Problems

[macaparket]

I keep wondering why the fuck am I so dependent on other people’s opinions? Like why do I have to get a “Photo of the Week” nomination? Does it mean that without one my photos are shit? I seem to think so.

Or that if I only get likes on my blog page from my family, my poems are also shit? Or that if my tweets get no faves or reblogs they’re shit too

Comments

[darklotus1211]

An artist's lot is often feeling insecure - after all, we put a very big part of ourselves out there for people to see and judge. Art is always subjective to both the artist and the observer - that's the beauty and also the terror of it. People judge the art by how it makes them feel - the artist feels it's them being judged as they're emotionally invested in their art.

The average person hardly ever feels so exposed.

The drive to and joy we get from expressing ourselves is what keeps us hanging our figurative bums out in the breeze (unless you happen to be a performance artist, in which case, this can be literal :P).

It does improve with time and you learn to grow a thicker skin, plus as you get more mature, you'll be less worried about peer pressure and rejoice more in your individuality, but it's always scary to a degree.

[macaparket]

The thing is I am not questioning wether I should change how I write or anything. I just want feedback. The worst thing in the world for me is to feel invisible. And that's exactly how I feel most of the time. Online and Offline.

Heck I'd even welcome negative commentary. As long as it's commentary. But I get nothing. Absolutely nothing. And that's what hurts the most.