{"id":6908,"title":"Why these illustrations?","description":"Through my own experiences and times of just feeling alone, not always wanting to talk about how I felt I spent time searching for ways to explain what was happening or watched movies to consider other ways life can turn out.  But in reality each person\u2019s journey is their own and I never felt as tho","content":"<p>Through my own experiences and times of just feeling alone, not always wanting to talk about how I felt. I spent time searching for ways to explain what was happening, or watched movies to consider other ways life can turn out. But in reality each person\u2019s journey is their own and I never felt there was much discernment when depicting individual journeys it as always just a \u2018happy ending\u2019. In reality life is a multitude of ups and downs. But living in a society where a checklist of<\/p><ul><li><p>School<\/p><\/li><li><p>Deciding a career<\/p><\/li><li><p>Finding a job<\/p><\/li><li><p>Finding your partner<\/p><\/li><li><p>Getting married<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p>deemed when you are congratulated. I found it really difficult coming up to \u2018the age\u2019 of marriage and knowing I would be \u2018shelved\u2019. I didn\u2019t find anything which made me feel like I had a place, especially in a culture where your marriage was the ultimate goal for your parents.<\/p><p>I decided to start writing about this experience amongst others as there was so much I felt and no where I could feel a connection. Through my journey came a myriad of mental health issues which I had to work through. I didn\u2019t want others to feel like this and so my blog began and with my blog came my want to depict these emotions through illustrations. And the illustrations are what you see proudly placed on the middle. I want my illustrations to bring something to the wearer, so they know they are not alone during their times of need and there are others out there who feel the same or have felt the same. We need to start shifting how we view achievements and honour people\u2019s feelings.<\/p><p>When I came up with the idea to have \u2018T-shirts with feelings\u2019, I didn\u2019t want to add the countless amounts of material waste that is already damaging our planet, our home. I wanted to ensure my T-shirts didn\u2019t impact our fragile home in a negative way. And so being ethical, organic and using renewable energy was integral to my brand.<\/p><p>I hope both my words, illustrations and T-shirts give you the feeling of the comfort blanket, I craved during these times.<\/p><p><br \/><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/BbTEiG1FKgfW2FgArtYSm7EU9cnqulYljjaK7W31MvInZiHm.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=auto\" alt=\"\" title=\"58527229\" \/><br \/><\/p>","urlTitle":"why-these-illustrations","url":"\/blog\/why-these-illustrations\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/why-these-illustrations\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/shelved.teemill.com\/blog\/why-these-illustrations\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1597924411,"updatedAt":1605110851,"publishedAt":1603275995,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":88635,"name":"Shelved"},"tags":[],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/d7uVE9EWDE46DL7T0E3riFNPqSjrmpHNAvm234oX9PoT0efS.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/d7uVE9EWDE46DL7T0E3riFNPqSjrmpHNAvm234oX9PoT0efS.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/d7uVE9EWDE46DL7T0E3riFNPqSjrmpHNAvm234oX9PoT0efS.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":null,"metaDescription":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[],"labels":[]}