When did everything stop making sense? When did my mind become so blurry?
every year I post this meme and every year people get more mad at me than they did the previous year
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I literally cannot fucking stress this enough. Stop being ashamed of yourself. Shame is the number one thing that gets in the way of creation. I say this with a selfish motive in mind, I can't stand people's creativity being hindered by self-consciousness. I want to rip my hair out thinking about the amount of knowledge lost due to self-loathing.
Write something 'bad'. Draw something 'bad'. PLEASE. It takes time to develop brain-to-hand coordination. The elaborate, underlying sense of aesthetics is still there, your motor skills just haven't caught up with it yet. The voice in your head that is telling you that you are a moron is lying to you.
If you want something to be stressed out over, I will give it to you. Think of the time you've spent around mindless hypocrites who devalue people's craft, and end up consuming it night and day in the end. Not so worthless, now, is it? This stupidity is what gets enabled by this world. That should frighten you. The cost of the equipment that people at times cannot afford, and all the economical implications that come with it. These are worthy of being concerned about. Not your 'innate inability to create'.
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
I REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL
please don’t start reblogging this again this post ruined my life
"Stop saying 15 year olds with weird interests are cringe, they're 15" this is true however you should also stop saying adults with weird interests are cringe because who gives a shit
To wit:
I want to share some wisdom from my high school art teacher.
In my AP Art class, there was a girl who was just starting to experiment with mixed media. At this point she was still playing around, trying to decide what direction she wanted to go with her portfolio. So one critique day, she brought in an abstract canvas with some rhinestone highlights and painted and real peacock feathers. She loved sparkles and peacock feathers so she thought she’d try introducing them a *little*. And after everyone had given some input, the teacher gave her his advice, VERY roughly paraphrased here:
“So here’s the thing… I do not like this style. These are just elements that do not speak to me personally, but I see that you like them, and you’re doing interesting things with them.
“My biggest critique is, I only merely *dislike* this piece. I want you to make me HATE it. Go crazy with the things that you like. Don’t hold back trying to make it palatable to people like me. Because I am NEVER going to like it. And if the audience does not like it, it should drive them crazy seeing how much YOU love it.”
Her portfolio was chock full of neon colors and glitter and rhinestones and splashes of peacock feathers and it was a delight. Our teacher despised every piece lol, but she got great marks and I think even won some awards. And more importantly, she was happy and proud of the results. Because she didn’t limit herself by trying to appeal to people who were never going to enjoy what she enjoyed.
Takeaway here: be as cringe as you want. Don’t limit yourself based on other ppl’s tastes. They’re not you, and you are incredible 💕
The end section of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, 16th century BCE, written by a scribe Ahmose (Ahmes). The final six problems ask to calculate the slopes of given pyramids.
when u reach a certain friendship level w me u unlock me sending u posts that fit ur aesthetic/interests. its honestly an entire love language
[Image description: a meme that shows a simple diagram indicating how a thought changes when it’s put into words. The thought says “I love you so much. I value our friendship deeply and I care about you immensely. You are important to me and I wanna see you happy”. After moving from brain to mouth, the thought has turned into the person saying “this post is youcore”. End ID.]