This was an old drawing I saw in my archive, I titled it the “cave man“ the title depict my recent experience, an experience that made me remember the cavemen. I ran out of match sticks yesterdays night and it was only one match that was left in the case, I was outside on the street few hours ago before it became so dark that most stores would have close, and it didn’t occur to me to get a match stick, it was so cold that I wanted to drink coffee, and due to the fact that I live in a country where we usually have interrupted power supply, that worsened my issue. In the process of lighting the last match stick I didn’t pay attention to do it well, that was how I stroke the match on the case carelessly and in my very own eyes that match couldn’t hold up fire for a while. It now down on me how messed up I was at that point, and I didn’t even have any small gas lighter. At this point of pain the only thing that came to my mind was the cavemen, 😂 I started cracking my brain how can I light fire without a match stick but it was so bad that I don’t even have any material I could use to try. That was how I slept that night without taking my coffee. My duvet was all I got. I want this work to remind us to be patient and self aware, and always have a backup item. This experience may not be a big deal but then again it matters because how you handle small stuff could determine you readiness to handle bigger problems. I hope this resonates with someone out there, thanks for reading.

Materials

Charcoal
Eraser
Graphite powder on paper

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Final rendering