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Clara Preston
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Joined: Tue May 03, 2022 12:55 pm
Race: Cadouri
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Little wandering minds


Little Wandering minds

Arc 722, 10 Ashan
Scalvoris Town

It was a beautiful day in Scarovis Town. The sun shone brightly through Clara’s art studio windows and illuminated the frame of Clara, standing right in front of an empty canvas, paintbrush in her right hand and palette in her left. She sighed as she tried to imagine what to paint next… nothing came to mind. Her mind was completely blank. This was the bane of everyone that dedicated themselves to the art… Artist’s Block.

For the eleventh time today, Clara jiggled her walking stick that she kept near the easel, trying to bring out her imagination by focusing her mind on the sound that the bells on top of it gave. This was a method that she used many times to keep her mind on the right track, but that wasn’t happening today… She, after all, had no track to keep her mind on.

“Come on Clara” She said to herself. “You can do this. It’s been two trials already. You need to paint something.”

Yes, this Artist’s Block had been going for two trials now, ever since she made the move to her new place. It was very strange. Before, every time she was at her parent’s home, her mind was full of ideas. Now however, there was nothing. Not even the glimpse of a landscape or person. Just complete blankness…

That was it… With a flick of her left hand, she threw the palette across the studio, flinging paint of different colours across the floor and walls. The frustration had finally reached her maximum and after placing the paintbrush on her belt, she walked out of the studio and closed the door behind her.

She went straight to her bedroom and jumped on top of the bed, face down, finally letting the tears that have been holding on just fall on to her bedsheets. For the first time in ages, she cried out of frustration. Tears were not uncommon for her, but normally, they would come due to happiness. This however, was a feeling that Clara did not enjoy at all. She yelled into her pillow, trying to drown out the sound of her screams into it. This was too much for her. She needed help…

Her eyes lifted from her bed and focused on the first self portrait she did with Chorum. A painting that she kept in her bedroom to remind her of him. The day she did that portrait was forever imprinted in her memory. Somehow, Chorum had acquired some charcoal for her and was giving her a lesson in drawing. He had asked her what she felt like drawing and had soundly responded that she wanted to try a self portrait. Chorum laughed but allowed her to try. It wasn’t good. In fact, as soon as she finished, and her mother looked at it, she said that it was a beautifully drawn duck. She could see the resemblance though. If she focused her eyes on her ears, it did look like a duck, but if she focused on the opposite side, it was a self portrait.

The memory of this event brought a little smile to her face and she lifted herself from the bed, wiping out the remnants of her tears on her sleeves. “Maybe a walk will help…” She thought to herself before making her way out of her bedroom and into the hallway… She stared at the closed door to the art studio. She had left her walking stick there, but she shook her head, deciding not to open the door again today. She made her way to the front of the house and opened her front door. The town was bustling yet again, but she paid it no mind. She stepped outside, locked the door behind her and proceeded to walk in a random direction.

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