Every time my best friend is over, my room becomes nothing short of a mess. It's always as if a storm had passed and everything within its four walls had been smack dab in the middle of it. Notebooks would be littered on my bed (or the floor, depending on our chosen surface of the day), and all around it would be all sorts art materials scattered and strewn messily about. Jam and I share this need to create, to be creative at all times, and for some reason, when we're together, that need grows stronger. Separately, we get lazy, but together? We come up with the wildest ideas.I've only realized now that the mess we create in my room (or pretty much any other room in my house) is a subset of our entire creation process. When Jam and I get crafty, we pay no mind to keeping things organized. We've lost a few pens and pencils through this (RIP 2/3 of those beautiful, metallic sketch pencils we impulsively purchased), but I've found that this form of release is the most therapeutic for me, and that in creating, I learn more about myself (and sometimes, when she doesn't give up after half an hour of drawing or painting, I learn more about Jam too).
Yesterday's crafting session, as pictured above, was tame in comparison to our past ones. Surprisingly enough, we didn't create a mess that would take longer than fifteen minutes to sort out, but like always, it was composed of two frantic—and not to mention sleep deprived—teens and their desperation to create, mixed with Pinterest, crazy ideas, and the necessary materials to just get down and dirty.It's a great way to bond with your best friend, really. There's nothing quite like bouncing ideas off of each other and coming up with something entirely new or better than the original concept. I'd love to find out if anyone else does this with their best friend/s, and what sort of mediums you guys craft in. Jam and I use a mixture of writing, sketching, painting with watercolors, and photography, and often come up with little stories in our heads that probably won't ever see the light of day unless it pesters me enough to get me to write it. What about you? How do you bond with your best friend/s? :)
You two and Jam are just so lovely! My best friends and I love to bond through music and photography. We help each other out in the best way possible, like me going to their gigs or them helping me out with a shoot/collaborating with me.
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OOOOOH, GIGS. I love love love going to gigs with my friends!
DeleteYou guys are so cute!! My best friend and I usually go to concerts and music festivals, and film or take photos whenever we hang out at various places. I also help her out on her upcoming youtube channel, while she helps me out with my blog. :)
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Tell your friend I said good luck on her youtube channel!
DeleteI always love having my friends over, because as you said, I never get lazy to actually do things when they're around. And, likewise, we also create quite a mess as they exhume every piece of clothing in my room (and all the other rooms) to play dress up and to cut/embellish/paint on. We also go on photo walks - I like doing that better as it involves outdoors (and no mess in my room). Would love to see your creations though! xx
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Photo walks are fun but it's sooooo hot in the Philippines that I get too lazy to go out... Hahahaha
DeleteI don't have a best friend but the way you guys bond is lovely. :-)
ReplyDeleteExactly how me and my bestfriends bond! <3 Love this post.
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