heart in my hands

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
hell-lit011019
demigodsavvy

“Your art isn’t valued by the number of notes you get” okay but. If you spent 6 hours baking a cake for a party, but no one at the party eats your cake, it’s still disappointing.

i-wear-the-cheese

This articulates something about the different between value and validation that I didn’t previously register on a conscious level.

zachsanomaiy

This is why I tell people I feel more like an entertainer than an artist.

I want to hear them laugh, chat, comment, speak, roar, cry, get irrationally angry, I need people to respond to my art and get inspired and need more.

I don’t want a note, I want a response.

aspex-t

Responses are very nice. I like reading over them. They make me feel fuzzy. Of course, likes and reblogs are also very appreciated, but responses make me feel a special kinda fuzzy.

astraltrickster

That’s the thing about the “oh, create for yourself, don’t worry about other people!” attitude (that almost exclusively comes from non-artists and people who have tons of followers and routinely get tons of validation for SOME reason) that doesn’t quite work. I guarantee you, most of us already ARE creating for ourselves above all-

But we POST our creations for human connection, and that’s not a bad thing.

sagechanoafterdark

I’m not sure when we all got to the point where wanting validation for something you worked hard at is seen as a bad thing. That you’re pathetic for wanting.

If you think that way it’s not only toxic as hell it’s killing creators.

Creating isn’t easy. When there’s nobody to look at your work and say, “You did a good job. This was hard.” The drive and ambition disappears, then so does the work.

Give your content creators value.

Reblog content.

smth you needed this rings true w art and other creativities (yes writing too)
terimummykejai
terimummykejai

Bhnechod dimaag kharab kardete h

chaidrivenwhore

kuch hua kya???

terimummykejai

Kuch ho he to nahi raha h mujhse

chaidrivenwhore

arrey ree

hotay hotay

mayhaps just let it pass??? if you can't fight it, let it happen (tried and tested hai)

you'll be okay tho, dwww

terimummykejai

Koi nahi hota h kya he kar sakte h khte khte aadha saal gaya lol

Nvm thankss tho I am trying to work on myself par emotional outbursts hote rhte h har dusre din

chaidrivenwhore

understandably so

take your time, vaise bhi aadha saal or more humse bhi yahi hotay so nbd

aaram se karlo jo bhi hai, sab thik hoga

vellibandi
chaidrivenwhore

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WRITE

but it's??? not??? working????

send hlep im going insanebdbjs

vellibandi

Go try comic sans. And have an over excited partner @hell-lit011019 reading it from behind your back. I swear you'll write.

chaidrivenwhore

comic sans is cursed but the last time i tried it i gave up after two paragraphs

but yes i did write a bit more (i’ve posted a little part of it so like go read it and lmk what you think pls okay thankie 😋💌)

gid speaketh