I know I sound like a broken record by now: repeating the same things others have said before but I think banality of it all is the point of my post. The fact that I have nothing new to say– not about the genocide in Gaza, not about the dwindling attention of allies, is HORRIFYING.
It has been 11 months of a genocide that the UN calls “war on children”. Malnutrition, diseases, lack of suitable medical care have caused Gazan children to lose their childhood; to lose their lives entirely!
There is no hope left for a future unmarked of pain and my friend Siraj Abudayeh ( @siraj2024 ) , who is father to three sons describes it as a “feeling of oppression”. He laments that his children have been forced away from their schools, hopes and dreams by colonizers and where before there were ambitions to excel in either studies or sports, all they know now is helplessness, fear and anger.
Siraj has told me how his children- Abed, Muhammad and Amir have confessed to their father about how they have begun to feel guilty for surviving at all now ; after having lost so many of their friends to the genocide they are experiencing survivor's guilt and it breaks my heart to hear that. Abed, the eldest son, is ONLY ELEVEN!! Can you imagine an eleven year old feeling guilty because he has managed to survive while his friends haven't ? And what kind of survival it is– Half starving, drinking unclean water, forced into tents where sand mites pester him throughout the day?
I am not sure what happened or why the engagement with fundraisers has dropped so drastically lately but there is nothing more atrocious, more horrible than apathy when children are suffering. It is so strange that we can quote James Baldwin so easily and yet have failed to understand what he meant when he said,
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; ...whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality. ”
We have the power that is not afforded to Gazans and therefore it is on us to be attentive no matter how repetitive these posts feel. It is ridiculous and dehumanizing that during a genocide one has to worry about making a post original enough to maintain attention. And yes I know that we won't be able to stop the horrifying banality of Israel’s evil in a day but WE CAN help provide FIVE families that are dependent on this fundraiser with a lifeline during times such as these.
Please we have managed to get this far after struggling for so long, it cannot be that we will fail Siraj when he is so close to the end goal of 82k !!
So DONATE AND BOOST. Find it in yourself to not just reblog but circulate the fundraiser among your colleagues, friends and family. Share it in your whatsapp chats and discord servers. Share it on any every other platform that you may have a reach on.
Currently at $72,987 CAD of the short term goal of 75k. We have 2k left to raise by tomorrow.
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If you need more incentives to donate, then we have a raffle going on till the 15th of September! For an entry fee of only $5 CAD ( $3 USD) you get the chance to win
a traditional artwork
and a zine.
We also have comms running at @asoiafpalestine , where for the starting price of $15 CAD ( $11 USD) , you get to commission art of your favorite asoiaf and pre asoiaf characters. So please donate and boost the fundraiser. Every little bit counts.
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I got a little distracted while working on this... going to change up the hair next time I draw them, and I still have to do a full reference for their little creature
despite me fucking up while saving and losing hours of work (resulting in me having to work on top of the PNG to finish it) and being unable to do the detail on the front of the bodice as I wanted to (because of the PNG incident) I am very very happy with how this came out!
now to endure the weeks that it will take to be able to show it to my players 🙃
I changed the brush I used for the line art to try and give it more life and I am honestly in love with how it looks compared to the linework of of other pieces I've done digitally
I have a long way to go before this is done, but I have high hopes 🤞
I changed the brush I used for the line art to try and give it more life and I am honestly in love with how it looks compared to the linework of of other pieces I've done digitally
I have a long way to go before this is done, but I have high hopes 🤞
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