Take Me retailer Home

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Take Me Home

A fine art reproduction of an original 20x30 pen, ink, and charcoal on mixed media paper. This reproduction is professionally printed on fine art watercolor paper. Why did I choose this type of paper? Watercolor paper is usually thick and the medium texture of this particular paper adds a nice touch to closer reflect the qualities of the original. Each reproduction will be signed, dated (according to month and year it was printed), and titled. This is an open edition reproduction. I would recommend getting this custom framed but if you're trying to save money, you can easily buy a mat and frame from your local frame store (I usually go to Michael's and use their on-going coupons). I would HIGHLY recommend bringing the reproduction with you when shopping, that way you won't be disappointed when you get home and realize, "hey that's not the right size!"

- Paper Size: 11"x 17" Image Size: Less than 1/4” border around edges (except bottom about ½” at bottom), side edges are meant to be white so white sides can be included in overall image
- Fine art watercolor paper
- Signed, Dated (according to print date), and Titled

What inspired the original artwork?

I had done some sketches while staying in New York, this is when I really got attached to pen and ink and regained my love for drawing. I'd been drawing a lot of faces from photo reference and felt like I wanted to switch and draw from imagination again. An unintentional version of myself came out in one of the character doodles and I really liked how the character looked. He looked as if he were longing to be somewhere other than grounded. The doodle stayed in my sketchbook and on my mind until I made it back to Cali so I decided to turn what was once a doodle into a piece. The reason this doodle stayed on my mind was because I saw and felt something in that character that I've been wanting to visually express for a while. I've shared this piece on social media a couple of times and I think I explained it best through there so here is the description: “The older we grow we learn more about ourselves. I used to think I had ADD or Aspergers or was to some degree Autistic, but I found that I am just a Highly Sensitive Person. This piece is basically a representation of how Highly Sensitive People can easily become victim to drug and alcohol abuse. I made this piece because I want to show how easy it can be for us to get hooked on a certain comfort, a certain place where we can escape from pain or feel it to outweigh our situation of being here. Addicts are addicted to escaping an issue. That issue is this reality or whatever issue in this reality that makes this reality an issue. Bottom line, look beyond the addict. All this time we just want to go home, to the planets, to the stars, to the dimensions we came from.”

I used to make music in high school. I wrote, recorded, edited, and made some of the beats for a 20-track album. One of the songs was about my relationship with my parents and where I wanted it to go (first verse), my existence here and where I wanted it to go (second verse), and my experience of the world I live in (third verse). I added drumkits and a bass line to Iz's version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow. I loved the beat so much and the second verse about my existence here really goes hand in hand with this piece of artwork. Here are the lyrics to the second verse:

That's where you'll find him, high above the chimney tops
Back and forth like a pendulum on a grandfather clock
Abstract thoughts he's thinkin' out of the box
Anywhere he travels, he's clouded with thoughts
Theres no point to keep runnin' cuz the darkness always shows
No place to hide but in the smoke that he blows
He just wanted someone to hold, someone he can love
Someone on earth to let him know that they saved him a hug
But he can give a ***less his confidence in the afterlife is
Massive, he believes it's for the better, the fact is
He tells himself “anywhere but here, even Palestine”
Leaving all the cotton candy clouds behind
Somewhere Iz describes it is the place I'd rather be
Enter the diamond realm of fairies in my fantasy
Elves and gnomes, aliens hangin' in the canopies
UFO's at the top of my lungs screamin' “Capture me!”
I was a dog in my past life
Humans personally to me were all asswipes
And i'm sorry I just had to get that
Out my system faster than Muhammad's quick to hit ‘em

Of course writing it now gives it a different feel but if you listen to the song and the tone with Somewhere Over The Rainbow in the background, I think “man, I really didn't want to be here back then.” Now, I still feel that way deep down but I know God has a place and time for me. There's reasons we come here, always, even if we never feel like we've found them. Those reasons remain as solid as truths but as out of sight and ever changing as the placement of our sunglasses or car keys; they'll show up because they're somewhere, we know they are, when we least expect it.

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