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I don't need "charity" - read please
6 years ago
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Something unexpected happened to me recently, but it is not the first time a friend has let me down, only this time I did not expect it, When a good friend knows that you are doing well, is happy for you, not bothered that you no longer needs your financial help.
The problem is when you realize that that client never saw you as a friend, and just thought that talking to her was just a trick to get money from her, Although she was the one to talk to you first, to know about your situation, hoping it was just as bad or worse, to feel that every dollar invested in you is worth it.
Thanks also to the generous help of my dear customers and excellent friends orca666 and msblueraccoon and other clients that like that with a small purchase also helped me, but these two boys are good friends of mine, and I have faith that they buy my drawings for the reason that any artist would expect to buy drawings "they like my art" they don't feel sorry, and neither do they feel better people for buying a drawing from someone just because they live in Venezuela
Never in my life I sent notes to anyone asking him to buy me a drawing, and they never are, each of my drawings was for me, before "she" a drawing that they had request me, because "they liked my art"
But unfortunately I discovered that this client was not a friend of mine, it hurt, because it hurts a lot when you have the best intention and it turns out that they believe the worst possible of yourself, it feels similar to betrayal, a lie, a hoax, and it also hurts my pride as an artist
Have you ever bought a drawing from an artist just for "pity"?, Do you think it's right to do that?
Please, don't do it, you're not just acting like a bad person, because you think you do something good, that artist thinks it's good and thinks that your art likes it, if you want to do charity give money to someone what really need you help because the artists struggling hard every day to earn money honestly, believing that his art is really worth more every day, with all the effort and love he puts into every drawing makes.
She also helped me to grow, no longer need her, I thought she would be happy for me, but I discovered that she only made me consider "good for her" and it hurt, she left and stopped following me, because she really never liked my art, I felt cheated, and that I had had something "a friend", but it wasn't like that.
If I like you and I think you're nice despite being my client, I'm going to talk to you, because: "I'm a friendly and social person and I like to help others" You can read it in my presentation, it's my way of being, I like to meet and talk with the people, is that bad?
I want them to know that if they are only interested in buying drawings from people in need, not because they like their drawings, because I have a long list of people who need money, because living in Venezuela is hard and in Latin countries too.
I want you to know that these people have a computer where they can draw, so they are not people in a state of misery, I recommend making donations to foundations if they have the desire to make this world a better place. (The latter is for her, I know that one day she will read this.)
- Other artists that like me do not live in a dump but also need financial help, and they want them to buy their drawings because you BECAUSE YOU LIKE ART THAT THEY DO, not because you want to do charity:
If you buy one of my friends, I will be happy for them, because that's what good friends and good people do.
Thanks for read. 
Love your art ^~^ hang in there!
But I'm back, thank you very much for commenting, do not worry, it was a good lesson that I should not blindly trust people, no matter what good intentions they may have