Residing in calm gardens and ponds is the being they call ‘The Tranquil One.’ Atop lily pads is her favorite place to be, feeling the soft lulling of the waters beneath her and inhaling the sweet scent of flowers and nature itself. In the silence, she hears every thing yet reveals none. As exposed a place lily pads are, she is rather elusive. However, if you are calm and silent in both mind and heart, perhaps you may chance a glimpse of this little being relaxing in the silence of every thing.

'Take caution, my child. Humans have only been lured to the waters because of the shining moons beneath it, for they believe these will bring them fortune and prosperity.'

'Not love?'

'When has it ever been about love for them? If you are lucky, however, as the legends say...the one who loves a sea folk forever is usually lured by the song of our longing, not the pearls. But as with its nature, it is just a legend. So don't go looking for the one you're destined with up there in the surface. A sea folk's heart would never bear the pain of a human's fickle love.'

And so the young sea folk swam to the surface, not realizing the older sea folk’s tone and sighs. She waited with bated breath as the tiny moons beneath the waters shone like that of the same, albeit gigantic one up there in the stars.

'They're up here, the one who will love me forever. I know it.'

And so she sang.

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I 've been experimenting lately with things I'm not comfortable drawing. Lighting, color, perspective. I know, the basics. Boink.
This idea came to me yesterday after being frustrated of not being able to draw what I was supposed to draw. I think this is sort of a 'shake off' of some kind, something to get me back on track. A good distraction, I guess.

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