Looking for some amazing art? How about real stories that bear one's soul?
Well...you're in for a treat! I'm not sure how many of you have heard of the Steemit user @lauralemons, even though she's been around at long as I have. I've followed her over the last year, always amazed at the variety of great content she's been able to produce, whether it be posts on her paintings, drawings, vegan tips or recipes, science news, technology news, ways to help fellow Steemians to absolute, brutal truth personal stories.
Some of her Art
Just yesterday, I was blown away by this painting she made. Knowing what I do about her just made this all the more amazing. There is so much meaning hidden within this one piece. Even though it's not my norm, I'm drawn to a mix of joyful with dark aspects together. It kinda of reminds me of a close friend who would made what looked like Disney characters surrounded by skulls or holding hand grenades.
I love things like this that just make me stop, think and feel!
This is only a piece of the painting. You can check out the whole piece of art, as well as "Work in Progress" photos, HERE.
A little backstory...
You see, @lauralemons hasn't exactly had the easiest life. Between growing up in rougher neighborhoods, having to endure well beyond what can be called bullying, abusive family, friends, dealing with bouts of depression, suicide attempts...I'm amazed at what she's now able to handle!
Now, I know we can't all understand how tough this was to grow up with (including myself), but I still have absolute RESPECT for who she is now! I can only imagine how easy it would have been to have just said "Fuck it...I'm done" countless times. But here she is...still trucking along!
On top of all this she's pretty much been stuck in her apartment for a long time now, maybe getting out for extremely short periods of time. You see, she has Interstitial Cystitis, which is assumed to be an auto immune disease that causes her to feel like she has Urinary Tract Infection all day, every day. For anyone that's ever had to deal with this, well, let's just say it's NOT pleasant. Having to visit the restroom extremely frequently, to only be met with ever larger amounts of pain and discomfort (to put it mildly.)
Personally, I've been extremely proud seeing her share so many of her more intimate, personal stories with us. It can be quite tough to post things such as:
- Growing Up in Ghettos. [Stories from My Childhood]
- The Day I Found Out my Online Friend Had Been Murdered.
- Help me Clean my Depression Mess, Steemit. [Part I - Before Pics]
- Help me Clean my Depression Mess, Steemit. [Part II - After Pics + Surprise]
- What it's Like for Me Living With PTSD.
And this list just keeps on going as you go back in her blog! Not being someone who often shares personal things like this...I truly appreciate what it takes to share it!
Helping Others
Even with all of this going on, she still finds plenty of time to help new users like @stitchybitch, making helpful, motivational post for other Steemians, or even just things to brighten our day like her latest release of some fun, jokey Steemit Badges!!
You'll have to actually goto her post HERE to get your hands on these bad boys! I laughed pretty hard when I saw these!
Vegan Tips, Tricks and Recipes
Every once in a while I'm asked where to look for vegan related posts. And being a big fan of meat myself (sorry laura, lol) I don't have many suggestions for them. Luckily...I at least have one! Just to give you an idea:
- Fried Apples and Onions. [Vegan Recipe]
- My Vegan Dinner for Under $2 per Serving.
- What $115 Worth of Groceries Looks Like for Me. (100% vegan)
Now, I can't give everything away for you! You're just going to have to head to her blog.
Scroll through and see the slew of fabulous posts!! She is honestly a Steemian I've felt has 'slipped through the cracks' and times. So I wanted to shine a spotlight on @lauralemons as a person, a content creator an amazingly strong woman!
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Image Sources:
Painting by @lauralemons
This is some amazing artwork @lauralemons
You have definitely earned my follow.
I'm sad to hear about the Interstitial Cystitis but I hope it starts to calm down and not happen as often.
Have a great day!
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Checking her out now, thanks for bringing attention to talented Steemians, cheers
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She is a great artist. Thanks for introducing to us.
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I totally agree! Happy to do it..she deserved this. :)
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Good post
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Oh wow. :') What a glowing blog. I am so flattered. Thank you so much @sykochica.
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You deserve every word of this hun! :D
Hugz!
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hugs
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She's an inspiration! And you're a good Steemian for introducing her to us ☺ I was blown away by the painting with half-face half-skeleton... I had so many thoughts... I thought about my mortality at first, how I'm walking dead in the sense that I am alive but dying day by day... Then I thought about how I have two sides to my life, the joy and sadness... The skull is cracked and that made me think about physical abuse, which made me take a closer look at her other half and then I noticed that she wasn't smiling, she was looking serious and not necessarily happy. What an amazing piece.. I'll be checking out her blog soon 😁
@imwatsi ~ I write poems
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Thanks so much for taking an actual look at my artwork. By "actual look" I mean thinking about the deeper meaning. I had so many thoughts and so much of myself that went into this piece and it is great to have someone really see it. :)
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you're welcome. you did a great job... it caught my attention the moment my eye came across it and I couldn't look away until I had absorbed enough of it and thought about what I saw and felt as a result... I'll take a look at the rest of your blog soon ☺
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And this is exactly what I love about the Steemit community :)
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@lauralemons: You are so creative, i'm going to follow you from now on ;)
@sykochica: Thank you so much for referring, I'm going to follow you too!
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Thanks a lot. :D
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Thanks for introducing to us @sykochica
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Thanks for your blog. this could help us steemians to understand more about steemit ^_^
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Wow! what a great art keep it up........
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Love it , reminds me of two sides of a person: good vs. evil
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beautifull blog
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good painting nice art @sykochica ^_^ i ike it
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That is @lauralemons...you should check out her blog! Art by me is bad stick figures. Lol
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u should try for best art @sykochica do ur best
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Laura is a talented writer and artist with lots of interesting posts. I've followed her for a year too. Nice of you to spotlight her!
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Thank you @kenny-crane I love following you and having you as a follower. :)
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@sykochica she is really a talented Artist , see the perfection in the drawing.
thanks for Introducing a wonderful artist.
keep connected keep following
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Thank you for sharing, wonderful art, so inspiring!
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Oh my gosh, I love the 4+ followers badge that says, "Mom loves you." I nearly snarfed my coffee. It was a close call. LOL
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Hehe, I'm with you! I was laughing for a while when I saw that one!
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beautiful blog !! 100 upvoted from @chanthasam
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