Category: General Yapping
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One Year at a Community Garden
Sharing some photos and videos of my time at a community garden over the past year!
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Dealing with Art-Block and Burnout
The last blog post I wrote was about handling Self-Doubt and Insecurity as an artist, and these two blog posts are intended to act like companion pieces. The two share advice and tips I’ve learned that help me when I’m struggling with my artwork. This blog post is focused on art-block and burnout. Maybe you…
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Handling Self-Doubt and Insecurity as an Artist
When talking to other artists about self-doubt and insecurities with our art, I found that I tended to repeat a lot of the same points of advice and ideas, so I figured I could just collect it all in one blog post to look back on! I’ll be talking about some things that have helped…
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Parasociality and Audience Expectations
Recently I’ve noticed more discussion online around the relationship between artists and their audience. It’s ranged from discussing celebrity culture and parasociality, to talking about whether an artist has an obligation to speak out on political issues, to the unspoken trust and social contract between artist and audience. There’s been a lot of heated debate…
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Long Awaited Death: Three Boss Themes about Hope
The three games I’ll be looking at- Bloodborne, Hollow Knight, and Nine Sols- all have a lot of similarities. They’re all souls-like games with multiple endings, each with wonderfully intricate worldbuilding, incredible musical soundtracks, and in-depth lore. But I think the most significant similarity between these games is that the tragedy of the story has…
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Some Scattered Thoughts on Social Media Platforms
There were several factors that led me to making my own website – like I mentioned in my first blog post on here a big factor was briefly loosing my Tumblr account, the only social media I was really having much fun with anymore. But even if just for myself, I’d like to talk about…
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Why I Made This Website
Back in May 2023 I realized dejectedly that my Tumblr account hadn’t been visible to anyone for months, after one of my friends told me she my account wasn’t visible when she tried sending me a message. I contacted support, and whatever the issue was they resolved on their end. Then a few months later…