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xiao xingchen welfare check
Mar. 30th, 2021 09:32 pmA very quick update, just to have my little proud, accomplished moment. Xiao Xingchen is officially sealed in a box (oh my god, this feels wrong) and will be en route to my friend as of tomorrow morning!
I'm always incredibly self-conscious of giving gifts I've made myself. When I was very little (maybe six or seven), I spent some time drawing my friend, T, who I thought was the prettiest person I knew, but when I gave her the drawing, she was so offended because she thought I'd made her ugly on purpose. She honestly may have just handed it back to me, but I remember her crumpling it up and throwing it. Ahhhhhh!!! Was that a life-defining moment for me? Yeah, I think so...
( a very beige boy under the cut )
Anyway, I'm just trying to remind myself that whether my friend likes it or not isn't the point. Whether she posts it on her account or remembers to thank me privately or doesn't say anything at all, whether she loves it or puts it in a drawer, throws it away or regifts it...none of that is going to change the intentions that drove me to make it in the first place. I just wanted to send her some unconditional love during a difficult time, and, whether or not this piece is "good" or "bad," I think it gets the message across.
(And I do think he looks really lovely with the cemetery flowers.)
I'm always incredibly self-conscious of giving gifts I've made myself. When I was very little (maybe six or seven), I spent some time drawing my friend, T, who I thought was the prettiest person I knew, but when I gave her the drawing, she was so offended because she thought I'd made her ugly on purpose. She honestly may have just handed it back to me, but I remember her crumpling it up and throwing it. Ahhhhhh!!! Was that a life-defining moment for me? Yeah, I think so...
( a very beige boy under the cut )
Anyway, I'm just trying to remind myself that whether my friend likes it or not isn't the point. Whether she posts it on her account or remembers to thank me privately or doesn't say anything at all, whether she loves it or puts it in a drawer, throws it away or regifts it...none of that is going to change the intentions that drove me to make it in the first place. I just wanted to send her some unconditional love during a difficult time, and, whether or not this piece is "good" or "bad," I think it gets the message across.
(And I do think he looks really lovely with the cemetery flowers.)
