(DW) i could be a canvas
this is reposted and reformatted from my dreamwidth to keep all of my blog posts together!
my art inspiration has been slowly but surely coming back and it's made me the slightest bit more confident in what i do. i've always had this horrible gut feeling when i've been drawing lately that nothing i do looks right - but i just have to wonder if i wasn't giving myself enough time, if i was truly being too harsh on every little thing i put out.
when people talk about the quality of my art, it almost confuses me at times because i wish i could see what they were able to see but i'm all too grateful nonetheless for how people see my art
this also leads into the â €main pointâ € of this rant-
why are people so critical of art that they don't have to speak on?
you could argue that it's the basics of â €free speechâ €, and that anyone is allowed to give their opinion on anything. and that's true!
but at what point does it cross the threshold of "giving an opinion" and instead crosses right into nothing but childish bullying? so many online comments are nothing short of demeaning, especially to beginner artists or those that have styles that differ from the 'norm' and it's just quite honestly a saddening experience.
why are we encouraging artists to quit in the first place if you want them to improve?
the continuous discouragement of beginner artists is what causes more people to stop pursuing what they love out of a fear that they'll never be 'good enough' for the opinion of people that shouldn't matter to them
even just snide remarks being made about someone's art in reference to unique traits in their style- it's things like that i believe people don't understand just how much of an impact it can have.
to constantly â €criticizeâ € and inspect every single detail of someones creation that they're already very likely critical of themselves- something that they loved enough to put out there- it'll just lead to this never-ending spiral of doubt that what you think might be helping could just be leading them down a path of being scared to even try something new out of fear of a similar reaction
this isn't to say that i think nothing negative can be said about peoples art ever, what i'm saying is a lot of the time it's done in a way that is very obviously not meant to help which is the complete opposite of what you should be doing if you truly want to see them flourish but i'd rather not end this rant off on a negative note, especially because i feel like there's hope to be had here no matter what!
with every mean comment like that on the internet the more kind-spirited ones will always have a much louder voice and i think that it's so very important to have more safe spaces for artists out there that are accepting
- â €feeling:â € sad