Nothing to disagree with here. We need to normalize rejection more and make contentment more inward generating than outward gratifying? Less external validation and more internal fulfillment? As long as you're happy with your work publish it. If you're not then don't-even if it's the best thing anyone has read.
I think our compass has to be inward looking but that's def a work in progress!
Thanks for reading! Yes it’s taken me years of never showing anyone anything to get to this place. Once you can truly detach from the outcome of your art, whatever that may be, then you will be free to make art! It’s such a gift when someone loves what you’ve made, but also equally a gift if they hate it. I don’t want to be for everybody. Just for ME :)
I love the way you frame creativity as something innate and inevitable, not some rare lightning strike reserved for a lucky few. Your words feel like a sturdy hand on the shoulder and a well-timed shove at the same time. You make it clear that making ugly things, lopsided things, even deeply imperfect things, is still the purest form of being alive.
Thank you for your kind words, and for reading. Sometimes we (me) need a reminder to make art for the sake of making art. Looking forward to reading more of your work :)
Nothing to disagree with here. We need to normalize rejection more and make contentment more inward generating than outward gratifying? Less external validation and more internal fulfillment? As long as you're happy with your work publish it. If you're not then don't-even if it's the best thing anyone has read.
I think our compass has to be inward looking but that's def a work in progress!
Thanks for reading! Yes it’s taken me years of never showing anyone anything to get to this place. Once you can truly detach from the outcome of your art, whatever that may be, then you will be free to make art! It’s such a gift when someone loves what you’ve made, but also equally a gift if they hate it. I don’t want to be for everybody. Just for ME :)
I love the way you frame creativity as something innate and inevitable, not some rare lightning strike reserved for a lucky few. Your words feel like a sturdy hand on the shoulder and a well-timed shove at the same time. You make it clear that making ugly things, lopsided things, even deeply imperfect things, is still the purest form of being alive.
Thank you for your kind words, and for reading. Sometimes we (me) need a reminder to make art for the sake of making art. Looking forward to reading more of your work :)
You bet.