I don’t wanna speak for anyone else, but in my experience, viewing something that was made for you by someone you care deeply about makes it a special kind of special.
Rather than just seeing it as “a drawing” or “an image”, you start appreciating the various bits and parts of it, like the thought processes that went into certain creative decisions, or the way something was smudged that speaks to how they might’ve struggled and persevered through that portion of the thing that they made for you.
Probably should have mentioned that I asked her to paint that for me. It’s special to me because she did that for me.
I don’t wanna speak for anyone else, but in my experience, viewing something that was made for you by someone you care deeply about makes it a special kind of special.
Rather than just seeing it as “a drawing” or “an image”, you start appreciating the various bits and parts of it, like the thought processes that went into certain creative decisions, or the way something was smudged that speaks to how they might’ve struggled and persevered through that portion of the thing that they made for you.
You’re speaking for me. I like your voice on this.