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[Andrew_L]

I just wanted to wish my friends a happy next/new/this year.

 

Serge - friend from childhood time

 

(Pilot Custom K500SS, Robert Oster Graphite, Double A(A4))

 

[inkstainedruth]

Hope he and his family can see this!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[yazeh]

Lovely work, happy New Year and hopefully a just and righteous peace. 🕊️

[Andrew_L]

11 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Hope he

 

Unfortunately, no, unfortunately we are not getting younger. He had a difficult life and did not like to be photographed at all. He left last year. Only now I receive a small his photo (from some documents) 150x200px, so it is a kind of drawing for remembrance. He had something funny and crazy from childhood, something like in Einstein.

[ParramattaPaul]

10 hours ago, Andrew_L said:

 

Unfortunately, no, unfortunately we are not getting younger. He had a difficult life and did not like to be photographed at all. He left last year. Only now I receive a small his photo (from some documents) 150x200px, so it is a kind of drawing for remembrance. He had something funny and crazy from childhood, something like in Einstein.

I believe that life is an adventure -- a long unguided trek if you will through an unknown land of forest, open meadows, and hills and vales. We don't know where it will lead us or when it will end. At first, we follow the footsteps of those who have gone before us (our parents and others).

Along the way, we encounter others - who become our friends and loved ones - who travel with us for a time. They are on their own journey and may leave us too soon, sooner than we want, and we are left to travel on without them.

The journey then may seem harder and more lonely without them. Yet, in our hearts, they remain loved, and in that love we have what we shared - the joys, sorrows, the comfort, and what they have given us in experience and knowledge.  In that, they have made us stronger and more capable. They - in a tiny intangible way - have become part of us and we carry them with us.

 

[inkstainedruth]

@Andrew_L  So sorry for your loss....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstaineduth

[yazeh]

@ParramattaPaul beautiful said. That's how I feel too. Those we loved and cherish are alive in our hearts, and that's what matters. @Andrew_L you friend is now remembered by us, and that's enough. 🕊️

[Andrew_L]

Thank you!

 

13 hours ago, ParramattaPaul said:

have become part of us and we carry them with us

 

Very touching and warm.

[Andrew_L]

Me

 

(Pilot Custom Heritage 91, Private Reserve Avocado, Double A(A4))

 

(modern) Pilot Custom Heritage 91 | Andrew Lensky | fountain pens | drawings | design | photography

[inkstainedruth]

I often wonder what people on here look like, since often (like me) use some sort of avatar image instead of a photo of themselves.  

And of course I'm always astounded when you use colors other than black or brown for the portraits you do -- and still ALWAYS make it work!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[yazeh]

Lovely self-portrait & smile. 🙏

[Andrew_L]

Thank you so much! 🙏🙏🙏

[Sailor Kenshin]

16 hours ago, yazeh said:

Lovely self-portrait & smile. 🙏

Ditto that! 😀

[Astronymus]

Looks very cheeky. Stay that way.

[Andrew_L]

“When there is no road… sometimes the only way out is to make one through the mud, doubt, and faith.” — Genichi Kawakami (Yamaha motor founder)

 

(Parker Sonnet Cisele, Diamine Matador, Double A(A4))

 

Parker Sonnet Cicele | Andrew Lensky | fountain pens | drawings | design | photography

[yazeh]

👍

[inkstainedruth]

@Andrew_L -- Amazing work as usual!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Andrew_L]

"If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there's nothing to lose." 

 

(Waterman Carene Deluxe Blue GT, Diamine Ancient Cooper, Double A(A4))

 

(modern) Waterman Carene | Andrew Lensky | fountain pens | drawings | design | photography

[yazeh]

Lovely work.

 

[Andrew_L]

Live is life ...

 

(Kin Sin 801, vtg. Waterman's Luminous Blue, Double A(A4))

 

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