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[sarashina]

click click click click click.

what's the story?
there is no story...

HERE'S THE STORY:
where are the people willing to expose their lameness, yet not be consumed by it? the only people i find who aren't acting like there isn't a limp in their step are the people who break out crutches and beg for a wheel chair

Comments

[thespectacle]

i'm not as confident about my work as i used to be. different environment, different expectations i suppose. my first work (since the year 2000), went pretty good as a starter, but i'm really nervous for the success/failure of my next work. i guess i should just do what everyone has already told me to do: produce.

[demiblonde]

have you seen american splendor? i have a feeling i'll wind up a file clerk who does comic books on the side.

so maybe being tremendously successful (e.g. the american splendor comics, which are really quite awesome) still requires a day job.

i'm just really scared i'll become some professor leashed to a university, losing fighting spirit daily.
(of course, i'd need to be a million times more articulate and eloquent to be a prof)

p.s. i've realized what "my issue" (in art) is, and it makes me the conor oberst of film :\

empathy

[sybilfilm333]

I understand how you feel completely. We all need reinforcement, especially for our creative side, and also for ourselves as meaningful human beings. The only thing I can say is, I often feel the same way, and the only ways I know of dealing with it are: 1. do something else creative to distract me 2. go out and be social and try to connect with a couple of people, even if it fails.... 3. get drunk and silly, sometimes in accordance with #2. 4. watch an awesome film or listen to one of my favorite albums to remind myself of what I DO love and what gives me the passion to CREATE...In a way, I consider my films and my albums to be my substitute friends when I need them. But I know that it isn't always good enough....Sometimes you need a real hug. But the problem is finding people who understand you well enough to really mean it when they hug you....(I don't want anyone's pity, you know

Re: empathy

[demiblonde]

my biggest flaw - i let anxiety become an excuse to be non-productive.

ugh. all of the above. nodd.