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Cara Gormally's avatar

The squirrel 🐿️

So many children 😞

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

❤️❤️❤️

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Keena's avatar

Lovely!

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Thank you!

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Myq Kaplan's avatar

dear kelcey,

this is beautiful. thank you for sharing. also, i read "the keeper" and it's super.

much love,

myq

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Oh my, thank you, Myq!

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Howdy's avatar

Love this post! Inspiring.

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Thank you!

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Summer Pierre's avatar

This is so gorgeous 💛

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Thanks, Summer. ❤️

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Karen Altergott Roberts's avatar

Thank you for the inspiration! I may gather the courage to add drawings to my Substack, Somewhen! (PS loved your book!)

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Do it! Substacks are better with drawings. :) Also thank you for reading my book! ❤️

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Mark L's avatar

Yea Beauty!

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Thank you!

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Gillian & Li'l Bean's avatar

Ooff! My heart. Thank you. Xo

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Thank you ❤️

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Sumayya Ansari's avatar

So beautiful and so heartbreaking...

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

I know it's all hitting you extra hard, Sumayya. Thinking of you ❤️

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jeanne's avatar

..just add me to the list of all who are inspired/awed/amazed at the simple beauty of a few leaves and the poignance of connecting them with the children of Gaza.. It breaks my heart as all art should. You nailed it, k.E.!! You gone and done it. GREAT POST!!!.

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Thanks so much, Jeanne!

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Tom Hart's avatar

yeah so true. I have been thinking lately that creativity- our creative acts and art-making, always, and still even in times of intense struggle, are acts of love and generation. And in fact, maybe when we feel hopeless, this serves as work to keep hope alive. Or something like that. Thanks Kelcey!

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

This is so beautifully said, Tom. Making the art every day made me more alert to all that was and is happening.

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Sheri Roloff's avatar

This is heartbreaking and beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing.

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Thanks, Sheri ❤️❤️

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Emily Kaminsky's avatar

Gorgeous presentation and sentiments. I love that the text which was so simple yet full is part of the image. Made for a very intense and intimate read. Thank you for sharing this. I'm in love with those ink/water animals.

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Thank you, Emily!

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Barbara Shoup's avatar

Gorgeous post.

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