#keepcreatingwithmichelle2021

"hold on" Not a semi colon but will turn it into one... . Challenge from @brushstrokesbymichelle #WorldWatercolorMonth and #KeepCreatingWithMichelle2021 using @winsorandnewton from @pulpandpigmentph @princetonbrush detailer, mini watercolor book from PH artstores @quiversmithsph https://www.instagram.com/p/CRJhRUJjWC7/?utm_medium=tumblr

Honestly, I'm grateful to God for my depression episodes and suicide ideation. Yes! I'm grateful. it's a blessing! (Albeit in disguise) . WHY? Because it offers me things I can never have achieved without experiencing it first hand: perspective, empathy and understanding beyond those who have never suffered (this way)... A more mindful existence . And I think one of the reasons why the divine let's us (the "smart", the "successful", the "religious") experience this pain too, is because we're more sure of how we express ourselves! And we can finally FINALLY give voice to those less eloquent than us. We can finally defend fellow warriors from the toxic-positivity of others. We can say "I'm religious but I still have bad mental health." "I have a high paying job but I still get stressed." "I am grateful for this life but it doesn't stop the suicidal thoughts." We are the irony. We are the paradox... To show everyone that no one is immune to sickness and suffering. . Challenge from @brushstrokesbymichelle #WorldWatercolorMonth and #KeepCreatingWithMichelle2021 using @schmincke @princetonbrush @derwentartofficial @cansonpaper from PH artstores @pulpandpigmentph @artnebulaph #artnebulaph_community https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHEBJNjNkm/?utm_medium=tumblr

"Continue" . Even if it's not perfect... Even when you feel you can't... Even when it feels like it won't change anything... We still have stories to tell #Piscesean . . So... I'd be lying if I said I didn't cry while painting this. Suicide ideation continues. @projsemicolon is such a simple but meaningful movement that I fully support. I'm going to paint more semi-colons . Roses are always my default loose watercolor subject. Red and black are my Highschool color theme 🤣 (I'm a goth and Jigoku Shoujo was my fave show) . Challenge from @brushstrokesbymichelle #WorldWatercolorMonth and #KeepCreatingWithMichelle2021 using @sennelier1887 @holbein_art @pinta.ph #kolibribrushes @cansonpaper @colirocolors from PH artstores @pulpandpigmentph @artnebulaph #artnebulaph_community https://www.instagram.com/p/CREIx20jbTD/?utm_medium=tumblr