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Just a reminder that it’s okay to be offended. Being ‘offended’ does not make your argument invalid. You are allowed to be upset at their bigotry, hate, and lies. It’s okay to have and express these emotions, and you are not being irrational, crazy, oversensitive, or stupid.

Reminders for anyone who needs it

Whatever happened may have made you stronger, but it didn't have to happen that way

You shouldn't be a victim of your caretaker(s) anxieties

Respecting others is important, but not if it results in not respecting yourself

You are your parents' child, not their property or clone

It's okay to not know what you feel, want, or think

Apologies should include change

If someone says you "trained them" to do something that makes you uncomfortable or upset to get you to do something, despite you stating it makes you feel that way and they should stop, start to wonder who's really the problem here

It's okay to cry, please don't bottle it up, it makes it so much worse

Sometimes you just have to accept that you can't solve someone's problem, and instead focus on making it a little less of a problem for them

If you struggle with trust, that's okay, let someone in little by little, open that door as slowly as you need to, if they try to rip that door open the rest of the way, stop opening the door altogether

If you're struggling with your body image, look at yourself like you would an animal, your hair constantly wild and frizzy? A fine mane for a lion

Its okay to not follow trends, and it's okay to follow them, whatever makes you comfortable

Find someone who accepts that even if they can't change how you're feeling they will be right there beside you

I’ve been an artist for…about 7 years now?? I believe it’s around there, and sometimes I still feel this way.

There’s many times where I want to do something but I know I don’t have certain skills to accomplish yet what I’m imagining, and it’s super frustrating to the point I give the idea up—but, I’m also really persistent, and when an idea pops up in my head I usually can’t get rid of it until I do something that at least slightly resembles my idea.

What I usually do, and what I would suggest you try, is don’t set any expectations…just sketch. Literally just put a pen to paper, or however you draw, and start doing something. Half the time I find that my sketches turn out better than the drawings I do when I sit down and work on them for hours. And what is so great about sketching is it can be changed. You can erase and add to it all you want until you come to something you like. You can take pictures and upload it into drawing apps on phones, tablets, and computers and work with it digitally (of course, unless, you are already starting out digitally…like on a drawing tablet). You can even do the opposite and trace over your digital drawing onto paper and work with it that way.

There’s been many drawings where I looked at the result and hated it because it wasn’t how I pictured it, or I had this amazing idea but couldn’t complete it exactly because I fumble when drawing hands or bodies…even shoes/feet. But what you also have to keep in mind is that it’s okay to fail. It’s okay to make good and bad art. It’s okay to like and hate something. Art is subjective, and at the end of the day, failing in something will only make you stronger. You’ll learn from your mistakes and then next drawing, or whatever type of art you do, you’ll remember not to do it that way. That idea you have, that you yearn to do, may drive you to look up how to draw something, how to further your art style.

Artists grow everyday. It may not look like it, but in the span of things you’ll see how much you improve even just by sketching some god awful looking sketch on a sheet of paper. Remember that no drawing is ever a complete fail, because it teaches you what not to do and what to do each time you make a new piece of art.

I would also suggest if you feel like you’re getting frustrated because what you envisioned isn’t coming together, please take a break. Continuing on will only fuel your anger until you decide to just give up altogether. Taking a break and coming back to the drawing will help you see it in a new light, and in the span of your break a new idea may pop into your head that enhances whatever you were working on.

I hope this somewhat helps.

(I just wanted to add that this works with any form of art; writing, drawing, sculpting, painting. If you want me to expand on like how this applies to writing or something I can, just let me know/ask.)

Hey artists? I’ve got a problem: i like doing art and i know that the stuff i create is sometimes even good, but 99% of the time i’m too scared to “fail” (in my own eyes) so I don’t even start doing art.

I know it’s a common problem and there are probably hundreds of posts about this already but I still wanted to ask you: got any tips on how to overcome that anxiety and how to get myself to create something when i’m actually in the mood to create something?