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Applying for things as an artist, looking for careers (haha) and an MFA is so castrating. It also feels paradoxical. Whenever I write a project proposal or a cover letter trying to ‘stand out’ against another bunch of equally talented and determined people makes me feel like cattle. (love u guys tho). How am I supposed to stand out when I am working under a regime? The other proof of creative prowess is IRL- getting yourself out of sticky situations (i.e., unemployment, shit job, parents’ house) CREATIVELY. use your skills! they are an advantage! I didnt pay for a Bfa for nothing- I can’t write an essay, but I can certainly throw a good art party.
no shade to any mfas, this post is mainly out of spite ❤️
4d ago
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i am really passionate about going to my schools gallery crawl where all the undergrads exhibit their art. The work folks make range from uninformed, to simply bad, to copying other famous artists, or just trying to make it through art school. Genuinely, it’s inspiring to see people try stuff out, get halfway, play around, wrestle with a concept and fail (sometimes hilariously). and bitch it’s necessary! being audacious, playful and unafraid of failure, intrigued or exhausted, it’s all a part of making. being so scared to screw up makes u make no work at all.
I made so so so much bad work in school and i presented it proudly. I wanna get back to failing spectacularly and doing it with a grin.
Mar 8, 2025
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i’m so worried for the future. while i try to just live in the present, i‘m afraid ill never be able to really make it in any art, and it will just be relegated to hobby. i’ve always been an artist, i’ve been writing, and painting, singing, and acting since i was a child. there’s nothing i feel more deeply in my bones than artistry. there is nothing i feel defines me more, i am full of an insatiable providence to engage and really make something. i don’t care what it is, if it’s music, or acting in films, or physical art, i an ordained to act as a vessel for things to be seen. but i understand, its not a career of value, or the industry is competitive, and it breaks my heart to think i may never be able to fully commit myself to it all.
already, i find myself making exceptions, applying as a film studies major, because it would be more versatile, but still allow me to work closely with those circles. if i can’t be within i can stay close. but i will miss it, sidelined, benched.
i guess i’m in early mourning of a dream.
Jun 1, 2025
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My friend keeps on asking me why I'm not going to art school.
Every single class we have together I doodle on my paper and she always looks over and asks me the same question, "why aren't you becoming an art major."
I don't really know how to tell her that that's exactly what my dad did and he had to give up his dreams of being an artist to go into the military because nothing else was working. There just weren't jobs or opportunities for him.
I don't want to live like that. I'm going to keep my passions to myself, keep it a hobby and happily settle for designing houses.
Art school is just sucha risk for me that there's no way I'd ever feel comfortable enough to spend thousands on for school.
I love the compliments though :D
Feb 23, 2025
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spend the little time you have around things you love and are inspired by. note to self.
1d ago
watercolor. 2025. from a picture i took in 2020 when I was 18. Good summer. We were all so determined to make it memorable. I made this in January, when it was very cold and i was missing everyone i knew. i'm thinking about doing a series in this style, of memories that i took on my phone- how those pictures are one of the only things solidifying these memories. rendering them like this is almost exactly how they show up in my head. Foggy, pixelated, abstruse.
6d ago