This drawing is deep....
I was just scrolling last night and I saw it. I stopped. I zoomed it. I looked at it again and again.
You can see two faces in one head. One face is calm, eyes closed, like she is trying to be fine. The other face under it is shouting, crying, angry. Like pain is hiding inside.
I felt it immediately.
Because this is us. This is how we live.
Outside we smile. We take picture and post. We say "I dey okay". But inside, many things dey worry us. School stress, no money, family problem, fear of tomorrow. We just hide it.
As a student, I know this feeling. Sometimes you are in class, you are laughing with your friends, but inside your head is full. You are thinking, how will I pay this fee? How will I do this assignment? Why am I feelingg like this?....... But you cannot shout. So you just keep a calm face.
The person that drew this, he tried. The pencil work is deep. You can feel the pain in the second face. It is not just drawing, na emotion.
It made me think, how many people around me are wearing this same calm face but inside they are screaming?_____ My roommate, my sister, my friend online.
So I wanted to share it here.
If you are feeling like that second face, you are not alone. I have felt like that too. It is okay to not be fine all the time. Talk to someone. Write it. Cry if you want. Don't just keep everything inside and be forming strong person.
What do you see when you look at this picture?........ Tell me in comment.
I did not draw this. The drawing has signature on it. All credit to the artist. I just saw it and it touched me, so I share here for inspiration.