Princessnefertankh - Seeking The Beauty In Life

“We are introduced to STEVE ROGERS, the raggedy kid from Brooklyn: watch him flounder awkwardly through basic training, unprecedentedly transform into the world’s first superhero, balk at being turned into “a dancing monkey” for the War Department whose worth is measured in bond sales, rescue and then lose his closest friend and become the soldier that he was always meant to be.

By the time he plunges into the ocean in order to save New York from a runaway bomber that he can’t safely land, we know who Steve Rogers is: “not a perfect soldier, but a good man.”  We understand the gravity of his sacrifice not as an abstract concept, but as a tangible tragedy at the cusp of victory… We understand that his revival isn’t the miraculous homecoming for an overseas veteran, but a fundamental loss of an entire lifetime.”

- Brian Hadsell for Unreality Magazine, Looking Back on Captain America: The First Avenger

10 YEARS of CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (premiered on July 19, 2011)

 If you ever find yourself wondering why you even bother with writing or drawing or any of your other creative endeavors, stop for a second.

 Think back to all of the fun you’ve had with it in the past. Think back on all of the things it helped you get through. Reread, listen to, or look back on your old works if you’ve kept any and look at how far you’ve come since you started. Imagine how mind-blown younger you would have been if they ever saw how much better they would have gotten when they were older.

 And if the current project isn’t jamming with you, try something different, something to try and rekindle that joy and passion. I promise you, just because the current thing isn’t working how you want it to doesn’t mean you are bad at your craft. It’s a rough patch, not the end of the road.

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The Moor by Loré Pemberton

Try stuff. Put plants in your room even if you aren’t the best at caring for them. Attempt that dessert recipe even if it turns out ugly. Listen to that music you’ve been meaning to try for a while. The world is full of infinite sources of goodness and the best thing to do it to try and find as many as possible.