Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.
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The Amazon preview of The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer
screenshotted under the cut
Aw, now I’m disappointed that this isn’t anything I would be able to read more than a page of. I’m really loving Brandon’s chapter art though.
For the most part I don’t mind being transsexual, but sometimes it really sucks. Stupid society and your ignorance and the way you keep me from interacting with people socially for reasons that cis people take for granted every fucking day.
I’m getting increasingly upset anytime I see people respond to people’s art with “I GIVE UP” or “I QUIT ART” or “I’M NEVER DRAWING AGAIN.”
I mean… seriously, people? Are you listening to yourselves?
1) Have more confidence in yourself, and be patient. It’s okay if you can’t do everything in the world like everyone else immediately. That doesn’t make them better or you worse.
2) Stop making other people feel bad or guilty for sharing their work with you or being good at what they do. Telling someone that you want to give up because of what they posted is a lousy thing to do.
3) The only real difference between you and that other artist is the amount of hard work and practice they’ve put in. It’s not magic. There’s no special secret. You can do these things, too, if you stop threatening to hurl yourself off an artistic cliff every time someone posts something that you chose to see as intimidating. Everyone’s artwork has something special and unique, and everyone at every skill level sees things they admire in other artists’ work. Your work is special, even if it isn’t exactly the same as other people’s.
So just, calm down, cut yourself some slack, and stop shaming people for working hard and being good at what they do.
*replace “art” with your chosen field/hobby/skill as required.
edit: I know a lot of people say these things jokingly, but a lot of those types of comments are just really outright negative and leaves everyone bad feelings. And even if you mean it as a compliment, it’s still negative.
I have to agree. I know people mean well (I hope), but it is disheartening to scroll through comments/notes on your art and find that they’re full of “I quit,” “I give up,” comments. One of my goals is to inspire people the way I’ve been inspired by other artists.
