A Wip For The Morning :)

A wip for the morning :)

I want to preface this by saying this is not victim blaming. This not calling people online lazy or grifting or whatever.

But an underlooked proponent on why some people are nearing homeless and crowdfunding heavily rn is bc society has failed you by making it as inconvenient as possible to learn about social systems and programs that already exist to help your situation as well as not having enough programs and aid.

Lemme give some examples. I have been unemployed for 10 months. My mom told me about a paying job training program a month ago after I already decided to mive in with her to find work, because nothing was coming up in my own city. My best friend didn’t know about affordable housing assistance in my state until she talked to my dad about it on a chance encounter. Some people on here have to see posts about much cheaper alternatives to their current prescriptions or medical plans because its not in the interest of their doctors paychecks to tell them about it. I would have waited to get vaccinated and not have crowdfunded for Uber money if I had known they were going to give free vaccine rides the next month. But I wouldn’t have really known this until I opened the app once that program started, because it is in their interest to keep taking my money until its their desired time for me to reap their “generous” services.

What I’m trying to say is that this is an under discussed aspect of how capitalism fails people. When you are forced to make your life and work and finances so singular and self interested, you are cut off from community and equivalent social services to proper government assistance. You literally don’t know that there is help somewhere out there for you unless you’re told.

The shibe drawing in a circles was the roundest boi I met yet he's amazing! Please draw more if it your art I really love that boi

Awwe that’s so sweet thank youuu ^~^ he indeed is very round …

I have more stuffs coming definitely :) but for now please accept this offering of seal -,,-

I love late night sketches where I don’t have to be worried whether they’re good or not ..

Like genuinely art has kinda become not fun for me anymore but going back to my roots and what I’m good at has been really nice :) I’m going to do it more often I think … art is supposed to be fun and if you’re doing it merely for profit / likes it can take all of the fun out of it I think ..

Anyways thanks for listening to my ramble lol

Miranda Zimmerman’s “Riparia.”

Currently on view at Antler Gallery in Portland, Oregon is artist Miranda Zimmerman’s solo exhibition, “Riparia.”

Also known as Faunwood, Zimmerman’s entrancing flora and fauna inspired works take on delightful three dimensional forms in this show of ceramic sculptures.

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