Ormfrid Vilda Osklund
@ormfrid.bsky.social
Artist of strange and whimsical fae themed illustrations and comics from Olympia, Washington. (she/her)
I say "new"... because it's a thing I've had for over a year but didn't have a computer capable of hooking to it till now (borrowing a Win 11 laptop from Luke). Hopefully I'll have some new art to post again soon... after this pause I took due to computers and art supplies being broken on meh. >_<;
May 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I say "new"... because it's a thing I've had for over a year but didn't have a computer capable of hooking to it till now (borrowing a Win 11 laptop from Luke). Hopefully I'll have some new art to post again soon... after this pause I took due to computers and art supplies being broken on meh. >_<;
...but I still feel somewhat uncomfortable with the word "talent" just because I grew up in a religious context with people literally telling me "God has gifted you with talent so you need to use your talents for God"... which always felt crappy and belittling of my own efforts or agency, yeah.
April 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
...but I still feel somewhat uncomfortable with the word "talent" just because I grew up in a religious context with people literally telling me "God has gifted you with talent so you need to use your talents for God"... which always felt crappy and belittling of my own efforts or agency, yeah.
To be fair... I was feeling super distraught and grumpy this morning when I made this post... and I think I was just being overly irritable/cynical about things like this...
April 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
To be fair... I was feeling super distraught and grumpy this morning when I made this post... and I think I was just being overly irritable/cynical about things like this...
I mean... It can feel nice to me when I get complimented for being talented sometimes too... Maybe I'm just in a bad mood around it lately or being persnickety here? Maybe I'm overthinking it all? It just feels less like a compliment to my own effort... and more like one paid to "God" or "nature"...
April 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I mean... It can feel nice to me when I get complimented for being talented sometimes too... Maybe I'm just in a bad mood around it lately or being persnickety here? Maybe I'm overthinking it all? It just feels less like a compliment to my own effort... and more like one paid to "God" or "nature"...
To be fair... I don't usually hold it against people who use it as a compliment... it's just... I feel like I can see the problematic implications that statements like "you're so talented" can lead to. For all those it encourages... it can also lead to a lot of discouragement, elitism, or apathy...
April 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
To be fair... I don't usually hold it against people who use it as a compliment... it's just... I feel like I can see the problematic implications that statements like "you're so talented" can lead to. For all those it encourages... it can also lead to a lot of discouragement, elitism, or apathy...
If anything, I often am made to feel like I LACK talent... constantly wrestling against my shaky handed clumsiness and inability to grasp lots of basic art fundamentals so many other artists seem grasp so seamlessly... despite my struggles to the contrary. >_<;
April 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If anything, I often am made to feel like I LACK talent... constantly wrestling against my shaky handed clumsiness and inability to grasp lots of basic art fundamentals so many other artists seem grasp so seamlessly... despite my struggles to the contrary. >_<;
Like... not being able to find music, large spots of dead air, record players mangling records, cds skipping, computer equipment malfunctioning, audience calling in to complain, logsheets and stuff missing, the kind of dream where you wake up literally hyperventilating in tears, that kind of dream.
April 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Like... not being able to find music, large spots of dead air, record players mangling records, cds skipping, computer equipment malfunctioning, audience calling in to complain, logsheets and stuff missing, the kind of dream where you wake up literally hyperventilating in tears, that kind of dream.
Like... Olympia Arts Walk is seriously not until towards the end of next month or something? April right? Yeah? And this is March? We're in March right? I think... hmmn... oh dear... I was even looking at the events listing for Arts Walk online yesterday and somehow didn't even notice this detail.
March 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Like... Olympia Arts Walk is seriously not until towards the end of next month or something? April right? Yeah? And this is March? We're in March right? I think... hmmn... oh dear... I was even looking at the events listing for Arts Walk online yesterday and somehow didn't even notice this detail.