I know this may not look exactly like #DMX but I wanted to finally post something about him and make an art piece. I'm a mere children's illustrator and realism isn't my thing so I hope you guys can get the gist of what I'm sending into the universe. TW: mental health stuff When DMX passed it just really bummed me out. I was always really rooting for him to shake that monkey off his back and it just sucked that he couldn't. I felt the same way with Mac Miller, Robin Williams, Jonghyun, and Chester Bennington. Maybe I monitored my progress with myself by those guys being ok, but it always just made me sad or maybe it made me think that no matter how ok I feel that the monkey isn't going to be off my back. Who knows? What I DO know is that it's not all about death, it's also about life. I've seen so many videos of DMX since he passed and the life he did live he made the most of it. NO ONE has a bad word to say about him and he brought so many people joy with his presence and so many people felt his soul through his music. It's really just beautiful. We all saw the meme about him taking care of orchids for therapy and teaching us all how to take care of our relationships and plants and that really inspired me. I genuinely hope he's resting peacefully somewhere in a field of orchids getting that good quality rest he deserved. Also I really felt it was important that he was smiling or laughing because every video I see or story I hear has him smiling or laughing but his smiling pictures are few and far between. So yea I hope you all feel my energy. #RIPDMX #dmxorchids https://www.instagram.com/p/CNmZjNABM-u/?igshid=7kmc12p7beco