Fantastic Reality Drawing

"I'm going to be a mermaid." My friend said this to me, totally serious, as she was dropping me off at my parent's house. We were both eighteen, not really grown up, but still adults, and I thought she was crazy. I had just told my parents I was going to be an actress, but here was my friend, wanting to be a mythical creature. We stayed kind of close for a while, but I changed my major and she got busy with life, and then one day I saw her online, and... SHE WAS A MERMAID. In the water, with a tail, smiling and beautiful and everything she said she wanted to be. She is probably the most magical person I know. Not because she encountered a sea witch and had her wish granted, but because she had this one impossible goal for her whole life, and she made it happen. How many dreams did I discard because someone told me they would never come true? What would I be today if I had believed in myself the way she did? Can I reach back through time to support my younger self and regain that lost confidence and potential? As a kid I was never into unicorns and princesses, but now, whenever what I want seems too hard, or out of reach, or just not destined for me, I think of mermaids. And I try. This artwork was featured in my exhibition, "GRRRLS Like Us" at the Cherry Hill Village Theater in Canton, MI

Drawing:Pencil on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:35 W x 23 H x 0.1 D in

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