I drew Alex right after Katie. When Alex sat down in the chair she gave a slight smile, but was quite opposite of Katie. She was more content, and calm, and she used that as greeting unlike the way Katie greeted me. I related myself to Katie so much prior to Alex, that when Alex first sat down I thought that since she wasn’t much like Katie; someone I related so much to, this would be a process of drawing someone who isn’t very much like me. That was my first proposed guess or assumption. And that assumption turned into a serious joke because if there is anyone I drew who was like me, it was Alex. The more I talked to Alex, the more I related and saw myself reflecting off of her. Alex is a girl who truly radiates the words strong and pure, she is so undeniably beautiful.
When we first got started, Alex was asking me questions. I didn’t want to blow off her questions, but I worried I wouldn’t be able to get enough word in to learn about her. However, her questions to me did just the opposite. They immediately showed me her values and her intelligence, and how she is a deep person of concern with an open heart; her questions were not basic and she was not asking them to just pass time, but because she cared to seek answers and interpret them. Soon enough, they led to providing me with answers from her also. Almost anything each of us said, the other could relate to, it was almost bizarre.
She told me how much she loved sunsets, which was so ironic because the colors I saw in her and the way she radiated was like a sunset. Not like sunshine, but like a purple sky when the sun goes down; she is deep, and cool, but captivating. She told me how sometimes when she sees them, it moves her so much to tears. I always cry when I see things that I cannot explain. I cry when something is so big or beyond my mortality, even if it’s just a giant group of birds flying around me, and I had never met anyone who valued the simple things like this so much till Alex. Our similarities didn’t stop here. When we started discussing life stories, ours were nearly one in the same. As a matter of fact, I could relate to her feelings so much, Alex made me tear up/ cry. I absolutely admired her. She was so poised, and grown up, but so humble.
She talked to me about forgiveness and rebirth of feelings, trust, and understanding. She is a girl who has so much seen hurt, and been hurt, but she is not afraid to jump into things that can hurt her still, which is bravery at its finest. While talking to her, I saw a strong girl with I side I yearned for. Her strength wasn’t practiced, it was so real and it wasn’t strength to keep protected or keep pain out, it was strength of building and understanding. The whole time I drew her, I yearned to carry that same quality, till now I am sitting here and thinking of her, I am realizing something.
Alex directly quoted “You don’t need to know someone to see ourselves within them. We are the same.” Before I knew Alex, all along, we had the same story. We were in so many ways the same it was unbelievable. Opening up, led us with the opportunity to share this and celebrate this, and appreciate it, but all along it was always the same. She was completely right; we don’t need to know people to see ourselves. However, what is most important about this quote is simply its recognition. I so much admired Alex and yearned for a strength she had, however, if we are the same, there is not a single reason why I cannot form it for myself. She is so right, we exist in one another, but when we share that existence, we learn that we hold equal potentials. With my luck, Alex showed me my potential, and inspired me so much. Her quote captivates all she taught me. We should be aware as well as understanding to those surrounding us, because in the end, we are the same. And when we are inspired, use that equality as motivation; we all exist in one another. Alex is beautiful, in every sense of the word; she, to me, is very much a sunset.
When we first got started, Alex was asking me questions. I didn’t want to blow off her questions, but I worried I wouldn’t be able to get enough word in to learn about her. However, her questions to me did just the opposite. They immediately showed me her values and her intelligence, and how she is a deep person of concern with an open heart; her questions were not basic and she was not asking them to just pass time, but because she cared to seek answers and interpret them. Soon enough, they led to providing me with answers from her also. Almost anything each of us said, the other could relate to, it was almost bizarre.
She told me how much she loved sunsets, which was so ironic because the colors I saw in her and the way she radiated was like a sunset. Not like sunshine, but like a purple sky when the sun goes down; she is deep, and cool, but captivating. She told me how sometimes when she sees them, it moves her so much to tears. I always cry when I see things that I cannot explain. I cry when something is so big or beyond my mortality, even if it’s just a giant group of birds flying around me, and I had never met anyone who valued the simple things like this so much till Alex. Our similarities didn’t stop here. When we started discussing life stories, ours were nearly one in the same. As a matter of fact, I could relate to her feelings so much, Alex made me tear up/ cry. I absolutely admired her. She was so poised, and grown up, but so humble.
She talked to me about forgiveness and rebirth of feelings, trust, and understanding. She is a girl who has so much seen hurt, and been hurt, but she is not afraid to jump into things that can hurt her still, which is bravery at its finest. While talking to her, I saw a strong girl with I side I yearned for. Her strength wasn’t practiced, it was so real and it wasn’t strength to keep protected or keep pain out, it was strength of building and understanding. The whole time I drew her, I yearned to carry that same quality, till now I am sitting here and thinking of her, I am realizing something.
Alex directly quoted “You don’t need to know someone to see ourselves within them. We are the same.” Before I knew Alex, all along, we had the same story. We were in so many ways the same it was unbelievable. Opening up, led us with the opportunity to share this and celebrate this, and appreciate it, but all along it was always the same. She was completely right; we don’t need to know people to see ourselves. However, what is most important about this quote is simply its recognition. I so much admired Alex and yearned for a strength she had, however, if we are the same, there is not a single reason why I cannot form it for myself. She is so right, we exist in one another, but when we share that existence, we learn that we hold equal potentials. With my luck, Alex showed me my potential, and inspired me so much. Her quote captivates all she taught me. We should be aware as well as understanding to those surrounding us, because in the end, we are the same. And when we are inspired, use that equality as motivation; we all exist in one another. Alex is beautiful, in every sense of the word; she, to me, is very much a sunset.
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