The essence of a friendship, you may ask?

It lays within shared experiences
…and individual experiences to share.
Perhaps it is in your private jokes,
Humor conveyed with only a stare.

Perhaps it is in the small gestures
A sentence or thought completed
Or maybe something of more worth…
Like being there when needed?
……
…And I really don’t have any talent for poetry…I think I just broke my brain with that....

Here is a sample of real talent....

The tree of friendship had me here
By strings of ropes to wipe a tear
Right at the roots I lost my stand
The tree of friendship took my hand

written by Crystal Pestana


...And from now on, I will leave the beautiful poetry up to Aaron and Crystal, who both hold great talent with words.

I was lucky enough, however, to get to know a bit more about the person who commissioned me and the two who hold this extraordinary friendship this commission meant to capture. Everything in this work is symbolic of their relationship, unique only to their experiences, their personalities….as every friendship is unique to those involved.


Anais Nin said it best, “Each friend represents a world in us, a world neither possible nor born until they arrive; and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”


I hope I have done them justice with recreating some of their world…


August 11-September 8, 2008
Concept and Quote by Aaron Bollack
Artwork...by ME!!!

*apologies for all the edits* Details can be found here: [link]

...and yes, there is a ballad called "Princess Porkchop" available for those interested...