Did your mama ever say to you “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all”. Mine did, and I listened. I think for the most part, it is good advice. I find myself dwelling on it though. When I don’t feel like being a ball of sunshine, I turn into a hermit. I don’t want to put myself out there. I don’t want to be the Debbie downer of the bunch. I don’t want to create anything because I feel like that takes my inner downer and makes it something tangible that I might not be able to take back. It creates an image that may give viewers those same feelings that I have inside. Maybe they will look at my photo and get the same anxiety that I felt when taking it. Maybe they won’t. It’s not my job to determine how my art will make others feel.
Something I am realizing more is that maybe I can just embrace and except that sometimes things just suck. Sometimes my attitude or outlook just sucks for no reason and that is just fine. Instead of getting all hermit crab, I am going to just let it out. I am going to create tangible things that maybe people will look at and think I am a bummer. Well, that is just fine too. If I only create when I feel like a magical unicorn full of popcorn and flowers that would be boring. That would be fake, untrue, a facade.
I’m no shrink. But I am a person. And from one person to another, let yourself feel it all. Experience the not so nice. Allow others to experience your not so nice sometimes too. Life is not all bunny rabbits and cotton candy. Life is about experiencing and feeling and being true. Nobody likes a robot.
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Beautiful written. Thanks for letting us see you at your best and worst ❤️
Yep, what Anna said. Appreciate your words here and images.
So well said. Thank you so much for sharing. Wonderful work