#illustration #study #art #drawing

John Cornyn always gives me the most disappointing email replies when I reach out to him so I’m not surprised…

#drawing #art #study

Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates should be required reading imo

I don’t wanna hear anything from Shmuck Schumer ever again 💀

No!!! Especially with brown sugar on top—I will die on this hill

Instantly learn languages. Hopefully not like Starfire, who has to kiss ppl

I have a deep love of bullet journals for this very reason.

I can scrapbook inspiration, then just jump into drawing. Then, the next page is my grocery list or what I need to tackle that week.

Do whatever you need to do to get drawing or writing again friends!

#art #writing #bulletjournal

I like getting prompts every now and then. I also like challenges and big lists of things to try-- but I get overwhelmed pretty quickly.

I also beat myself up when I miss a day or can't keep up.

Reframing working like this has helped. I also don't wait for the perfect sketchbook to draw in anymore

Do you feel like you have enough energy for it today? That's day one.

Feel like its gone tomorrow? That's fine, what about Thursday? Thursday is your day two.

Going at your own pace means by the end of the year you will still have made 30 pieces of art.

Omggg I love it, thank you ❤️

Yay! I’m glad I used them 😂💖

(Hashtags are cringe but fuck it, idk how this algorithm uses them #art #writing #grief #hope )

So, now, I try to embrace the journey and give myself grace when possible.

Amidst the hopelessness the election gave me, the insecurity I still sometimes feel about my art and making ends meet with my new career—I will be here, I will make art.

Thanks for reading❤️

I learned that progress is not linear.

When you heal, grow or experience grief you don’t move from rock bottom in a clear diagonal up to “better again”.

And personally, I needed to enter a mindset that I WAS an artist/writer because I never really stopped—despite trying to “quit” (dramatic ik)

At first, I irrationally spiraled.
“Do I make art just for validation?”
“Was I never any good at this?”
“Why did I want to do this in the first place?”

That’s around the time I had learned that recovering from burnout could take years, and something about that clicked for me.

Gaining my independence, getting a slower paced job, and pursuing self-care (like finding a therapist), helped give me all the time I never had to create art.

But I was surprised!

I spent most days doing nothing “productive” or towards any creative projects. I had no urge to draw or write.