Tired millennial, occasional maker of cursed art. Member of Vlogbrothers' slightly twisted, artistic fanbase. Find me on Instagram as @/alys.creative! She/her.
It’s probably not finished yet. I’m unsure about including the poem at the top, and my own journey is far from over. But, it’s done enough for me to share while I wait!
It’s really quite personal for me and steeped in meaning. It represents a lot of the emotions and frustrations I’ve been feeling this year around my personal health and how menstrual health conditions are treated both in society and medically.
It has been rolled and hung and folded and stroked and cradled. It has been admired, and treasured. It has also been changed - bits have been removed and permanently marked. It will never be the same again.
I am officially giving up on trying to do any kind of October drawing challenge. Here’s some baked goods instead, drawn without references from the back of a car in the southern bits of France!