Travailart

Still Capable

of Goodness and Beauty.

What a load off my chest! How refreshing it is to draw from the heart without restraints, with only passion and feelings. To really mean it. To draw for myself (and all my favourite things!).

And this is who I want to be. To have suffered, to have hurt, but still be capable of good and capable of creating beauty. To have it seep from all the wounds, where every scar is a promise of hope and a reminder that it's in you to make the best of everything. To overcome.

28 Things

1. I know exactly what sound I like in music
2. I hate itchy throats, runny and simultaneously stuffy noses the most when I'm sick
3. I've come to the realization that 10% of my brain is always elsewhere
4. I always plan out, the night before, what outfit to wear
5. I probably have more 10 different red lipsticks
6. I prefer to eat my ice cream, not by licks
7. It hurts me most when people don't appreciate me
8. I think being meticulous and persistent is key
9. I'm slowly starting to learn to let go
10. But it's still hard saying no
11. I like long-sleeved dresses and midi skirts
12. Upon reflection, I think I'm a pretty lame flirt
13. I like sleeping between two pillows
14. I get inspired by my lows
15. I like a really good, inky, black pen
16. I still feel uncomfortable in the presence of many men
17. When I have my headphones on, it's zen
18. Been that way since the age of ten
19. I prefer eating vegetables over fruits and meats
20. I more than welcome the summer heat
21. I find that I do like challenges (most of the time)
22. What I learned is mine
23. When I'm angry, I can feel dark tendrils emanating from me
24.  (I can be overdramatic sometimes, you see)
25. Colours make me happy
26. Not speaking for a long time actually makes me yappy
27. Sometimes I wish I can sing out loud in public
28. If given the choice, this is still the path I'd pick.

Tradition! Not really poetry, but I tried to make it rhyme. All truths. 

NA LCS 2017 Spring Split Finals!

I'll never forget the deafening roar that erupted in the stadium when we all felt it in all our beings, that they had won. Top 10 feelings.

April 22: Third Placement matches - Flyquest versus Phoenix 1. They had a couple of tables for you to draw signs. Never been so empty-minded (all energy used in excitement). Then took a photo with Amumu (see, I like him, he can be my friend). Casters for this series (Zirene, Kobe, and Riv)! They be my favourites (plus Jatt). And of course, the now infamous pigeon that stole the show and predicted the outcome. What prophetic bird.

April 23: Finals - TSM versus Cloud 9. I came prepared with my own sign. Thought it would be funny to put up a score of 10 for every awesome play that took place. Like how they do it in gymnastics, ha! Can't take photos without making faces.

That's the closest I'll ever come to touching the trophy... Introducing the players... and first blood by TSM! (I may have sat still in my seat, but all my insides were dancing crazily, happily.)

Kobe! *heart* And then... TSM WON! It was such an intense series. The first two games were won so decisively by TSM that we all thought it was going to be a sweep. But nah, TSM decided to give our money's worth for the tickets and lost two games. Last game. Super. Nail. Biting. It was so damn close... but TSM took the opportunity and ran with it and the stadium, the energy in the stadium could power an entire city! That unity, that happiness, that relief, all wrapped into one. It's so overwhelming, I was overflowing with all these colours of emotions that I still cannot describe.

BJERGJERG! *heart* You's mah favouright!

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Now, for some miscellaneous photos: 

In-game photo; 

Pigeon champ; 

Biofrost, Vancouver native, woo!; 

The trophy, it gleams; 

Rivington the Third! I like him lots. What a great colour caster; 

Who knew it'd snow indoors!;

Bjergsen hugging Biofrost after winning it in Bio's hometown (something they both wanted). So cute!

All in all, it was a wondrous experience. I love it for the excitement, for the involvement, for sharing the want of a victory with the players. It definitely uplifted something in me. 10/10, would definitely go again.

Painterly

Tiny update. Feels bad that I've been neglecting my little bloggity kingdom because of work. Sakura watercolour. Painted it for an event poster. Woo!

Autonomy

She turned around swiftly,
Strands of hair half-covered her fiery eyes,
"Butterflies are meant to fly free," she proclaimed,
"You can have me in your collection when I'm dead."

Tie-Dye Sunrise

Happy New Year!

P.S. Kinda super proud that I did this all in Photoshop! The whole thing!