some might find it silly but all those inks and clays and fun stuff from the craft store help me feel alive and help me show it through tangible items too
Like literally buy cheap sketchbooks and your fave medium and just start. It might seem ugly and useless in the beginning but think of it as a child going from scribbling to drawing lines and colouring between them. Like who cares if itโs bad. Itโs colorful and fun and stimulating without being brain rot levels of overstimulating. Bonus points if you make random shit without using gadgets for inspo or tutorials
coloring is always good for the soul especially if it's with some cheap colored pencils or crayons - feels very cathartic to draw things i'm not good at drawing and remind myself that this is a process for me and it doesn't matter if the end result is good or worth sharing
on a VERY big cyanotype kick lately so I have been plotting and tinkering and wanted to make myself something special and unique so I captured the essence of girlhood aka dumped the contents of my tote bag and printed it ONTO the bag (is this meta - also pls ignore the bleed this is literally only my fifth time doing this)
submitted some of my photo stuff in for an exhibition and I AM ACTUALLY NOW PART OF THE EXHIBITION
shook to say the least and fighting off imposter syndrome since finding out but iโm over the fucking moon fr
taking care of yourself is sexy, live music is sexy, taking care of your hearing WHILE listening to live music is extremely sexy
(i forgot my ear plugs last night can you tell i was suffering a bit)