IF: Midsummer Night

I love the moon.

I want to be with it.

But it doesn't look good up close anyway.

So, I'll be content watching it from afar

on this beautiful midsummer night.

Midsummer night? I have no idea what that is. Living in a city where the climate is roughly the same all throughout the year, solstice, equinox, etc just don't mean a thing. But what I gather from the internet it seems to be like the most beautiful night to stay out late and just enjoy the night. So, if I had to spend a night so late, I'd like to sit by myself in the top of a grassy hill and enjoy watching the night sky.

I sketched this in ink on a piece of oslo paper, and I photographed it. With Photoshop I applied color. I wanted to do it VanGogh style. But its too painful on the wrist. I wished to capture the beauty of the night and being one with nature for at least a night.

But when I made this, I was actually trying to represent some things in my life. Things that are just so out of reach for now that I'd need a rocket with the whole world's fuel supply just to reach it. Right now, I'll be content watching them from afar. Soon I'll have the strength to reach them.

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