Eff You! and Your Gold Stars Too
I was listening to someone talk the other day and he was telling me about how i should just put my work out there and be "accountable" for it. it got me to thinking. first about what me meant in relation to art which led me to a few interesting conclusions. the first is that i do have to put myself and my work out there and the second is that i cant make any excuses for what ive done good, bad, whatever. none of that "oh but im only a junior" shit or "oh but i havent been doing this long" sure, its easy to do that but people make too many excuses and ive decided that i no longer wanna take part in that (at least in relation to art work) plus theres a very confident quality to just showing things and saying "well, heres what ive been doing, this is what i was thinking and why i did it." theres a very cool sort of 'fuck you' attached to it all. plus the fact that im a junior doesnt make the art itself any better, it simply changes the "lookers" oppinion of it not based on quality but based on me and honestly, i dont wanna give a fuck what they think about me. if i'm the focus then theres a biiiiiig problem with what i've done. anyways i guess you can apply this idea of accountibility to all kinds of things in life. i think we'd all be alot better off if we just did what we did and did our best and not always craning our necks for that pat on the head because we're younger or less experienced. if i do something way sweet, i want people to think its great cause im able of creating way sweetness, not becuase im "advanced". essentially ive decided to manipulate a little less and reject the "gold star" mentality so many avonites? avoner? avonions? subscribe to. im doing what im doing and i want your oppinions on it so let me know so i can LEARNNNNN
oh and another thing. "talent" is a bullshit term and anyone who tells you otherwise is full of it (not talent, bulshit). anyone whos good at something got to be that way as a result of hard work. so if you wanna do something just fukcing do it. i know it sounds cliche but honestly, im tired of people saying "i wish i was good at..." or "i wish i was more..." i dont think people understand how much power they have over themselves and what happens in thier lives. once you realize it its pretty cool.
oh and another thing. "talent" is a bullshit term and anyone who tells you otherwise is full of it (not talent, bulshit). anyone whos good at something got to be that way as a result of hard work. so if you wanna do something just fukcing do it. i know it sounds cliche but honestly, im tired of people saying "i wish i was good at..." or "i wish i was more..." i dont think people understand how much power they have over themselves and what happens in thier lives. once you realize it its pretty cool.