Elena: my life stories (short stories) | book 1 | ✔️

The cockpit: a story of a painting

This is a whale of a tail!  This was my first high school art class. I learned a lot of good tips and tricks but I didn't learn really until I went into YouTube and I want to tattooing 101 that being said this isn't about the YouTube channel tattooing 1 oh1 this is about my high school art class and how one painting, my baby ended up being taken away from me. It was supposed to pay to the people who died on 911 all 3000 of them. That being said it was a picture of a cockpit where most of the crimes on 911 had happened and I did the instrument panel and the control column and everything else perfectly well and with perfect detail and it looked almost real, and then I put in the flowers too similar flowers. It looked the same that were supposed to be the World Trade Centre that was supposed to be the pentagon the other one that was supposed to be flight 93 was a three month project and I remember the canvas being so big that I had to go on my tippy toes just to get the top of it done I remember that correctly and this was in high school. I was never really a tall person to be honest with you. I am about the size of eight year. I still get accused of being an eight year old but anyways so I was leaving the painting to dry one night, which I didn't think there was gonna be a parent teacher thing going on! That being said, I ended up realizing that an actual person who worked for Boeing ended up noticing my picture that was supposed to be a homage to the victims of 911 that being said he ended up writing a card saying he didn't know what my name was so he just said dear.... I would like to buy your painting of the instrument panel of the airplane because it reminds me of my job! I find that this painting is breathtaking and beautiful if you want I could give you $500 for the painting and I will give you some inspirational material on airplane cockpits!   
- frank

And I said........

Hello Frank, how are you? Thank you for wanting to buy my painting, but I cannot except your money as this was a painting for the victims of 911 if you want you can go to a 911 charity and give the money to them. I can give you the painting thank you

Elena

A few weeks later, I ended up getting a poster of a Boeing 747 cockpit I never been in a 747 so that was interesting as well as I ended up seeing books and stuff on aviation was very interesting. A little brown girl getting all this even though I am multi ethnic Asian that being said it was very interesting that someone of the Eurasian race would be able to get this as a gift especially after 911! that being said it got me interested in airplanes again the pure innocence of flying, and the idea of travelling to places that are unknown that being said, I wish I could still have these things, but I gave the poster away because I was having a series of bad luck as well as the stuff that I had the books as I said, I may have had a flood in my house and I forgot them when I went to my group which was pretty sad on that part!
I remember this painting as it was yesterday I remember the look of the aesthetic was very interesting indeed to have this painting, but someone else wanted it. I wasn't gonna stop them from having especially when they're gonna come bearing gifts, but I had to say that the money was a no go because this was for the victims of 911 that being said I remember that year correctly And I remember on my bedroom that was forever until I went to Perth respite house! that being said still, the amount of canvases would never suffice. I needed that painting, but I couldn't get it back as I said it was his and I'm glad it was. I guess worse and weird ways to get in life as well, but I am pretty sure the fickle finger of fade will make me see this painting again one day not a picture on the Internet but actually see the dang thing at one point or another. I just hope that I can be reunited with my creation. I have created other tattoos created books written and distributed music but nothing compared to this painting this painting was my baby!  Sorry to be creepy....

-T.M.