Slow Awakening.
“There’s a part of you that knows what it’s capable of.
But sometimes it moves through life as slow as a snail.”
The Story
I have been stuck lately.
Not for lack of ideas I have too many.
But when it comes time to do the work…
I feel like I am moving through glue. One small step takes an eternity.
That is what this piece came from.
I did not start it with a message. I started it because I needed to understand myself.
Why was I delaying? Why did it feel so hard to begin?
I drew an eye sharp, focused, full of the potential I know is in me.
But hovering above it? A snail.
Slow. Heavy. Leaving a trail that drags across everything.
It hit me while I was drawing:
That’s exactly what procrastination feels like.
You can see what you want to do. You can even feel capable.
But the weight of your own resistance slows you to a crawl.
Why It Exists
This piece exists because I am tired of pretending the creative process is always fast and effortless.
It is not.
There are days when the smallest task feels impossible.
Slow Awakening. is about that space the gap between what we dream of doing, and the slow, frustrating reality of getting there.
If you have ever sat in front of a blank page, a half-finished project, or an unopened notebook and thought,
“Why can’t I just do it?”
this piece is for you.
Because you are not alone in that feeling.
And that weight you carry? It does not erase your potential. It just asks you to move through it, one small choice at a time.
Artist’s Note
” I wanted to inspire anyone.
I drew it because I was trying to inspire myself to move again.”
There are days I still feel stuck.
Days when the eye inside me burns bright and the snail wins.
But each line of this drawing reminded me:
Progress does not have to be fast. It just must be real.
If this piece reaches you, I hope it reminds you too:
Your slow days do not define you.
Your progress no matter how small matters.