" ᴡɪʟʟᴏᴡ – ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ sᴘɪʀɪᴛᴜᴀʟ ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴄᴇ. ɪᴛ ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀs ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍʏᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢʏ ᴏғ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴇs. " -- › Creation: Ripplewatcher's entry is a (not-to-scale) model of Willow Bay. He used only ice and snow in its creation. He mainly built it around the chunk of ice which is supposed to represent the water, but he constructed trees and a plain of flat land around it for more detail. The trees were originally snowballs made on solid ground, then he pushed them up onto the model using the power of h̶e̶a̶d̶b̶u̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ manual strength. He used his claws to scrape thin lines through the trees as leaves and to decorate the otherwise plain piece of land between it and the water with a few flower shapes. This is basically the exterior and design of the entry. -- › Symbolism & Reasoning For one point, Willow Bay is in RiverClan and is probably known to most of the clan, so Ripplewatcher's terrible art skills didn't have to suffer too much in making it in the first place. In the art, all he wanted to spark was a sense of recognition of the place that he was trying to represent. Willow Bay holds huge sentimental value for Ripplewatcher, as he and Patchbriar, his mate, went there once and had an incredible day together there, which is probably one of his fondest memories. (it's one of my fondest memories of RC too, honestly pfft-) Willows represent belonging, hope and safety, which are all things that Ripplewatcher lacked as a kit and a young apprentice. As a warrior, his main goal was to earn these values and to move past the pain of dxath and grow from that, which the willow also represents. Ripplewatcher added a few lilies around the structure, his favourite flowers, which represent beauty, purity, transformation and devotion. This flower is also connected to his life and was the flower Patchbriar gave him when she proposed. tl;dr: He's made Willow Bay for the Star-Blessed Festival and it has lots of symbolism for him behind it. Music: Two - Sleeping at Last Art: me (it's bad sorry lol) Writing: all me again woo Code: @ColorSnatch
