#your art is great in its own ways

[quarriawesome]

DO NOT REPOST ARTISTS' ART WITHOUT PERMISSION.

The Link Click tags are so full of reposted art from Twitter and I highly, highly doubt that all of these artists are giving their consent.

If you are one of the accounts mass-reposting art from Twitter without permission, then either stop entirely, or reach out to the artists and ask first.

Many artists are uncomfortable with their art being reposted.

#Im tired of seeing it it is NOT fair on the artists #link click #shiguang daili ren #cheng xiaoshi #lu guang #some people even repost art that was ALREADY POSTED ON TUMBLR BY THE ORIGINAL ARTIST like what the fuck #make your own content #its great that you are excited by the art and the show #but reposting and/or stealing art is not the way to express that

[bmpmp3]

dysgraphic artiƨts risɘ UP!!!!!

#raise your pencils!!!! and erasers. to fix the backwards letters 😔 #sorry still thinking about my weirdness with my art professors. yknow a lot of em have been really pushing us as #students to make our personal identities a major part of like our 'brand' as artists #which. well from an art history major perspective thats a very contentious and nuanced topic. i love a lot of artists who live this way #and i think its great seeing my peers who focus on identity thrive. but also as an fine arts major (double major fool LOL) #i keep getting pushed by teachers into like. specific '____ artist' identities??? #specificaly woman artist. which is a little bizarre because im a bit fat and a bit gnc so im generally like. ungendered? in day-to-day life #(which doesnt actually matter to me directly that much honestly LOL people tend to view me as like. buddy? buddy or pal.) #(not man. not woman. not anything human. sometimes i remind people of a beloved dog. which. hkdsahjk thats its own can of worms) #(a can of worms that also doesnt matter much to me directly because im a wannabe furry who chose to be the dog when playing house as a kid) #(LOL so um. well. theres that) but yeah i dunno i dont really consider myself a woman artist. its been. shockingly (and sometimes luckily?) #irrelevant to most of my life and experiences and art (although dont get me wrong misogyny is very real and very present) so i dont #have a whole lot to say about it from an art perspective. you could also call me all kinds of things. a queer artist. a mixed race artist #again technically correct. some aspects more visible in my work than others. but also very technical. i focus on race a lot in in my #art historical work but i dunno how much my drawings have to say. except that i keep making too many mixed ocs LOL #i dunno i just think my professors gotta focus that energy away from tokenizing me and over to supporting like actual #capital W Woman artists capital Q Queer artists capital A Artists of Colour who are doing far more interesting things than I #far more thought out and engaged in these topics directly. i just kind of stumble into my art blindly and confused <3 #sorry that was a long tangent WHAT IM SAYING Is despite all that: i do consider myself a capital D Dysgraphic artist #i think its an unmovable constant of my art and the way i draw and the way my hands move. the untrained eye doesnt seem to be as aware #of it directly. but those who are familiar can probably see it. the dysgraphia LOL if not just from whenever i write a letter or number #half of them are busted and frantically fixed HDKJSDJDS but its in all my art. if u can see it <3 ive been trying to embrace it #dygraphic artists raise your pencils indeed!! and throw away the eraser!!! make the legibility of your words everyone elses problem!!! #what does that say? what is that sketch? none of my business! none of your business!! its the business of my hand and the pencil alone #motor skill and spatial issues take the wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel

[freaky-flawless]

wait what did cupid say that was fatphobic im so confused? /gen

They basically made a post complaining about how it's become more popular for people to draw Draculaura fat, equating it to "promoting obesity"

An their main defense for saying this is "Draculaura isn't even fat!!! She's just curvy!!"""

And like for the record.... yes Draculaura's doll is in no way fat, but that doesn't make it morally wrong for people to draw her that way... Thus far, she, along with Bloodgood and Iris, are the thickest characters in the show. People have been projecting onto these characters for years, in harmless ways, and this is no different. And that's not even mentioning the fact that people have been drawing her fat for a while, hell even I did before we even saw her new design in gen 3.

I get what it's like when a character is often portrayed in a way you don't like by the fandom, I think we've all been there, but if there's nothing wrong with it it's really your own problem. People have to curate their own experiences on the internet, and ruining other's isn't the way to do it.

#im not putting this in the mh tag #but yeah #i would still recommend finding the post yourself and coming to your own conclusion #i would have posted it here but i blocked them immediately after reading it #its just baffling to me tho... #like anecdotally....i dont like dracudeen #and its a REALLY popular ship #sure ive seen it portrayed in ways that aren't great but overall theres nothing wrong with it #i just dont interact with those posts and engage in the ship art i do like #blocking tags and people is a powerful tool that a lot of people take for granted #hell if someone draws a character in a way i dont like ill just #drawn them myself the way i see them #ask #anon

[anotherpapercut]

I'm gonna say something controversial and I don't care what y'all think of me after because a) I'm right and b) it's called a difference of opinion

twenty one pilots first 2 albums (self titled and vessel) were genuinely beautiful works of art and it was honestly really fucking weird that everyone decided they were Problematique because they "made music to profit off mentally ill people" as if they couldn't just be mentally ill people making art for themselves and the people like them. also there's no way you can listen to oh miss believer and not be moved

#i just think it was sooooo weird that with literally 0 proof peoe decided the 2 members couldnt be mentally ill #there is no way anyone could write friend please without having had a friend who committed or tried to commit suicide #because that song is exactly what it feels like to have your friend violently ripped away from you by their illness #sorry if youve never been 13 sobbing on your bed listening to vessel because someone finally understands how you feel #but that shit was powerful and i will never believe that someone who wasnt mentally ill could write those lyrics #and yall are fucking stupud if you think its wrong for people to use their own illnesses in their art #ok mic dropped #(side note i do like some of blurryface just not nearly as much‚ wasnt super into trench and havent listened to their latest) #so thats why i said the first 2 specifically #its great if you like the later ones too i just personally think those 2 are their strongest #also inb4 someone says well theyre bad in another way: thats not what this post is about lol #didnt say they were amazing role mods whove never done anything wrong. i havent kept up with them in years so idek what they may have done

[tigeri102]

Hi there! I found your blog from reddit while looking for posts about how to grow a tumblr community as an artist (I used to be a regular here like 10 years ago, but I don't even use the email I had back then so I'm back fully from scratch). Any tips that you'd give to a newbie? ^^

oh ! henlo welcome to hell \o/ ill be real tho i truly have little to nothing you dont already seem to have figured out lmao. i dont know anything about community-building and i never have im just here to vibe 🙏

your theme, art, use of tags etc are all lovely fwiw !! but im no expert on getting any real mileage out of this site i just post bullshit all day baybee

edit oops i actually came up with a handful of tips while rambling in the tags and im too lazy to move em to the body text lmao but godspeed

#sundaydoodles #the tiger gets asks #i think i know the post you're talking about and it was someone misreading me when i was talking about something else ^^;; #uhhh letssee you look like you're aiming to be an art blog of ur own stuff but if you do choose to reblog stuff put any comments in the tag #we love that shit #tags themself used to like. only hte first five tags would appear in searches if u remember that? thats not a thing anymore afaik so go ham #if you'd like to make an alt blog for any purpose (personal use or specific topics or w/ev) #you can do so under the same login ! #under the 'account' tab where it says 'blogs | +new' press the +new and bada bing bada boom #you can choose what posts where when you have multiple accs at any time but you can only follow people from the main blog #so for better and worse you really only have the one dash #also! blazing posts isnt *typically* a great way to gain traction and followers overall #itll get eyes on one specific post but in my experience. if only using it for shitposting. youre gonna get like a 90:10 like:rb ratio lmao #and maybe one or two followers if its a hit #it could be different for sharing art but lowkey i doubt it lmao. i would say unless youre doing it for a gaff save your money

[bitchfitch]

Somedays you can't sleep and just have to have a crisis for a bit. Anyways I'm once again seriously considering quitting doing art as my day job and becoming an accountant.

#why accounting? #work from home. nobody gives a shit if youre a stuffy shut in. im good with numbers and details #Stability that you just dont get with an art career. #actual pay checks. like Actual pay checks and a salary that isnt based on hiw quickly you can destroy your ability to create #more brainspace for my own projects #like #at this point im just waiting until im 24 so i can qualify for a local colleges financial aid. #15k for a field with an average of 70k a year isnt like. bad. #its not Great. but like. #idk man. #im burning out and just want to have a job that doesn't hurt. #I want to be able to fix things when they break without having to panic and call my parents for loans. #I know im living a lot of people's dreams and i should be greatful for it. but like. its killing me. #Im not as sick as I was back when I first started having to look at colleges. I'm getting the adhd treated. #I just want to worry less. #and being an accountant seems like a way to do that

[eyesopod]

they should make more unfiction from 2010 youtube made by an eccentric person/small friend group

#kades bs #everything today is a mandela catalogue local 58 gemini home entertainment fnaf vhs clone #ive loved local 58 since like 2018 and gemini home entertainment is fun but kinda. insensitive in the until dawn way. mandela catalogue is #fun too even if the fans are wack (esp since its diverging from analog horror) #and fnaf vhs is also great except the creator is a freak 🫶 #but like this is all there is now and i want to scream and yell THERE IS MORE TO CREATION THERE IS MORE ART TO MAKE STOP MAKING COPIES TO #GET SHORT TERM ATTENTION!!! MAKE IT YOUR OWN!!! #[guy who criticizes the way other people make their horror projects but doesnt have the motivation to start their own] #sorry. anyway.

[stinkrascal]

idc about spoilers at all dude i love spoilers. i love being nosey about the media im consuming

#yea i could just wait until i get to that part #or i could learn the new information NOW and kick my feet and giggle with anticipation #i have very strong opinions about spoilers actually #i feel like if the art is good enough it doesn't matter if you know what's going to happen next #the writing can withstand itself #even if you know what's going to happen. you don't know how it will happen you know #you don't know the specific intimate details and how it all correlates together #i think bcs is a great example you know. that show basically spoils itself #it's a prequel so it's almost assumed that the majority of the characters who are featured will most likely be dead by the end of it #but the writing is so good on its own that that knowledge doesn't change the quality in the slightest #AND I LOVE IT WHEN SIMBLRS SPOIL THEIR STORIES AHAHAHA #being private about your stories is cool too! but i love when simblrs are like #Yeah so these couples are end game and these are the names of their future children and this person dies in this way and- #being secretive is fun and evasive and mysterious! but alas i am incapable of being secretive. i will spoil my entire legacy in one breath #eats up the spoilers like i'm feasting on a delicious dinner meal

[nebblesmakesthings]

Sometimes you just gotta chill out under a cherry blossom tree and watch your secret boyfriend take a nap while they're all cuddled up in your coils

#original character #oc art #ocs #kitsune #naga #Kaius #Roman #Nebbles Art #i had the realization that as an artist i can make my own phone backgrounds so that exactly what i did with this lol #also i know ive already drawn these two cuddling under a cherry blossom tree i just think its a great concept dont @ me alright #this is the ideal way to draw your blorbo couples and you cant change my mind #also click for better quality since tunglr sucks big buttholes <3

[caruliaa]

now one cares if ur mom loves you soooo muc and u love her soooo much and ur omg arent mothers soo great always bs. shut up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#(BEING VERY PETTY BC MINE SUCKS SO FUCKING MUCH) #but also if i have to see the post bieng like 'oohh imagine sweet nothing with how your mother always loves u unconditionly' everywere #(which good 4 u stop acting like thats the universal experience for everyone it fucking isnt) #then you all have to deal with me platonic-fing it and making it abt friendship. sucks to suck loser !!!! #like what if the soul deconstructers *are* my parents in my experience. what then bitch !! #sorry im rly just annoyed abt that one post bc i feel like theres an obsession among swifties to only every understand each song in a way #that like. does or cld fit within her life instead of relating it to ur own experince esp in regards to them all being abt romance #like ppl being like 'i cant believe ppl think x song cld count as a platonic love song when its obvs abt romancce' #or not understanding how the emotions expressed in a song abt a traumatic break up could also be related to other trauma #including trauma inflicted by a parent/friend/ any other relation someone cld have to someone #but the one time !! relating one of her songs to smth other than roamnce is acceptable to swifties its the stupid fucking #'ohh my mom is soo great shes the best' bs thats a sure fire sign the person saying it will never take anyone whos been mistreated #by the parents serious and just respond w 'but its ur momm u have to love her bc shes ur mommm :(((((' #sorry ik im being needlessly bitter which sucks bc i have a a good point here like can we just let ppl relate to songs in whatever way they #want to and not care abt their being a 'defnitive' meaning to the song bc the whole point of art esp music is how YOU relate to it #also like. that post isnt bad at all its acutally completely fine im just bieng dumb and projecting ig bc i feel like the emotions of ppl #whos parents were good to them r always taken more seriously like. if i made a post talking abt relating the 'give me back my girlhood' lin #to my experince w my shitty parents i feel like it wldnt be taken as seriously as this 'uwu i love my momm' bs yk. anyway maybe im wrong !! #who knows !!!!! maybe i shld try to talk abt how i relate her songs to my personal experinces more #also i am being rly dumb sm bc ik other ppl have spoken abt relating her songs (esp mtr and tolerate it) to shitty parnets but iv also seen #ppl treat that like its dumb which is stupid !!!!! who cares !!!! ur being a dick let ppl relate music to whatever experiences they want !! #anyway. i think i seem more pissed her than i actually am im just annoyed bc this is a pet peeve of mine lol #flappy rambles

[cloverlink]

I fucking hate Nintendo as a corporation. I fucking hate corporate greed. I fucking hate anti emulation moves that basically help making old games lost media

Fuck you Nintendo and hope every single person involved in those lawsuits dies a horrible way

#the same for the people who attacked the botw modding community #great work at slapping your own fans with a hammer you stupid dickheads #every ceo is thinking about ways to get ai into their projects stealing art and hiring less artists #but god forbid you make software for a game/console you love #and its SO stupid cause there's no way they're losing money over this #instead of investing so much into killing your fanbase why dont you use that money to make a good pokemon game #yknow like palworld did and im glad they spat on nintendos face honestly #they fucking deserve it #yuzu emulator #citra emulator

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

The thing with the Mari Lwyd, though, is that it's being... I don't know, 'appropriated' is the wrong word, but certainly turned into something it isn't.

Thing is, this is a folk tradition in the Welsh language, and that's the most important aspect of it. I feel partly responsible for this, because I accidentally became a bit of an expert on the topic of the Mari Lwyd in a post that escaped Tumblr containment, and I clearly didn't stress it strongly enough there (in my defence, I wrote that post for ten likes and some attention); but this is a Welsh language tradition, conducted in Welsh, using Welsh language poetic forms that are older than the entire English language, and also a very specific sung melody (with a very specific first verse; that's Cân y Fari). It is not actually a 'rap battle'. It's not a recited poem. It is not any old rhyme scheme however you want.

It is not in English.

Given the extensive and frankly ongoing attempts by England to wipe out Welsh, and its attendant cultural traditions, the Mari is being revived across Wales as an act of linguistic-cultural defiance. She's a symbol of Welsh language culture, specifically; an icon to remind that we are a distinct people, with our own culture and traditions, and in spite of everyone and everything, we're still here. Separating her from that by removing the Welsh is, to put it mildly, wildly disrespectful.

...but it IS what I'm increasingly seeing, both online and in real world Mari Lwyd festivals. She's gained enormous pop-culture popularity in recent years, which is fantastic; but she's also been reduced from the tradition to just an aesthetic now.

So many people are talking/drawing about her as though she's a cryptid or a mythological figure, rather than the folk practice of shoving a skull on a stick and pretending to be a naughty horse for cheese and drunken larks. And I get it! It's an intriguing visual! Some of the artwork is great! But this is not what she is. She's not a Krampus equivalent for your Dark Christmas aesthetic.

I see people writing their own version of the pwnco (though never called the pwnco; almost always called some variant on 'Mari Lwyd rap battle'), and as fun as these are, they are never even written in the meter and poetic rules of Cân y Fari, much less in Welsh, and they never conclude with the promise to behave before letting the Mari into the house. The pwnco is the central part to the tradition; this is the Welsh language part, the bit that's important and matters.

Mari Lwyd festivals are increasingly just English wassail festivals with a Mari or two present. The Swansea one last weekend didn't even include a Mari trying to break into a building (insert Shrek meme); there was no pwnco at all. Even in the Chepstow ones, they didn't do actual Cân y Fari; just a couple of recited verses. Instead, the Maris are just an aesthetic, a way to make it look a bit more Welsh, without having to commit to the unfashionable inconvenience of actually including Welsh.

And I don't really know what the answers are to these. I can tell you what I'd like - I'd like art to include the Welsh somewhere, maybe incorporating the first line of Cân y Fari like this one did, to keep it connected to the actual Welsh tradition (or other Welsh, if other phrases are preferred). I'd like people who want to write their version of the pwnco to respect the actual tradition of it by using Cân y Fari's meter and rhyme scheme, finishing with the promise to behave, and actually calling it the pwnco rather than a rap battle (and preferably in Welsh, though I do understand that's not always possible lol). I'd like to see the festivals actually observe the tradition, and include a link on the booking website to an audio clip of Cân y Fari and the words to the first verse, so attendees who want to can learn it ahead of time. I don't know how feasible any of that is, of course! But that's what I'd like to see.

I don't know. This is rambly. But it's something I've been thinking about - and increasingly nettled by - for a while. There's was something so affirming and wonderful at first about seeing the Mari's climb into international recognition, but it's very much turned to dismay by now, because she's important to my endangered culture and yet that's the part that everyone apparently wants to drop for being too awkward and ruining the aesthetic. It's very frustrating.

#wales! #closed for cleaning on mondays #mari lwyd #tedious personal details

[swampjawn]

Dungeon Meshi Episode 7 was super interesting from an adaptation standpoint - this'll be a little different from what I usually write about (though I do still talk about the animation in the full video).

Studio Trigger have never done a straight-up manga adaptation before - and led by Yoshihiro Miyajima, a big fan of the manga who pushed hard for the adaptation to get made, and who has never directed a full series before, it was unclear if they'd be able to find the right balance between a simple panel-for-panel recreation and making something that's completely different.

And in the first few episodes, you could really feel the tension between the influence of a cautious young creative with great respect for the source material, and a studio with a unique established visual style. It kinda seemed like they were ping-ponging willy-nillily between the two sides of that spectrum.

But this episode showed that Miyajima (and series writer Kimiko Ueno) can take 3 chapters, slice them up and rearrange them into a cohesive-feeling episode while taking into account the differences between screen and page, and using them to their advantage.

Starting with the way the water looks. This line from the manga describes a faint magical glow to the water in this lake and you can see that the cavern fades into darkness above, but Kui's illustration style doesn't really define lighting and shadows very much compared to the cel-drawing style of animation. So the animators took the opportunity to use the water as the light source, and make a whole episode that's lit almost entirely from below. It really gives an otherworldly feeling to this area.

Particularly when the Kelpie shows up, that under-lighting works wonders to define its anatomy within the relatively simple line art.

What do you do when you can't show the immense fuck-off scale of a monster with a beautiful full-page spread like this?

Well you use what you do have: the ability to move the camera instead. This is such a great way to communicate the scale of this thing, AND such a great way to show some of Senshi's anime-original butt-cheeks!

This is one of my favorite shots from this episode - this whole sequence is super hectic, cutting quickly from character to character, but they use tricks like this to keep you from getting confused. This is framed much like it is in the manga, but with the moving image, they're able to use the trajectory of the fish head in the background to lead your eye directly from Chilchuck, right to the point where Senshi pops up in the foreground and transition seamlessly from one character to another!

Now, it's not all good - I am a bit disappointed that they removed Marcille's own Senshi-style soap-making montage, which was the perfect visual representation of the culmination of the character development and understanding built between Senshi and Marcille.

It's a shame to see it go.

I get more into that, what else was cut, and much more in this video where I broke down the entire episode!

Check it out if you feel like it. If you don't, jump in a ditch, cover yourself in leaves and jump out at people as they walk by.

Thanks for reading!

#dungeon meshi #anime #manga #laios touden #marcille donato #senshi #delicious in dungeon #video #mini essay #original

[madlyfluffy]

Yearly reminder to everyone trying to find alternatives to tumblr/social media in general: go make a Neocities account and teach yourself basic HTML and post your art/writing/shitposts there.

It does take extra time to set up (but there are templates out there!) but it is so so worth it to have a site that is 100% YOURS!

You don’t even have to be that good at coding. I’m not. My site is not very accessible via mobile devices but that is fine with me (keeps me off my phone) but there are plenty of ways to make your site mobile friendly. There are plenty of bare bones/accessible sites I adore purely for the media on it.

Imagine having your site on your phone and showing someone- hey! I coded this from scratch. And I didn’t even have to pay a company like squarespace. All your images, links, writings, in one place. I have my fandom edits, memes, fanart, and custom graphics there.

Neocities has a very bare bones follower and comment system, but you can disable this if you want your site to truly abstain from any social media-isms. I use it because its a great way to meet other webmasters and get help with coding problems. Neocities isn't an exact replacement for Tumblr (no reblogging here) but html coding is an invaluable skill to know, as is keeping a personal website in this day in age.

The awesome thing about having your own website is if, god forbid, Neocities goes down, you can move your site to any other number of hosting platforms (like Teacake.org). Your site is truly YOURS, and no one else (shitty tech CEO cough cough) can take it away from you.

If you need help getting started, I recommend checking out sadgrl.online. (More links to resources in the comments section of this post).

I know neocities has been talked about before, especially within my follower circle, but I thought I'd bring it up again for anyone unaware of this awesome platform.

#neocities #website #website design #personal website #web resources #indie web #web graphics #web #social media #artists on tumblr #writers on tumblr #tumblr alternative #twitter #instagram #html website #html coding #madlyfluffy #coding

[woodsfae]

For usamericans who may not know how to support decolonization and indigenous people in their every-day lives, may I suggest checking this list of native-owned businesses, curated and maintained by indigenous folks. There's food, candles, cbd pre-rolls, clothes, jewelry, hats, baby things, handicrafts, art, and hundreds of other useful and wonderful things. I check this list before I buy non-native owned as often as I can.

Also check out the native-owned (pulitzer-prize winner Louise Erdrich started it!) bookstore and press Milkweed Editions (dot org) for an amazing selection of books by indigenous authors. I recommend Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (a collection of essays that will change your thinking if your mind is open at all) that's great for sitting down to read for bite-sized chunks. For book recommendations, check out this infographic!

Do you own property and want to support landback but still need a place to live? Odds are good that there's established precedence in your area to transfer its jurisduction to a local tribe and pay your land taxes and etc to them instead of the settler government!

Here is a list of charities and fundraisers for indigenous support.

Other ways to educate yourself and learn what indigenous people are working on nationally and locally is to follow indigenous people online! Many Native peoples on various social medias tag with #indigenous, #native, and by looking at those you will find many other tags and people to follow.

If you have extra cash, consider paying indigenous people's bail, donating to some of the causes linked above, or look for local initiatives to support in your own community!

#indigenous #native #decolonize your thoughts #decolonize #uspol #usa #usamerican politics #decolonization #land back #colonialism #anti colonialism #colonization #resources #links #woodsfae

[drchucktingle]

Chuck, how do you deal with people who are rude about you and your work? I write queer romance and I want to put my writing out there for people to read, but I'm a very sensitive person and I know it will be hard not to take insults personally and let them affect me. I don't want to let that stop me from expressing myself and sharing my art, but I'm scared!

very good question buckaroo. i am a good example of this as pretty much EVERYONE was rude about my work for many years calling it 'so bad its good' (it is just good) and 'terrible photoshop' (i think it has a great and instantly recognizable style) and 'intentionally stupid premises' (i dont think there is anything stupid about sex being fun and whimsical and playful). even these days the reaction of the VAST majority of buckaroos who discover chuck have this reaction AT FIRST, and then learn to appreciate the tingleverse in a more sincere way over time.

all that is to say BEING DOUBTED HAS WORKED OUT VERY WELL FOR ME. art that changes meaning over time can be very powerful, so if someones initial reaction to my trot is one thing and then it evolves into another thing, well that is just good art. while it can feel bad to get a bad review, i would say a bad review just means you have entered a realm of tension and change and discord and WE ARE TALKIN ABOUT ART BUD so that, in itself, is very exciting.

i think of what i do as 'punk writing', and a big part of that means pushing against preconceived sensibilities. not many other authors will proudly say 'there SHOULD be some spelling errors in my erotic shorts because i wrote it in a day and edited it once. that is the FEELING i want to create', but that is my way. by creating what is in my soul i KNOW i am going to bother some buckaroos and that is okay.

now i am NOT assuming you are also doing punk writing (that is okay of course we all have our own styles. what i am doing with tinglers is pretty rare), but it still stands to remember that there are 7.8 billion people on the planet of this dang timeline and some of them are bound to be bothered by your creations. that is not a problem, that is just part of baring your authentic self.

the other thing to remember is theres no REAL right or wrong in art. it can be analyzed in different ways and i tend to look at it in a way of comparing intention to result, but even THAT is not strictly correct. therefore any bad review of something you make is not actually BAD it is just someones information and feedback for you to take or leave. a one star review is just another opinion, it is no more right or wrong than your own opinion, and that is wonderful. it is freeing.

if i see a bad review of my own book, lets just say CAMP DAMASCUS for instance, i do not get upset because i know this: that reviewer is not wrong. camp damascus is five stars for me, but it is one star for someone else AND THAT IS OK. THAT IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. THAT IS GREAT ART. also MAYBE THEY KNOW BETTER THAN I DO. just because i wrote the book does not mean i am the authority on it, and the conversation and tension between those that enjoy something and those that despise it is a creative act. the audience engaging with your work is just your art emerging from its cocoon and saying 'here i am. lets see where i flutter off to now'

do not fear the river of this timeline sweeping away your creations and carrying them where it will. this is inevitable, but it is also beautiful and freeing. you cannot swim against it and that is okay bud, because YOU HAVE ALREADY WON. you have already created something and given a piece of yourself back to this timeline and that is a great honor and privilege. it is literally all there is

by creating ANYTHING you are proving love is real, and that is something to be proud of

#buckaroo lifestyle #art #creation #chuck tingle