someone i kept in my sketchbook
Have you ever unexpectedly met your favorite person for the first time, and all you wanted to do was draw them from memory? Just to capture that moment, because you never know when you’ll ever see them again.
Yup, that’s what I did.
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I poured everything in my head into my sketchbook, then started sketching how I saw them the very first time we met in person. A moment that might never happen the same way again.
I hope I can meet them in the places I love. Then I would say, “This is my comfort spot, my favorite place to draw, read, and do all the boring things on my own.” And maybe, someday, this place could hold memories for both of us.
Maybe the person in my sketchbook will never know that they once filled those empty pages. Or maybe, one day, they’ll see it for themselves and understand the meaning behind all my drawings.
Sometimes, we leave pieces of people in our thoughts without them ever knowing. And maybe, at some point, each of us has quietly existed in someone else’s story too, without realizing it.
