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This year's EF was an even better opportunity than most to gauge my progress as an individual. One year ago I showed up and knew no German whatsoever, and was just a few days shy of my legal divorce. This year, I may not have been fast-enough to translate but recognized about 50% of the German words spoken around me, and I had already found restoration in a new relationship, despite my desire to be single for the rest of my life!
In 2016 I was humbled by all the diverse cultures and languages surrounding me. I had prided myself on being a good communicator despite my initial social ineptitudes, but found existing in the Anglosphere was only the tip of the iceberg. In 2017, my priority is shifting from relating to others to helping others relate to each other. I'll still study languages to the best of my abilities, but will make active efforts to get my content out to others in Russian, Japanese, and other languages that don't have regular access. This will start by taking my talks and getting them transcribed and translated into the languages that benefit the most international furries.
By the way, my talks went incredibly well! Had a packed room for "Fursonas: Types and Stereotypes. Skyhawk came by later to share aggregate data of e621 labels to marry my subjective observations with his objective observations on furry porn trends. Again, best talk of my life because of the others who show up!
Out of respect to the clients in my queue, I took no new commissions. My existing work is weighing heavily on me, and with the wait that comes from the jobs I'm focused on doing kick-ass work to legitimize my clientele's patience. While I meet those needs, my career will see a shift in print sales, monetizing my abilities as a speaker and educator instead of just a visual artist. This makes more sense for someone who finds his whole life to be a kind of artwork!
Thanks to everyone who took the time to share themselves with me during your convention time. You know who you are. <3
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This year's EF was an even better opportunity than most to gauge my progress as an individual. One year ago I showed up and knew no German whatsoever, and was just a few days shy of my legal divorce. This year, I may not have been fast-enough to translate but recognized about 50% of the German words spoken around me, and I had already found restoration in a new relationship, despite my desire to be single for the rest of my life!
In 2016 I was humbled by all the diverse cultures and languages surrounding me. I had prided myself on being a good communicator despite my initial social ineptitudes, but found existing in the Anglosphere was only the tip of the iceberg. In 2017, my priority is shifting from relating to others to helping others relate to each other. I'll still study languages to the best of my abilities, but will make active efforts to get my content out to others in Russian, Japanese, and other languages that don't have regular access. This will start by taking my talks and getting them transcribed and translated into the languages that benefit the most international furries.
By the way, my talks went incredibly well! Had a packed room for "Fursonas: Types and Stereotypes. Skyhawk came by later to share aggregate data of e621 labels to marry my subjective observations with his objective observations on furry porn trends. Again, best talk of my life because of the others who show up!
Out of respect to the clients in my queue, I took no new commissions. My existing work is weighing heavily on me, and with the wait that comes from the jobs I'm focused on doing kick-ass work to legitimize my clientele's patience. While I meet those needs, my career will see a shift in print sales, monetizing my abilities as a speaker and educator instead of just a visual artist. This makes more sense for someone who finds his whole life to be a kind of artwork!
Thanks to everyone who took the time to share themselves with me during your convention time. You know who you are. <3
/ being furry agreed surprisingly well. From the reactions of the audience, I think I was able to tell that the majority oft the room also felt the same... which told me that I indeed was finally in the right place! Thank you so mich for providing that forum!
And damn...I totally missed your panels. Was either too busy to get there or simply forgot it TT__TT
Will the Fursona type talk be online anywhere?
Your shift from pure artist to artist + speaker/educator makes complete sense, especially when I look back what you are doing and what your goal is :).
I had my sneak through EF, but quickly disappeared in someone's hotel room ^^.
Mhm, something that I want to do next year is grab my queer friends and visit the Quälgeist party (a BDSM/Fetish club that does a special Furry party each year.)
At my Berlin trip I stayed at this kinky/queer friend and she showed me a lot of the sexy places in Berlin :D.
Quälgeist is one of the highest quality clubs I've seen, good use of space, good equipment, lots of possibilities to get creative :D
And I would LOVE to see this club with you! Glad you had a good time in your brief visit. May our visits overlap next time!
I had a quick look at the artist alley but it was sardine-can packed when I passed.
That was... yeah... you don't just walk out of there.
(Artist lounge had just two or three nerds and some chirping crickets)
You will get into the club, I will take you with me O_O.
And don't forget the Dirty Bible Verses - you promised us a list ;-p
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And thanks again for taking the time to talk with me, I have no words to properly convey how much I appreciated it! *hugs*