Original artwork description:

I therefore conclude that love is directly proportional to grief. Meaning, the more you love someone...the more you'll grieve for that person (someday). Hence, if you don't want to grieve, do not love...but then---what's the point of living (?)

The apple on this piece is a symbol of hope which I'm holding on to as to continue on living in probably one of the direst moment of my life.

This piece is a part of my Vanity project which shows and/or includes my hand/s as my rendition of a self portrait because I choose to show who I really am through every lines of my hands.
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"If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people." - Thich Nhat Hanh (quote)

You see-
- Faces shows "what we choose to look like" to control of what others thinks of us - our REPUTATION
- Hands shows "who we are" - our CHARACTER

Our hands is our true identity.

Bear in mind that Reputation and Character are two very different things.
Reputation is that which people are believed to be; character is that which people are!


*** This piece will be delivered rolled in a "G-Type tube". I've been using this "high-quality" tube for years to pack and protect my artworks during transportation. So far, since I've sold original artworks internationally (United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada) I've never encountered a problem using this form of packaging. ***

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Materials used:

charcoal and color pencil on 200 gsm rough paper

Tags:

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