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I've had catastrophically low self confidence for my whole life, but today someone asked me if I knew how to draw, and whether I could draw something for a project we're working on. I thought for a beat and realised that I am in fact quite good at drawing and could answer the question without undermining myself. Felt very powerful.
Later on in the day I had a massive tank in self confidence because I realised I'd fucked something up and need to redo a bunch of work but hopefully thinking about this will bring the spirit back.
May 28, 2025
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like … why am i actually kinda good .. kinda better than i let myself think i am
Jan 17, 2025
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I’ve been struggling lately with a lot of personal growth & change (all mostly good), and it’s difficult not to feel down on myself for having a lower emotional fluency or level of self-image as the loved ones I see steering through similar straits.
Today I am choosing to be proud of sticking to the work, and tomorrow might be different. But today, I’m proud :)
Jan 31, 2025
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i’m such an advocate for regular ass people doing art. or anything new that “requires skill” really
we are so scared of doing things because we’re not any good at them. so what.
karaoke with the confidence of a popstar even if your voice cracks and you don’t know breath support. paint even if it looks like a toddler made it. play the same three guitar chords and paint your furniture with a kitchen sponge and try to bake macarons.
it’s so sad that people who aren’t, like, professionally skilled, get laughed at for their art. or like i said, trying any skill that isn’t honed yet
there’s something so important and human in the arts, its such an amazing outlet but people refuse to tap into it because they “can’t draw a stick figure” or “write too cliche” or “have two left feet”.
DO IT POORLY!!!!! DO IT SCARED!!!!! DO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO DEEP DOWN IN YOUR SOUL EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU’RE BAD AND FEEL EMBARASSED!!!!! let yourself have fun with things!!!!!!!! it shouldn’t be a competition all the time. you probably are not ariana grande, but you’re allowed to have fun singing and stuff too. if you have a voice in your head that laughs at you when you’re not immediately good at something, learn to gently correct it. tell it you’re learning and you’ll never be any good at something if you don’t have the courage to just….start. somewhere, anywhere
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One of my favourite flowers. Tiny little blue things, whimsical name.
Picture also featuring my favourite boots.
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