Love and Stuff

Once upon a time...

There was a boy who loved a girl. 

When he first saw her, he realized that she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. He loved to draw, and so did she. Thus, they drew together every day until they had become very close friends. 

And he loved her.

The only problem was that he knew that they could not be together. Between them stood a barrier that neither of them could overcome. Obstacles, however, would not prevent him from being with the one of whom owned his heart.

Because he loved her.

One day, he had had enough. He decided that he would be with her, and he almost succeeded. The barrier was too strong. Just as it had been punctured, it reformed itself destroying all that the boy had: his drawing hand. Time went by, and he came back to her even after all the pain, and the girl wanted to draw with him, but he could not. 

He gave up everything because he loved her.

The following day, he came to see her again, and she had a present for him. In surprise, he looked up from his present, and she asked him to draw with her. In the package was her left arm to replace the left arm he'd lost. 

She did it for him because she loved him in return.

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Now, I know that that doesn't really happen in real life. If you cut off an arm without a physician, you just die from blood loss; you can not give it to someone else, and expect it to function properly. However, the imagery of love is fantastic. 

Lately in class, we've been talking about getting bad ideas out first (we discussed this when we learnt about Pixar, and how the animators went about creating concepts), so this blog might be a bad idea, but I just feel like it should be out there.

To me, this short independent animation is representative of what true unconditional love looks like: a willingness to give your all for something you love, and returning to the said love even when you have nothing left to give, and at the same time, being willing to sacrifice what you have so that restoration can happen in others.

Some people may say that such love does not exist, but that is where I disagree. Although this is a love that seems intangible, it is real. When Jesus came to die on the cross, He did it because God loves us. God was trying to break the barrier between us formed by sin and reinforced by our own darkness. Where the story above and the story of Christ differ, is that He succeeded after giving His all: His life. He rose again. Where do we come in? If we are Christians, we know that He will always love us, but we should offer to Him ourselves so that we can help Him complete the good work that He started. For some, this might be devoting life to missions and dying a martyr, for others it might just be a hand to use to draw. 

As artists we should use our abilities, that were given to us by Him, for Him. That does not mean go out and make Fireproof 2, but even little things like crediting your talent to Whom it truly belongs. The glory is not our own, anyway.


True love hurts, but that does not mean it is not worth it. 

The end.