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Life's A Chibi: Simple Repairs
If a personal item is damaged or broken, be it a picture frame, a computer error or even a plushy, and the owner of that item has no skills on knowing how to fix it, that person can feel very lost and down.
Lets take a plushy for an example since this is a furry based image: Every furry has a plushy. Some have large ones, some have normal size ones and some have tiny ones. They snuggle with them, carry them around, show them off and put them on display. They bond with it, reaching for it when they need some reinsurance. It becomes their comfort item - their personal security object. The more they hug and travel with it, the more beaten up it becomes. It starts to show age. Soon, a hole starts to show and exposed fluff starts to poof out. You start to worry about it. You fear of making the hole bigger or causing more damage to your security plushy. You are afraid of replacing it with another since you have already maintained a relationship with it for many years. You become so tender with it because you are afraid of the hole opening some more or more damage would start to show.
You find a friend who is willing to do the necessary repairs on you stuff animal, trying to closing the wounds on it with the greatest of care. Your friend knows how much you care for the stuff animal by the way you talk about it and handle it. As your friend works his/her magic, you sit by and watch, much like watching a close friend going into surgery. Your plushy is a part of you, and you want the best care given to it while its under the needle. When your friend finishes his/her magical skills in stitching, you get the plushy back, the hole closed and unnoticeable like nothing ever happened. You're happy to have your personal item back in your procession, still in one piece and ready for many more years of love and care. With something so simple as stitching close a small hole on a plushy, a sense of accomplishment hits your friend as you smile and cradle your stuff animal.
This is a simple image, basically showing how a simple kind act such as stitching a small hole shut on a plushy your friend cares a lot for, can make the other person very happy and put a smile on their face. A small and a sense of satisfaction is a large reward you can get after doing a kind act to another.
artwork © 2013 Alex Cockburn
Lets take a plushy for an example since this is a furry based image: Every furry has a plushy. Some have large ones, some have normal size ones and some have tiny ones. They snuggle with them, carry them around, show them off and put them on display. They bond with it, reaching for it when they need some reinsurance. It becomes their comfort item - their personal security object. The more they hug and travel with it, the more beaten up it becomes. It starts to show age. Soon, a hole starts to show and exposed fluff starts to poof out. You start to worry about it. You fear of making the hole bigger or causing more damage to your security plushy. You are afraid of replacing it with another since you have already maintained a relationship with it for many years. You become so tender with it because you are afraid of the hole opening some more or more damage would start to show.
You find a friend who is willing to do the necessary repairs on you stuff animal, trying to closing the wounds on it with the greatest of care. Your friend knows how much you care for the stuff animal by the way you talk about it and handle it. As your friend works his/her magic, you sit by and watch, much like watching a close friend going into surgery. Your plushy is a part of you, and you want the best care given to it while its under the needle. When your friend finishes his/her magical skills in stitching, you get the plushy back, the hole closed and unnoticeable like nothing ever happened. You're happy to have your personal item back in your procession, still in one piece and ready for many more years of love and care. With something so simple as stitching close a small hole on a plushy, a sense of accomplishment hits your friend as you smile and cradle your stuff animal.
This is a simple image, basically showing how a simple kind act such as stitching a small hole shut on a plushy your friend cares a lot for, can make the other person very happy and put a smile on their face. A small and a sense of satisfaction is a large reward you can get after doing a kind act to another.
artwork © 2013 Alex Cockburn
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These images are just fantastic.
The lack of words in the comments are just how I feel about them; stunning into speechlessness.
They're oozing with cuteness (in the good way) and just so very adorable and .. poignant.. deep..
(That was a speechless foreigner being speechless in foreign ;3 )
The lack of words in the comments are just how I feel about them; stunning into speechlessness.
They're oozing with cuteness (in the good way) and just so very adorable and .. poignant.. deep..
(That was a speechless foreigner being speechless in foreign ;3 )
This brings back bad memorys of my favorite little parrot stuffed animal when I was 6. I loved my parrot stuffed animal to death. I would carry it everywhere with me and I would snuggle with it when I go to bed. It was like my best friend. Then my house caught fire. I was sleeping and my mom quickly grabbed me and yanked me out of bed. I ended up dropping my parrot and all I could do is scream "birdy! birdy!" as the distance between us grew more and more till it was out of my sight. I lost a best friend that day...
Years later. For my 27th birthday, my mom surprised me with the same exact parrot stuffed animal from back then. The emotion hit me hard. I started to cry when I held it. I couldn't believe alittle stuffed animal could cause emotions so strong, but it sits with me at my computer now.
Years later. For my 27th birthday, my mom surprised me with the same exact parrot stuffed animal from back then. The emotion hit me hard. I started to cry when I held it. I couldn't believe alittle stuffed animal could cause emotions so strong, but it sits with me at my computer now.
I can't help but see this image and your writing, and think of the damaged plushie as a damaged person... a friend worn down and in need of repair. You grow to love and care for someone so much, but they become damaged and injured and more fragile, with special needs. They've been used up to the point where there's not much you can get from them, but they need a lot from you. It can sometimes feel like it's not worth it, but if you truly love it/them and cherish the memories you have with it/them, you'd never just throw them away and get a new one. This was my interpretation, at least, and whether meant this way or not, I gotta fav it for what it means to me.
I know these feelings very, very well. Sometimes I'm the trusted friend, conducting the repairs.... sometimes I'm the anxious bystander who can do nothing but hope and be supportive. More often than I let on, I'm the beloved friend in need of gentle and skillful care and repair. All of these roles are represented beautifully... and it's just as meaningful to me at face value as it is as an allegory, since my stuffed friends have often provided me with more comfort in tough times than the flesh and blood ones.
The world's a better place with your art in it, and this piece means a lot to me. Thank you for sharing this.
The world's a better place with your art in it, and this piece means a lot to me. Thank you for sharing this.
This was posted nearly seven years ago but I just found it and I gotta comment. It was an awful experience for me when one of the two plushies I sleep with every night ripped open on the backside a few months ago. I darn near had a panic attack. My partner consoled me and stitched him up. Moments like this in life are indeed priceless. Should anyone be wondering, I'm well into adulthood...there is no shame in having plushies no matter your age ;)
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