Scott Bergey

Sleep Walk Art Collective

Archan Nair

summer beach houses + kaleidoscope sunglasses

Kelis photographed by Jonathan Mannion (1999)

The Rip VII

Watercolor on paper, 7x9.5”

2019

Ewa Juszkiewicz

Mat Miller

Embroidery Adds Textured Narratives to the Subjects of Flore Gardner’s Stitched Photographs

*WARNING: (kinda inspirational) RANT*

(It gets better and actually becomes kinda inspirational towards the end so hang in there folks)

I’m honestly so done with people saying ‘oh I wish I could draw!’ I mean seriously you just wish it was EASY to learn to draw or to draw altogether. I honestly think people need to REALIZE that art is going to stress you out,make you cry, give you anxiety, etc. Art is HARD and honestly it never gets better. That leads me to another bit; then why do I draw? I mean, I have lots of other talents. I’m also a computer geek, chef, musician, etc. I could basically choose anything! So why do it? To this day that is one question that I am not sure how to answer. I guess I love the freedom I feel when my pencil hits the paper, I love the adrenaline rush I get that keeps me drawing (for 11 hours. Yeah, it’s happened. I timed it too.) I love the sense of confidence I feel when I acquire a new skill or get better. It’s hard to describe what it’s like, honestly. As always though, there are rough patches. It’s like trying to learn to fly. You’ll fall on your face a couple hundred times, maybe even cry (a lot) but then you’ll pick yourself up and try again. And once you’ve got it, by golly, there’s no going back. Art is an incredible, terrifying, adventure. There’s no way to make it easy. It’s my honest opinion that Artists are not born but created. Created by the world around us and the pure stubbornness in our hearts. I’m going to end this rant with a little note to all the artists out in the world. Whether you’re Tumblr based, Devianart based, heck even Instagram based. Keep going. Be stubborn, be reckless. In the words of my father’s water jug “If it isn’t a challenge, there will be no change.” So don’t be afraid to push yourself. Yeah, you’re gonna cry, maybe even regret taking this path, but it’ll be worth it in the end. I promise.

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