Jane also Gaza

Sketch a day - Day 144/365

Today has been a day off. But I feel really tired! This morning I went to the Palestine march in Leeds with my friend Maria, which I found emotional. Amazing to be around other people, all there to try and make a noise for folks in Gaza. And also emotional because there was a far right demonstration that our march ended up having a face off with. And it made me really sad that there are folks in this world who really do believe in standing up for hate. And it's grim. Because they aren't monsters. They aren't ‘scum’ (I can't stand it when folks shout ‘nazi scum’. I have to sit those chants out). I think they are far more frightening than that.They are human beings who find meaning/solace in hating others, and it scares me and also just makes me a bit heartbroken. Hate provides a huge meal of very empty calories. But here we are. In the end there were not many of these folks and they went away. But it's a warning. I could feel the polarisation between where they are and where I am. I can feel the danger of this situation. How do we rebuild connection/understanding in our world?

Once home I went straight back out with Tucker to do our MAP walk. It was a big day for Tucker as we have been working on walking past things he is scared of, and today was full of scary things and he did brilliantly. He walked past the train station and he was able to walk along the busy road AND he was able to walk across the bipass footbridge. This took HUGE courage for our little, very scared but big hearted dog. Well done Tucker ❤️🐾❤️.

By the time we got home I was tired. We were meant to be going to see a dear friend but she had to cancel because she is poorly . So then Jane and I decided we could not cook. So we went out for some delicious food. It was a bit bougie. While we were there I realised that if I was going to get my sketch done today I needed to do it right there and then. So, while we were waiting for our food I sketched her on my phone-sketch-app. And that's the news.

Ps, heres the sign I drew for the march in Leeds today.