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In order to do what you love in the arts, it means selling out and making "cringe content" but if that's what works and gets you more towards your goals WHY is that a bad thing? We only focus on Cinderella stories, but when did trying become corny? Why is it if you make a tiktok to try and get more eyes on your art it's cringe if it only get 200 views, but if the same video gets 1.4 million it's suddenly cool? Why if you put a lot of effort into something, it's not cool cause you didn't do it naturally and effortlessly? Not caring isn't cool anymore. Showing you're trying hard and giving a shit is what's cool now. I decree it.
Mar 25, 2025
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šØI feel like thereās such pressure for creatives of all types to āmake a name for themselvesā, constantly be promoting and using all the right hashtags. Who cares? What if you just wanna make paintings for fun without monetary gain or fame in mind? What if you wanna make youtube videos just as a personal diary instead of becoming a ācontent creatorā or āinfluencerā? What if you just enjoy making logos instead of wanting to be a career freelance designer who spends every waking moment keeping up to date on design trends? Maybe your goal is to make money and become popular for your art, and thatās great, go for it! But I think itās just as valid to enjoy art for arts sake, and not feel a need to worry about posting it consistently and appeasing your followers.
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šŖAnti Rec: Maybe this makes no sense, but stay with me.
In my efforts to put myself out there and post my art (and I notice this especially with TikTok) I become extremely vain. Not necessarily in a positive sense. Maybe a better way to describe it would be that I become preoccupied with what I look like while I create art.
Thereās something so backwards about that to me. This obsession with looking a certain way while Iām focused or while Iām drawing has truly hindered my creative flow. I become a shell by the time Iāve finished drawing for the night (or filming a TikTok). The problem becomes something completely different from how it began. What starts as a creative equation to solve becomes a existential questioning of myself and my appearance. Itās feeling like art is not valuable unless the artist is valued (physically).
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šIt can feel as alienating and heartbreaking to make anything right now. The attempt is what matters. Iāve been trying to make art for a while and feel gratification in doing it but I think thatās the problem isnāt it? We force it and when it doesnāt come out in the way we want it to it feels like we shouldnāt even try. By the nature of you making itās important, and your art is needed rlight now-
even though it doesnāt feel like its being witnessed. You are a witness to it
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