#thoughts on art

[bthingsart]

Make art!

Make art seriously and deeply.

Make art vulnerably.

Make art outside of an academic environment.

Make art that is so deeply of yourself that you realize...

...art is not a product.

Art is not a thing to gate-keep or be elitist about.

Art is when you have something you need to say but can't say directly.

Art is when you just have a neat idea.

Art is when you have no friends and make up your own.

Art is when you have friends and want to make them happy.

Art is for when you're happy.

Art is for when you're sad.

Art is for when you're angry.

Art is for when you're indignant and mad.

Art is our very humanity.

Art is you and art is not you.

Art is for everyone and art is for only one.

Art is many things.

Art has no purpose.

Art is the most important thing.

Make art with love and skill (any amount of skill), and if you don't make art yourself, the least you can do is not concoct rules for those who do.

[hadescavedish]

The thing is I'm not a writer is that I cannot take out the part of mourning to convert it into tangible beings. I can only use the vision of imagery art and the sound of music bc they're less concrete in comparison, more abstract, so it's safer (as an allusion to the actual human emotions).

[boutzie]

BR | Studio

Experimental Abstract Painting

Acrylic and Oil, on Bristol and Newspaper

2023

-my artwork isn’t perfect, it’s not always pristine or prettyw, it’s unorthodox and messy, with elegance and edge to it, reflecting the free flowing nature that resides inside of me, always experimenting and discovering, and letting my mind and hands wander freely.

Boutzie 🌻

[adaydreamduck]

I think I fell in love with the pencil carving lines on the paper

I think I fell in love with the pencil carving lines on the paper, the paint brush stroking colour on a white canvas, the sound of the violin strings, the dancer moving through the room with such grace — and the eyes of artists deep in thought, lost within their own world.

[werewolfpngs]

just been thinking about the hierarchy we place things on honestly. I don’t think it’s inherently better to Create Things than to appreciate what others create. one of you is putting more cool shit into the world and the other is putting more love into it.

[vmures]

Threw together a throwback playlist with a bunch of my favorites from my childhood, teen years, and college years. I got a little add happy so it's like 18 hours of music, but I kept finding deep cuts on albums I loved that seldom get played on any modern streaming or radio (hell, they didn't get played on most radio back in the day either). I gotta say, I'd forgotten how much I loved some of these songs. Art is so amazing to me. You can go for years not thinking about a piece that carved a place in your being in one way or another (song, show, book, visual art), and then when you do see it again it's like meeting an old friend.

[mizusjawline]

I think art is such a beautiful thing. Art is so old and so inherent to being human. Around the same time as we started making tools, we started making art.

I think it's beautiful that our ancestors wanted to express the world around them by drawing it on cave walls. Why? What motivated them to do that? Was it an attempt to make sense of the world around them? Was it boredom? Or did they, even then, have a sense of beauty and a drive to decorate the space around them?

And yet, here we are, so many years later still trying to express and make sense of the world around us through art. Even now we decorate the walls around us with posters, pictures, paintings, graffiti........

Art is so primal. Creative drive is so primal. And I think that's beautiful.

[chaosnoirjpg]

Healing Imposter Syndrome

The current sciences (psychology) says there is no way of curing or healing or treating imposter syndrome. (They have failed the people they claim to serve and help.)

The rebellious optimist in me says otherwise. There is a practice, not a cure, treatment or healing-way, a practice. I use the word practice because it is flexible, open for growth, a learning curve, forgiving, and non-committal.

---a dialogue---

interviewer: what are your thoughts on the popularity you've gained so quickly for your one song? do you feel imposter syndrome?

artist: I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to be known for my art. There are so many artists that do great work and don't get recognized in their lifetime if ever. My biggest struggle isn't imposter syndrome but rather trying to return to the [head] space where I was able to create art like this.

interviewer: what lead you to create the hit song?

artist: I had no expectations [of the song being a hit]. I was singing to no one. It was just me, my camera and a song I wanted to sing. I only intended to get it out [of me] and I did. I was successful in that.

--end dialogue--

The practice to alleviate imposter syndrome is:

Maintain an attituded of gratitude - be grateful that you are where you are at in the here and now. ask yourself: what are you taking for granted? then move into the spirit of gratitude

Simple Intention - you set out to art, period. you didn't intend to make good/great art

[karapaints]

Why would I want to outsource something that has gotten me through some really hard (and really boring) times? Why would I abandon a practice that shows the evolution of not just my skills, but also my interests? Why would I let a machine tell me about being human, right now, on this Earth under this sky with all these particular people?

And yes, I get choked up when I see handprints on cave walls or ancient graffiti. Because the most human part of us all is reaching out, and saying: I was here! Can you see me?

My art is on paper, and likely will not be around in 200-300 years time. But for now? I can make things and share them with my friends.

I thought of you and made this. You told me you liked this thing, so I made this for you.

Art isn’t pretty images.

Art is connection.

As gen-AI becomes more normalized (Chappell Roan encouraging it, grifters on the rise, young artists using it), I wanna express how I will never turn to it because it fundamentally bores me to my core. There is no reason for me to want to use gen-AI because I will never want to give up my autonomy in creating art. I never want to become reliant on an inhuman object for expression, least of all if that object is created and controlled by tech companies. I draw not because I want a drawing but because I love the process of drawing. So even in a future where everyone’s accepted it, I’m never gonna sway on this.

[alleesaur]

doodling a bunny vs doodling a hare

[ziyuanyuan1113]

Maybe it's because I have a weakness for toxic female characters, but I wanted Rumi to crash out even harder and go full demon mode with Jinu

Twitter

Bsky

[eepykeepy]

true story

[transgirl-from196]

This is so true. And for a long time I don’t think I fully realised that this literally applies to EVERY hobby and field of study.

Like this is my bf recently after he started learning to crochet and its very cute.

This is me with drawing and with diving down the rabbit hole of art history - something I never knew I would become so interested in, but now I find it fascinating. Any research into a subject and any attempt at doing something (anything!) always makes you appreciate the craft, skill and dedication behind those things like 100x more.

And I know they’re not really hobbies but this is definitely true for people studying any academic field too (well I suppose it could be a hobby if someone researches it just in their free time). Like for me learning physics absolutely changes the way I see the whole world around me. Whenever I think about the complexity of what’s happening, even in simple everyday phenomena, it’s astounding. If you haven’t seen it, the quote from Feynman really explains this better than I ever could. But I’ll summarise:

Understanding the flower, what every part of it does, why it looks the way it does and how it functions, doesn’t diminish its natural beauty. It always, always enhances your appreciation of its beauty. And this goes for just about everything in life.

Getting a weird little hobby is actually so important bc it opens your eyes up to the world. You start crocheting or knitting, and now you see scarves and sweaters differently. You try identifying plants, now you’re seeing opposite and alternate leaf pattern. Bird watching? Every chirp draws attention and interest.

Get into weird little hobbies.

[clownowo]

can't wait to see who epic wins the Berdly's affection at the festival

[jawlipops]

incredibly self indulgent doodles lol