So here's this

My first time doing gouache:/

And this shiny watermelon boy

I don't like them too much but meh

You don't have to read to the bottom it's just me ranting

I warned you

Here's the thing. I've been living a lie for my whole freaking life.
Let's explain,,
So idk how many of you know but my family is from Syria- they fled Aleppo due to religious persecution, which makes sense because in West Asia, religion is EVERYTHING. So my family is Christian and they fled for that reason. Or so I thought—-
But actually no, my family isn't supposed to be Christian, they were originally Jewish. But because they were being persecuted, they converted to Christianity. Which then they fled to achieve the American dream. Which makes me a first generation American. It took my family 24 years to gain citizenship wtf-
So// my family never told me how we were never originally Christian and how much they had to change (well other than their names)
and it's a bit stressful??

Also ironic because my dad is from Germany and
yeah
we don't talk about that bc what

But I identify w/ my Arab side more bc I don't look German worth poo

So hey, where are you from??