drawing of me and the baby
guess who is who!!!
posted by marlena rivers at
6:48 PM
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
About Me
- Name: marlena rivers
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
my name is marlena rivers...yeah, sounds like a fake name or porn star name, and it is a fake name. no i'm not a porn actress, but i had to create a name for this blog. because i'm not OUT at work about the bipolar thing... so some of this blog is about the dual identity thing... because it is a trip and i feel like a double agent, posing at work as a "normal" person and out to some friends and family... This blog used to focus on my relationship with my little doggie but he died in 2009. It also used to involve comic strips. I hope to bring that back sometime soon. Meanwhile I'll be focusing on the idea of "hiding" my bipolar disorder and what that is like for me, and if it has changed since having the "baby" who is not a baby any more!
Previous Posts
- we're back in comic strip form!
- a rant... don't know what else to call it...
- baby's big photo shoot!!!
- mess...
- 2 comics...
- post vacation blues...
- separation anxiety!!!
- a fantasy moment in bipolar pregnancy...
- finally, a comic strip after a long dry spell...
- head still in the trash...
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9 Comments:
LOL! It's not as bad as it feels. REALLY! Now go and eat something! :)
hi amanda,
thanks for the comment. i didnt' realize the drawing conveyed something unpleasant. to my mind it was about me protecting her and her being happy. she's the little animal who i thought looked cute and happy!
It's a beautiful sketch and I think I got the gist of it. I just misunderstood the implications of the elephant(?) there. ;)
thanks amanda, i can see why as i spent so much time complaining about body stuff. i did notice that the elephant mom looks like she got back to her regular size after having the baby as i drew her as a small elephant! with a big trunk the better to use for complaining and talking a lot, ha ha!
It's interesting that the elephant didn't give birth to a baby elephant either! What does that mean??
Very good sketch though :)
I was thinkin along the same line as mr mans wife...your baby doesn't look elephant to me...so spill the beans...who's the daddy???
I think your a great elephant mommy!!! Protectin your baby :)
hee hee. funny comments. i noticed too that the baby is not an elephant. denzel is the daddy of course. i've since done a lot of elephant drawings of us and she is an elephant now.
my reading of it is that when i drew that i was in touch with wanting her to be her own person and dealing with my fears that she will be toxified by me, maybe my fear that my bipolar stuff will be bad for her or that she'll "get" it from me, so it was safer to make her a different species and even invent an animal that is just her. it looks like a cross between a horse and a dog. but elvis is not the dad!
Come on peopple! We ALL have our own identity's! That is what makes us ALL different even from parents.
Actually, I thought it was cute the way the baby was in front of the parent! Kids pull us in all directions and leads us straight to Toys R Us!!!
thanks dreamwriter. great comment! she is her own person. she will not be pulling me to toys r us as i hope we'll be sitting at home making our own toys together, but that's probably naive...
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