Another Forgotten Memory

     This has been the most emotional piece I have every done. What it means to me is just so important and special in so many ways, but mostly it is a memory of my grandma. Obviously, not a specific memory as I was only like 9 months when the original picture was taken, but a memory of everything my grandma is and was to me. I feel like I have finally accomplished something special and meaningful and it is definitely something I am proud of. It represents how someone you know can start out so normal, and then everything just changes so much that you don't even know who they are anymore.
     The process of actually making this piece was extremely emotional to me, and I started feeling it before I even started as my previous post states. I first sketched out the image on a large piece of illustration board and every single line i added just gave me more and more emotion. Every mark brought my grandma's image more and more to life for me. By the time I had the roughest outline possible, I was sitting in my living room sobbing for lost time, for forgotten memories, for just being sad about her no longer being who she used to be. It was somewhat of a healing experience and oddly also a growing experience. For the first time in my life, art was a way for me to express myself in the truest way possible. It is a moment I will never forget; not only because of the images and video that remain, but because it was a growing experience for me as a person and an artist.