day (april 14th) exactly one year ago a very close friend of mine was found hanging from a tree in a nearby forest, he had decided the night before to take his own life. I found out about it two weeks later in a payphone on the other side of the world, Australia. It was quite a shock for me as you'd understand, since hes allways been a normal, happy and outgoing guy, he had all the friends you could ask for, a beautiful girlfriend, really good at sports and so on. He was comin down to australia to travel with me and everything seemed so good. But obviously everything wasn't as good as everybody thought.
It's quite hard to grasp what really has happened when you're so far away i guess. All the questions spinning around like a spiked mace inside my head was just horrible, but he had really made up his mind it seemed, since he did it in such a fatal way. If it had been pills for example it would be more of a cry for help, but hanging yourself, then you're pretty fucking set for what's gonna happen.
However I managed to pull through in my own way, and after comin home i've realized i did right in staying down there. This past year has been a black year for most of the people here at home, and it would probably have been for me too if i'd flew home earlier to visit the funeral and stuff.
Nowadays i'm pretty much fed up with all the depressing thoughts and shit, it's just not healthy. Besides hes motto in life was "life is a party", and im pretty sure he wouldn't want ppl to go around feelin sorry and depressed. Thoughts about stuff we used to do, and when we were younger still pops up almost everyday, and actually its not the least depressing, more like bittersweet, and that i can take.
Anyway, on this yearsday of his death i wanted to do something special for him and for myself. After all art is an great way of expressing ourselves.
Please note that critique is discouraged on this one for obvious enough reasons, so please be thoughtful of what you write.
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Comments: 320
Jaager [2007-11-03 16:52:52 +0000 UTC]
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
Grym bild. Γlskar lΓ₯ten
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jessup1 [2007-10-26 14:47:27 +0000 UTC]
Your work is great. this piece especially. You should be proud of yourself and your skills, im sure your friend is proud of you and honoured by this bit of work!
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DiscoBear [2007-10-24 21:12:14 +0000 UTC]
very emotional. I really like this design, I am sorry for your friend ...
Take care !
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lolabunnie [2007-10-21 02:09:51 +0000 UTC]
my loss is nothing like yours.
and yet this picture brings out a flood of emotion.
i'm so terribly sorry for your loss.
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EazeR [2007-10-05 21:07:50 +0000 UTC]
wow man, I almost got some tears in my eyes... Always think of your friend being above you, up in the sky looking down on you...
ps. One of the best pieces of art i've ever seen!
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theHuRriC4nE [2007-08-22 13:44:54 +0000 UTC]
Your work is very beautiful. Has interesting details.
One Question i have: Are those words from "Wish You Were Here" from Pink Floyd? I really love the song. Never really understood the lyrics completely i think, but it always makes me sad little to hear it.
I think the text (as far as I've understand it) is very good in relation to your sad story.
"How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year " <-- the song is so great in so many ways.
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moodSwing08 In reply to theHuRriC4nE [2007-08-22 16:43:09 +0000 UTC]
thank you
yeah mr Waters is a great lyricist, one of the greatest imo
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thisiskevin [2007-06-29 08:09:30 +0000 UTC]
i've found myself returning to look at this piece numerous times lately, and it truly is one of the best i have ever seen. this i feel is true art, a piece motivated through actual experience and life. thank you for making this.
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chrismakesmusic [2007-06-27 04:10:44 +0000 UTC]
Wow, this is deep. I don't see this much emotion attached to alot of art, it really adds alot. Deepest sympathies to you and his sister and anyone who had to go through something like this.
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FloydJunkie [2007-06-05 07:04:29 +0000 UTC]
The emotions you've conveyed via this piece are incredible.This is my current desktop background, it fits so well with everything that has been happening, though it may not be as powerful as the true meaning behind it.
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SuperSalter [2007-05-16 17:17:07 +0000 UTC]
Stunning piece of work, and its very touching.
Sorry for your loss.
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idyllis [2007-04-07 06:43:51 +0000 UTC]
my condolences. i'm very sorry for you and the people who are affected by this.
your image is a very good tribute to your friendship with him. the organic flowy shapes seem to be a vague, but intense recollection of the memories you had with this person. it looks traumatic, like it's struggling beneath the current. the little images shows a sense of history shared, happy times and not so. bittersweet, as you've mentioned. because your subjects do not look like they continue out of the frame, and because of the monotone, it suggests fatality, an end in place and time.
very spiritual, and very earthly piece at the same time.
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hotlikecandy [2007-03-17 15:28:49 +0000 UTC]
it's the story behind it that makes the art such a masterpiece.
knowing that you gave your heart to that person when he was alive is all that matters.you will be together again soon.but not too soon.smile when you remember.
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imnotlazy [2007-03-07 19:05:55 +0000 UTC]
the small image looks better than big but both are very good.
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Eliasklingen [2007-03-06 21:57:36 +0000 UTC]
Riktigt fint skrivet, blev berΓΆrd som fan.
En nΓ€ra vΓ€n till mig var i samma situation som dig, hans bΓ€sta vΓ€n hΓ€ngde sig i sin vΓ₯ningssΓ€ng, och han har haft vΓ€ldigt svΓ₯rt att ta sig ur depressionen.
Ska ta och visa honom den hΓ€r
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No-More-Ignorance [2007-02-15 14:41:19 +0000 UTC]
Give life its real sence, its beautiful objectifs
we hate suicide
no more ignorance for this kind of end, of death..
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catagory17 [2007-02-14 03:59:41 +0000 UTC]
fav for sure
i love the brightness and the composition is perfect
great job
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Ensiferum1354 [2007-02-09 02:45:57 +0000 UTC]
very moving indeed
i know just how you feel, my closest friend left this world a couple of months ago
he loved art like this
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lucye82 In reply to ??? [2007-01-14 19:27:31 +0000 UTC]
soul touching..., and gorgeous design
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Lancia-Stratos [2007-01-09 20:01:28 +0000 UTC]
ill raise a glass for ur friend ...
i have to say this is a very impressive work of art to dedicate for him
instant +fav
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DefectiveProduct0 [2007-01-06 21:28:38 +0000 UTC]
Absolutely incredible.
I love it.
My all-time favorite.
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TormentedWhore [2007-01-02 17:17:17 +0000 UTC]
ur story shocked me abit...had a friend a year..exact thing happened...!!
guess more more ppl get drawn to that direction with the speed that life is becoming a right massacre!!
great work! keep it up!
have a great 2007!...
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moodSwing08 In reply to TormentedWhore [2007-01-02 18:23:00 +0000 UTC]
Thank you, sorry for your friend too. And i think you're right, the preassure on todays young people is getting out of control.
Best wishes for you and your friends close ones, and have a nice new year
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Neko-Txiki [2007-01-01 21:40:19 +0000 UTC]
Love how the image is so soft and so strong at the same time, and BW, the composition and the message inside, I'm really sorry for your friend but I feel happy about that you decided to go on with your own life
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moodSwing08 In reply to Neko-Txiki [2007-01-02 18:24:08 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for the kind words
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bosho [2006-12-20 06:04:10 +0000 UTC]
this is just perfect . i am learnig from you alot ,thank you for the good art
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Jorizzz [2006-12-02 13:37:50 +0000 UTC]
Very nice piece you have here and it really touches my emotion plus I feel so sorry for your friend and your question about why did he hang himself?
I don't think there's a clear answer for this but just a mixture of complicated feelings, I'm also a happy guy, got a nice girlfriend enjoy life ad that's what other people think as well, but I have these moments when I'm just sitting in my room drinking a glass and smoking a cig listening to some music and I start thinking.
Thinking about the world, thinking about what had happend to me and what's going to happen next, philosphy about death and damn, I can be so depressed after that.
It's not always what people show what they really are or how they really feel I think your friend twisted himself in such a posistion that he felt no other options than to hang himself wich I dispite and I feel hard for you there mate.
At the moment he wanted to hang himself I'm sure he tought of you there mate and he wished you would live happily after.
Tonight I'll have a toast on your friend.
Good luck and best wishes!
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moodSwing08 In reply to Jorizzz [2006-12-02 23:20:05 +0000 UTC]
Many thanks for the kind words.
I think we all have those moments, some have them more often than others though. But in our sober lifes we rarely speak of them, because we're afraid of sounding melodramatic and of being vulnerable i think. I think in most cases it comes down to pride, if the pride is so strong that it won't allow you to show your weaknesses infront of others, even best friends, it can become very dangerous for a depressed person. There are alot of things that i can feel depressed about, like what am i doing with my life? why cant i find a nice and interesting girl who likes me back other than for sex? what's the point? etc
I figure that, nomatter how clichΓ© it is i don't care, life is actually too short for such things as being depressed. And if i'd ever wanna kill myself it would be when i'm around 60-70 without a working liver or lung, then i'll spend all my savings on cocaine and go out in a white powdery flash But until then i want to experience soo much more in this life..
Cheers
M
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Bails [2006-11-30 18:54:20 +0000 UTC]
this is brilliant, sorry to hear about your friend, that is tragic
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AlmightyDFA [2006-11-05 21:30:08 +0000 UTC]
! This is what art is all about, turning emotions into beautiful, tangible works everyone can apreciate.
Great piece of art, I'm really sorry about your friend...
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cheduardo2k [2006-10-19 07:22:34 +0000 UTC]
Great art... a close friend died just days ago.... its sad, but... life go on.. i saw this and i have to fav it... #1, for your friend, for my friend!... sorry the emotive i am right now.. just letting out all this sh..
c'ya
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seika-delight [2006-10-08 03:32:20 +0000 UTC]
This is a wonderful piece for your friend. Thanks for making it and sharing the memory of your friend with us.
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