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A Thing I Like
9 years ago
So, as an artist, sometimes I get down on my work. Sometimes I think my work is bad and no one wants to see it; that it's not worthwhile and a useless waste of energy; or my choice of preferred subject matter is dumb and I should stop liking it and start liking better things.
None of these things are very useful or very fun to feel. But I recently came across this post, about fear and art, and whenever I start to feel those things again, I revisit the thought.
That art is not something bad that should make me fear failure. That art is an adventure, and so may come with bumps and bruises, but is infinitely better than not having it there for the dark times and the lonely times.
I thought I would share it, in case anyone else might get some comfort out of it, too.
None of these things are very useful or very fun to feel. But I recently came across this post, about fear and art, and whenever I start to feel those things again, I revisit the thought.
That art is not something bad that should make me fear failure. That art is an adventure, and so may come with bumps and bruises, but is infinitely better than not having it there for the dark times and the lonely times.
I thought I would share it, in case anyone else might get some comfort out of it, too.
....am I dating art?
"Do you have a boyfriend?"
"No."
"YES YOU DO. ART is your boyfriend. You spend all your time with it, it eats your life, it is everything. It is your life. ART IS YOUR BOYFRIEND."
Gotta love drunk people in hipster towns sometimes.
PS: That post is getting shared with a few friends. ^_^
It's a good post! I like it a lot. Sometimes when I am in those periods of despair, it helps to think of art as a friend who's just waiting for me to feel better so we can go have adventures again.