ArtofMaquendaJul 28, 2023

Circle of Life

'Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance and respect all the creatures, from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope.
When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connected in the great Circle of Life.'

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I have a lot to say about this piece, but I can't find the right words. I will try though because I always tend to silence myself...

I went through many emotions as I worked through this piece, so much love and nostalgia, a sense of awe but also grief regarding nature, letting go of childhood and former friends whom I know share the same feelings for TLK as I do...

Show threadArtofMaquendaJul 28, 2023
But most of all I experienced a newfound love for this story again. Over the years I began to unintentionally associate this, dare I say intense hyperfocus fase in my life with the loneliness I experienced back then as an early teen, despite making profound connections I had online, it was not enough and I kind of pushed this time in my life away and tried to move on. Back then I made a very difficult decision to push my fears and seek connections outside the internet,
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