Tumbling Like Alice

alienfirst

I’ll try and keep this short, though I have the feeling I may go on for a bit. We’ll see. I have talked about something along these lines before.

I know I have been (and am) privileged in a lot of ways. I could address a lot of those ways, but this post is only about one of them. My support network.

My parents, and particularly my mom, have ALWAYS been supportive of me pursuing art. I know my mom would have wished me to be more active, but she never ONCE told me to set aside my drive to create and draw for something else. My sisters have loved my art. My dad. My stepdad. My entire family. I can’t remember once not believing I could grow up and make art for a living. Even my stepdad, who is a complete and total type A personality lawyer type, has been a huge support. And don’t even get me started on my real life friends. Or the classmates who would later become friends. All people who have been nothing but positive as I have continued on in life, from high school to college to now.

Knowing all the support I have had from the people in my life, it breaks my heart and makes me furious to see and hear other creative people have the exact opposite experience.

I know it might not mean much, as I’m just a person on the internet who posts some art and stays up way too late and complains about money problems and is pretty selfish in her own right, but I SUPPORT YOU. I might not know who you are, or have never met you, or don’t even know what you want to do, but to hell with it, I want you to succeed. AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE.

I can’t think of a single person in my position who would not want to see you accomplish what you want to do. Be that a short term goal like school, or a long term goal like a career. It doesn’t matter. Making art is a social activity for me, and the thing that makes me happiest is to make art, to draw, to write, to read, with other people.

If you feel lost, or unsure, or just down on yourself. Find your support network. It could be family, friends, acquaintances, coworkers, schoolmates, online friends, online people you look up to, any combination thereof. Maybe you just have one of those. Maybe you have all of them. It doesn’t matter. They are there to support YOU. Even if that support is just some kind words and an ear, they should be there for you. And if they’re not, then they aren’t helping you.

What I’m trying to say is… If there’s no one else that wants you to be able to create, there is me. And many others. You aren’t alone. You’re not the first person to be in whatever position you are in. The internet has given each and every one of us a new way to communicate and branch out and build our support networks. USE IT. We’re here. We’re ready to help.

seraph5

thanks for the support man and i second that for anyone who follows me :) if any of ya’ll need some support i will do my best to be there for you as much as i can cause you are all such wonderful creative people!

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