Did You Hear The One About The Musician Who Asked For A Drawing Of Syria?

This drawing is a request that I’ve been saying I’ll fulfill for over a month now. That’s too long!

@edprivat:
Sorry for the delay man, thanks for being patient.

He asked me to “draw what’s happening in Syria right now” and continued by saying “unless it’s too difficult for you. It’s ok if it’s too much to ask,” he said “if it is I totally understand.” Ed has fulfilled three of my song requests, (3!) which points directly to the obvious: I’m short on my end of the deal! I finally gave myself adequate time to correct that - Time to pay up! I also recorded the four hours it took me to draw this. The beautiful @puravidaville is in the process of editing that video now. I’m looking forward to making it my second ever Dlive post - Plus I’m anxious to see what all of the colored pencils look like when they’re sped up 8,000 times. Keep an eye out for that one, it’s coming soon!

This is the image I was consistently drawn to while studying Syria:

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These are all of the weapons I used

This challenge was tough, I’m not going to lie! Now I know what he meant by ‘if it’s too difficult I understand.’ Before I could commit to an image I had to thumb through a lot of pictures and information. Have you done that yet? Have you thumbed through a typical day in Syria? You’re in the right place if you haven’t - That’s what this post is all about. They’re dying over there right now as you read this. Kids, moms, teachers, buddies, tech geeks, piano players, elderly, cab drivers, doctors, panhandlers, delivery drivers - Dying. Let’s scroll through these progress pictures right quick and I’ll show you what I’m talking about:

This will be the cover for the Dlive video

”Did You Hear The One About The Musician Who Asked For A Drawing Of Syria?”

I kept seeing that Mickey Mouse dress. Every time I would search for information, that red Mickey Mouse dress would make its way to my screen:

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Just recently I was riding shotgun with a girl who was wearing a Mickey Mouse hat. I asked her “do you think it’s mornal that every.single Walt Disney princess has to sacrifice a piece of herself in order to be socially accepted?”
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But I wasn’t thinking about that when I saw this little girl:

I couldn’t help but think about Disneyland - “The happiest place on earth!” I was thinking about that world famous, friendly little, furry, cute, married to Minnie Mouse, squeaky voice having iconic symbol of the very country that’s trying to murder that little girl. I have a feeling she doesn’t understand that but how can she be expected to? The people forfeiting their annual earnings to finance the whole thing don’t understand either:

Four countries in the Middle East have resisted succumbing to hegemonic attacks: Iraq, Libya, Syria and Iran. Saddam - Iraq? We all know the results of that one: 0-1 USA. They called it Weapons Of Mass Disomething. Qaddafi and Libya - Same score. America bribed Qaddafi into submission and then proceeded to annihilate the entire Libyan regime with the force of proxy groups.

Hillary Clinton Leaked Email

Rothschild Central Banking addiction

Trump Seeks New Regime In Iran

Syrian Refugee Crisis

That’s what I’ve been doing so I could draw that little girl - Going over all of those things: Leaked emails, Trump talk, research and then research some more. Thanks for the challenge, Ed! I truly do appreciate the confidence.

The following images were found on DuckDuckGo - I searched ‘Syria war images.’
This is normal mornal in Syria:

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The following pictures are landscape images taken of Syria before and after the US and it’s allies began their elimination process of the current Syrian regime:

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Prior to accepting this challenge, I had a vague idea of the conflict in Syria, I just didn’t understand why. I finished the drawing, I’m done now - Now I have a vague idea of the conflict in Syria and I don’t understand why.

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