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5 years ago
== Recording to logbook ==
It's so incredibly important to have someone or some people near you or with you, to encourage you. Note that I do not mean "always tell you that you're right or that you're perfect" because no growth can come from that. I mean people who will appreciate the art and stuff that you create, whether they be drawings, stories, music, sculptures, etc.
Recently I have been stuck in a rut of focusing so much on work to make ends meet, that I've had little time for creating something myself. And when I do have the time, I lack the inspiration. But when I do have the inspiration, I get in such a state that I make and make and make and pour my heart and soul into that creation, because I want to see it gain life.
But there's a problem.
Lack of encouragement.
When an obstacle comes, whether it be difficulty with anatomy or vocabulary, or some art block or something, it's good to have some people around to bounce ideas off of. I've been that person for a few of my friends, and have been happy to watch them develop their ideas and generate something new and big and exciting out of it. I don't say this to seek glory or something, I'm just glad I was able to help someone else grow and gain a bit of attention from it.
But when that help doesn't come, or only trickles in, then it gets really hard to find the motivation to continue creating. And then the desire to create dies altogether.
It's also natural to both want to fit in with a group, and stand out by your own merits. To create something everyone can enjoy, and yet to create something unique.
It's why I haven't been making any new drawings lately. It's also why I've halted progress on that story I wanted to write. Lack of feedback from friends and also the issue of running into the realization that I was trying to make something so many countless others have already done. And little or nothing for the few things I've already been making. How exactly should I improve or try something new if I don't get enough people looking at my stuff?
And then some of the things I do make, just as experiments, get a lot of attention. Some things that I don't want to be known for. Some things that I feel that more people would rather see, but I don't want to keep making because it's... not something I feel comfortable with (content wise, not skill wise).
It doesn't help that it feels like everyone else is so distant and so busy with the crap happening in their own lives. I'm not asking for people to devote their lives to me, or become simps for me -- geez, I couldn't take that at all. But man, you never know what hell somebody is going through if you don't talk to them, right?
(Unless y'all figured out how to read minds from over the internet. In which case, please let me know how I can learn this power.)
In any case, I feel like shutting down my creative workshop for a while. I have no idea what, if anything, I want to make anymore. But I want to keep supporting the creative works of my friends. Sometimes that's expensive to do, but... Life's something else, ain't it?
Eh, to the 5 people who read this far into my journals, you're awesome. Keep being amazing.
Recently I have been stuck in a rut of focusing so much on work to make ends meet, that I've had little time for creating something myself. And when I do have the time, I lack the inspiration. But when I do have the inspiration, I get in such a state that I make and make and make and pour my heart and soul into that creation, because I want to see it gain life.
But there's a problem.
Lack of encouragement.
When an obstacle comes, whether it be difficulty with anatomy or vocabulary, or some art block or something, it's good to have some people around to bounce ideas off of. I've been that person for a few of my friends, and have been happy to watch them develop their ideas and generate something new and big and exciting out of it. I don't say this to seek glory or something, I'm just glad I was able to help someone else grow and gain a bit of attention from it.
But when that help doesn't come, or only trickles in, then it gets really hard to find the motivation to continue creating. And then the desire to create dies altogether.
It's also natural to both want to fit in with a group, and stand out by your own merits. To create something everyone can enjoy, and yet to create something unique.
It's why I haven't been making any new drawings lately. It's also why I've halted progress on that story I wanted to write. Lack of feedback from friends and also the issue of running into the realization that I was trying to make something so many countless others have already done. And little or nothing for the few things I've already been making. How exactly should I improve or try something new if I don't get enough people looking at my stuff?
And then some of the things I do make, just as experiments, get a lot of attention. Some things that I don't want to be known for. Some things that I feel that more people would rather see, but I don't want to keep making because it's... not something I feel comfortable with (content wise, not skill wise).
It doesn't help that it feels like everyone else is so distant and so busy with the crap happening in their own lives. I'm not asking for people to devote their lives to me, or become simps for me -- geez, I couldn't take that at all. But man, you never know what hell somebody is going through if you don't talk to them, right?
(Unless y'all figured out how to read minds from over the internet. In which case, please let me know how I can learn this power.)
In any case, I feel like shutting down my creative workshop for a while. I have no idea what, if anything, I want to make anymore. But I want to keep supporting the creative works of my friends. Sometimes that's expensive to do, but... Life's something else, ain't it?
Eh, to the 5 people who read this far into my journals, you're awesome. Keep being amazing.
In any case, taking a break from creative stuffs is important. I do hope you come back though.