I've also been thinking about this lately! I kinda feel sad for all the people who never got to experience being a weird little artist teenager before social media because that's the me I try to get back to when I feel myself over perceiving myself and my art and trying to aestheticize for the internet instead of just being and creating.
Teenager me just did things because she wanted to and made art because she needed to.
I feel 10000x more alive when I'm remembering that girl and being her more and 10000x more creatively stifled when I'm on the internet seeing what all the 'successful' artists are up to or reading about how to become one.
Our natural inclination to create has been squashed by social media in a lot of ways so I get why people (me included) want and need articles and courses and advice on how to create and how we can get addicted to them. But that exact content is only further squashing the creative spirit. I read some of this content from people encouraging others to create and I'm like...this all sounds so forced. Why do you even want to make art at this point? If it's so hard to just do they thing why are you making yourself do it? Is it just to re-affirm your own self identity that you are an artist? Where is the sheer animal force here that won't rest unless you're creating wildly? It all feels stifling. I think that the fact that we all feel so perceived these days by being so online is a massive detriment to our art. We want to control the perception of ourselves so we can be one thing because we don't see many examples of great, amazing, profound, free artists being many things. Everything is aestheticised and categorised to death.
omg i resonate so deeply. thank you for writing that!! it does feel SO FORCED!!! and just like…capitalistic, somehow? in the same way that healing modalities have been forced through the marketing meat grinder and repackaged in a way that tells you you’re blocked and need to be fixed, all with this sort of hidden suggestion that you could also be more productive if you DID fix yourself. *shivers*
I really fuck with your article today. It’s kind of just like, get over yourself and do it. It won’t feel all glamorous and fun at first but I truly believe in “momentum” so the more you start with something and get over the weird beginners feeling it picks up speed and starts to feel more natural. I always say, “The more I write, the more I write!”. I love the example of going to the gym or meditation, it is a similar feeling. An awkward and can be annoying feeling in the beginning but once the speed picks up the endorphins flow! Hell yeah.
hell yeah brother. i enjoyed following along the article with your voiceover. you make me giggle hehe. your words have a way of showing up in my head throughout my days. thank you for all the ways you’ve inspired and guided me in my own processes. ☺️
I've also been thinking about this lately! I kinda feel sad for all the people who never got to experience being a weird little artist teenager before social media because that's the me I try to get back to when I feel myself over perceiving myself and my art and trying to aestheticize for the internet instead of just being and creating.
Teenager me just did things because she wanted to and made art because she needed to.
I feel 10000x more alive when I'm remembering that girl and being her more and 10000x more creatively stifled when I'm on the internet seeing what all the 'successful' artists are up to or reading about how to become one.
Our natural inclination to create has been squashed by social media in a lot of ways so I get why people (me included) want and need articles and courses and advice on how to create and how we can get addicted to them. But that exact content is only further squashing the creative spirit. I read some of this content from people encouraging others to create and I'm like...this all sounds so forced. Why do you even want to make art at this point? If it's so hard to just do they thing why are you making yourself do it? Is it just to re-affirm your own self identity that you are an artist? Where is the sheer animal force here that won't rest unless you're creating wildly? It all feels stifling. I think that the fact that we all feel so perceived these days by being so online is a massive detriment to our art. We want to control the perception of ourselves so we can be one thing because we don't see many examples of great, amazing, profound, free artists being many things. Everything is aestheticised and categorised to death.
omg i resonate so deeply. thank you for writing that!! it does feel SO FORCED!!! and just like…capitalistic, somehow? in the same way that healing modalities have been forced through the marketing meat grinder and repackaged in a way that tells you you’re blocked and need to be fixed, all with this sort of hidden suggestion that you could also be more productive if you DID fix yourself. *shivers*
I really fuck with your article today. It’s kind of just like, get over yourself and do it. It won’t feel all glamorous and fun at first but I truly believe in “momentum” so the more you start with something and get over the weird beginners feeling it picks up speed and starts to feel more natural. I always say, “The more I write, the more I write!”. I love the example of going to the gym or meditation, it is a similar feeling. An awkward and can be annoying feeling in the beginning but once the speed picks up the endorphins flow! Hell yeah.
“the more i write, the more i write”—yes, yes, yesssss!! the momentum is such a huge piece!
A banger for real, I will be saving this for future motivation
thank you!! i’m so glad it struck a chord!
hell yeah brother. i enjoyed following along the article with your voiceover. you make me giggle hehe. your words have a way of showing up in my head throughout my days. thank you for all the ways you’ve inspired and guided me in my own processes. ☺️
omgggg i’m so honored to be rolling around in there!!! i’m glad you liked my goofy ass reading haha 🤭❤️🔥