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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜, 𝚌𝚘𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚠𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚊 "𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚎."

𝙰𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎m𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜.

𝙸𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜(specifically in religions)𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚠 "𝚎𝚛𝚊" 𝚘𝚏 "𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝."

𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚞𝚙 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜:

𝚃𝚑𝚎 chart 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝙳𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 like 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝 same 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 have been 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚗 throughout history?

𝙸𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎.

𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚍𝚞𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜, 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚢𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚢.

𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 "𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚢" 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚍𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚚𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚘𝚠𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎.

𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚔, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝙰𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚢(𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚜𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚍) 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚊𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚎. 𝙴𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 "𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎" 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝟸𝚔 𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕. 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜𝚗𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚡 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢. 𝙻𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝙰 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚖𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘. 𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍.

𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚘𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚘 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢:

The Divinity Discourse

When God Was A Woman

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Chuck, how do you deal with people who are rude about you and your work? I write queer romance and I want to put my writing out there for people to read, but I'm a very sensitive person and I know it will be hard not to take insults personally and let them affect me. I don't want to let that stop me from expressing myself and sharing my art, but I'm scared!

very good question buckaroo. i am a good example of this as pretty much EVERYONE was rude about my work for many years calling it 'so bad its good' (it is just good) and 'terrible photoshop' (i think it has a great and instantly recognizable style) and 'intentionally stupid premises' (i dont think there is anything stupid about sex being fun and whimsical and playful). even these days the reaction of the VAST majority of buckaroos who discover chuck have this reaction AT FIRST, and then learn to appreciate the tingleverse in a more sincere way over time.

all that is to say BEING DOUBTED HAS WORKED OUT VERY WELL FOR ME. art that changes meaning over time can be very powerful, so if someones initial reaction to my trot is one thing and then it evolves into another thing, well that is just good art. while it can feel bad to get a bad review, i would say a bad review just means you have entered a realm of tension and change and discord and WE ARE TALKIN ABOUT ART BUD so that, in itself, is very exciting.

i think of what i do as 'punk writing', and a big part of that means pushing against preconceived sensibilities. not many other authors will proudly say 'there SHOULD be some spelling errors in my erotic shorts because i wrote it in a day and edited it once. that is the FEELING i want to create', but that is my way. by creating what is in my soul i KNOW i am going to bother some buckaroos and that is okay.

now i am NOT assuming you are also doing punk writing (that is okay of course we all have our own styles. what i am doing with tinglers is pretty rare), but it still stands to remember that there are 7.8 billion people on the planet of this dang timeline and some of them are bound to be bothered by your creations. that is not a problem, that is just part of baring your authentic self.

the other thing to remember is theres no REAL right or wrong in art. it can be analyzed in different ways and i tend to look at it in a way of comparing intention to result, but even THAT is not strictly correct. therefore any bad review of something you make is not actually BAD it is just someones information and feedback for you to take or leave. a one star review is just another opinion, it is no more right or wrong than your own opinion, and that is wonderful. it is freeing.

if i see a bad review of my own book, lets just say CAMP DAMASCUS for instance, i do not get upset because i know this: that reviewer is not wrong. camp damascus is five stars for me, but it is one star for someone else AND THAT IS OK. THAT IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. THAT IS GREAT ART. also MAYBE THEY KNOW BETTER THAN I DO. just because i wrote the book does not mean i am the authority on it, and the conversation and tension between those that enjoy something and those that despise it is a creative act. the audience engaging with your work is just your art emerging from its cocoon and saying 'here i am. lets see where i flutter off to now'

do not fear the river of this timeline sweeping away your creations and carrying them where it will. this is inevitable, but it is also beautiful and freeing. you cannot swim against it and that is okay bud, because YOU HAVE ALREADY WON. you have already created something and given a piece of yourself back to this timeline and that is a great honor and privilege. it is literally all there is

by creating ANYTHING you are proving love is real, and that is something to be proud of

#buckaroo lifestyle #art #creation #chuck tingle

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