Inktober Day 15 - Spirit Day

October 15th is Spirit Day, a day to stand against bullying and support our LGBT youth by going purple. I see many of my friends who colored their social media avatar to purple to commemorate the day. I wanted to honor Spirit Day in my journal.

On my way to take the kids to school, I heard the song, Flares by The Script. It's a beautiful song and I love the message that there are people out there sending out flares, that you aren't alone. And what you see above is my interpretation of the song. If I had used watercolor paper, I think the colors would have blended better but my journal has Tomoe River Paper, which I normally love. But I still the result. I used Inktense blocks to color.

Here are the lyrics:

Flares by The Script

Did you lose what won't return
Did you love but never learn
The fire is out but still it burns
But no one cares, there's no one there

Did you find it hard to breathe
Did you cry so much that you can barely see
In the darkness all alone
And no one cares, there's no one there

But did you see the flares in the sky? Were you blinded by the light?
Did you feel the smoke in your eyes, did you, did you?
Did you see the sparks, feel the hope?
That you are not alone
Cause someone's out there, sending out flares

Did you break but never mend
Did it hurt so much you thought it was the end
Lose your heart but don't know when
But no one cares, there's no one there

But did you see the flares in the sky? Were you blinded by the light?
Did you feel the smoke in your eyes, did you, did you?
Did you see the sparks, feel the hope?
That you are not alone
Cause someone's out there, sending out flares
Someone's out there, sending out flares

Did you lose what won't return
Did you love but never learn

But did you see the flares in the sky? Were you blinded by the light?
Did you feel the smoke in your eyes, did you, did you?
Did you see the sparks, feel the hope?
That you are not alone
cause someone's out there, sending out flares

But did you see the flares in the sky? Were you blinded by the light?
Did you feel the smoke in your eyes, did you, did you?
Did you see the sparks, feel the hope?
That you are not alone
Cause someone's out there, sending out flares

And here is the video.

I liked the image so much, I re-did it into watercolor paper and added the lyrics with an app called Over.