Anybody whose close by your side like family and friends will be there in your life. Somehow it can be painful when they come and go when time has change, but the memories you share with do not change and it can be cherished. The people you are close with will give something to you like a gift of remembrance as the years go by and may still reminiscent the joyful days with a special person. Keeping gift or an item that’s from someone close to you is essential because it holds on so much memories, thoughts and feelings throughout the times you and the person share.
I was waiting outside of an art class after school until my best friend surprised me with a picture she worked so hard and effort that it ended up in my picture frame on my desk. In the picture was a girl who’s sitting on a wooden block that’s embellished with four country flags as if she has been to those places; the country flags are Japan, Guam, Italy and the United States.
The girl looks to be Asian who has a short height, with a black mid-length layered hair, light-tanned skin, wears contemporary eye-glasses which are common for people of the younger generation wear nowadays, wear a red t-shirt that quotes ‘I travel a lot’, comfortable skinny jeans and a pair of gray Vans shoes. While she was still sitting on the wooden block, it looks as if she’s reminiscing in a pleasant manner, but the clouds emerged from the background like there’s a storm closing in on her, however the rain didn’t pour down, clapping lightning and thunder did not strike, instead the clouds radiate different hues of color smoothly and neutral.
Suddenly, images began to appear on the clouds from cotton white to colorful pieces of art work from different cultures and diversities like a blank canvas that has been painted into a masterpiece.
Right after my birthday has passed and graduation was almost near, my best friend wanted to make a really great art piece for her art class that will benefit her grade and my reaction when she gave it to me afterwards. Currently the picture she gave me as a belated birthday present is framed, sitting at the right hand corner of my desk and when every time I looked at the picture, not only I admired my best friend’s outcome of the picture and her superb creativity skills, but it got me in a nostalgic feeling of moving and traveling to different places along with the memories of my friends I met and different schools I attend to.
Me and my best friend were visual arts majors back in high school and most of the time we discuss about anything especially when it comes to travelling anywhere in different countries in the future that will expand beyond the borders. My best friend told me that in the near future, she will have a chance to travel outside of California and to see what is like to explore new places. In conclusion, the drawing feels so important to me because there is so much meaning not just creativity within the piece, but the remembrance of my past migrations by military overseas and the outcome of the piece made me feel happy especially when it’s made from my best friend. The people who are dear and supportive to you will be part of your life and somehow be life lessons and experience. There will be times when people you are close to may somehow drift away and never do the things we both done together people change as time flies by. On the other hand, they will leave behind a gift that’s so important because it will remind the good times you shared together with that person and maybe one day a few people will come back again and it feels like we are starting over again.