🍊 The Orange by Wendy Cope
🌅 Illustrated by Peeta Mellark
Hi. Me again. Of all my art, I find myself revisiting this the most. I don’t think I’ve ever made something that I’ve found so personally comforting. I made it during a hard time that I genuinely thought might mark a lull in — if not an end to — the years-long bad luck streak that accompanied my mom’s death. I was wrong.
It’s hard work, keeping people alive. Doesn’t matter if it’s someone else, yourself, or both. Especially when reality keeps bending to suit a world you no longer recognize as your own. A world so fragile it must keep moving because it will shatter if it ever stops to mourn.
I finished Sunrise on the Reaping today and wanted to bring this back again. I’m continuously amazed by the work Suzanne Collins puts out in my adult life. Still touched by the love this piece gets. Thank you for keeping it alive in my notifications. I hope our human hands and minds never stop making art inspired by art.
