#this post isn’t just about Vessel tho I hope someday he sees something similar. he did not save us he makes me feel like a person again.

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I finally watched Vessel’s message from the room below sessions (cause I knew it would take me the fuck out and I was right almost started crying, but moving on), and I have some thoughts, but not what anyone is fucking thinking it’s going to be.

This is not just…. ‘To’ Vessel, this is to any artist who has been told ‘you saved me’ and felt inadequate, misplaced, like an imposter for it. And it’s mostly to fans.

I think a lot of fans, mistake the feelings of being saved and being Seen as the same.

I think a lot of people, especially people who are isolated, and feel broken, and devoid of hope, have people around them who do not see them, who do not understand them, and do not listen to them. Or they don’t have anyone.

And then they hear a song (or a story or an opinion). From someone who is writing from personal experience, and personal moments and feelings, and they resonate so deeply that in that moment they feel so seen that they do not feel alone. They feel saved, not because they think the artist preformed some magic or wrote something for them or some shit, but because in that moment it is like That Artist Knew Them When No One Else Does, Because They Knew Themselves. On such a personal level. Like the artist was on the same wave length as them.

And it’s not ‘I’m not gonna do this, because of this’ it’s the moment of being human again that does it.

And I think we as fans do need to stop saying things like ‘this artist saved me’ cause they didn’t. You will always save yourself. But they can Inspire You to save yourself. And I know it can feel similar and it’s so easy to just simplify it, but simplifying it takes away the real beauty of it.

This artist Knew Me in this moment, even tho they do not know me. And they never will. But it was important. And then people do not know how to thank that artist. Because they feel like they have to thank them For That Moment.

I think we need a new way of saying thank you for that moment besides ‘you saved me’. It’s not the act that is happening.

‘Thank you for inspiring me’

‘Thank you for being there during my panic/anxiety attacks when no one else will be.’

‘Thank you for helping me clear my mind.’

‘Thank you’

#very much so #I don’t want to tag this tbh. #I’m gonna post this and go crochet some more I think #this post isn’t just about Vessel tho I hope someday he sees something similar. he did not save us he makes me feel like a person again. #there is a difference. I am feeling like a person so I have to actively save myself. I have to want to be better and not because Vessel #wants me to be better but because his music reminds me I am not alone. there are so many people out there who feel the same as md #and that’s the power in it. #ok.