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Current read.

As much as I'm moving into a very different industry since graduation, I always find myself reading books on how to be a better creative. Turns out that advice for creatives is just general good advice for any industry.

I love that this takes a realistic approach to answering the big questions that we have post-graduation. It's funny and it's very clear. Easy read. 5/5.

Reminder: You can create just for the sake of creating. Not everything has to be a masterpiece to exist. Just make something, and have fun doing it.

My writing process in a nutshell:

this is why I'm the character in old kids books who are rumored to be serial killers but is actually just some dude 👍

Hiii, don't read whats below this

If you read this, you didn't listen to my sign :(. Good. Don't let a sign tell you what to do.

Oh btw I've adopted you. No, you don't have a choice.

Acrylic canvas board. .. https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce_35ZMuboq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Life might be a tad rough sometimes. But at least I have my pintrest boards, wips, vaguely aesthetic Tumblr profile, and music.

Like sure, I'm frustrated. But also there is *aesthetic pretty things* for the required daily dopamine dosage.

Hello all!

I’m C. I’m an amateur astrology, and my belief in an ensouled cosmos is so important to me. I don’t have much time to study it these days, but the archetypal language of the stars is central to who I am and how I see life. I’m an artist, too. Creativity is everything. I got sober 2.5 years ago and built a really unique, mystical business out of my art. It’s the coolest thing I’ve ever done, but I would like to remain anonymous so I won’t share it (if we connect on here though, I would absolutely share).

Another paramount theme in my life is that I’m a lesbian. I’ve known I was different since I was young, but I didn’t surrender to this truth about my desire until my late 20s. I grew up evangelical, hence the internalized homophobia and larger aversion to sexuality that I’ve struggled with. I found many ways to numb my own desire, and in all honesty, I still have to. I live with my parents and am financially dependent, so their disapproval prevents me from dating.

Aside from the invalidation, that’s mostly okay with me. Full-time work and grad school keep me plenty busy. I’ll refrain from sharing what I do for anonymity, but perhaps it’ll come up. Anyway, I’m here for the beauty (poetry & pictures of space and nature) and the pop culture (90s supernatural shows & aesthetic). Social justice matters a lot to me, too, and witchy content is something I may also post here. Who knows what else… it’s been a decade since I’ve been here, and it’s fun to be back.

If any of that resonates, follow me & I’ll follow you back. 💜

~ C

A note to all creatives:

Right now, you have to be a team player. You cannot complain about AI being used to fuck over your industry and then turn around and use it on somebody else’s industry.

No AI book covers. No making funny little videos using deepfakes to make an actor say stuff they never did. No AI translation of your book. No AI audiobooks. No AI generated moodboards or fancasts or any of that shit. No feeding someone else’s unfinished work into Chat GPT “because you just want to know how it ends*” (what the fuck is wrong with you?). No playing around with AI generated 3D assets you can’t ascertain the origin of. None of it. And stop using AI filters on your selfies or ESPECIALLY using AI on somebody else’s photo or artwork.

We are at a crossroad and at a time of historically shitty conditions for working artists across ALL creative fields, and we gotta stick together. And you know what? Not only is standing up for other artists against exploitation and theft the morally correct thing to do, it’s also the professionally smartest thing to do, too. Because the corporations will fuck you over too, and then they do it’s your peers that will hold you up. And we have a long memory.

Don’t make the mistake of thinking “your peers” are only the people in your own industry. Writers can’t succeed without artists, editors, translators, etc making their books a reality. Illustrators depend on writers and editors for work. Video creators co-exist with voice actors and animators and people who do 3D rendering etc. If you piss off everyone else but the ones who do the exact same job you do, congratulations! You’ve just sunk your career.

Always remember: the artists who succeed in this career path, the ones who get hired or are sought after for commissions or collaboration, they aren’t the super talented “fuck you I got mine” types. They’re the one who show up to do the work and are easy to get along with.

And they especially are not scabs.

*that’s not even how it ends that’s a statistically likely and creatively boring way for it to end. Why would you even want to read that.