I was just feeling a bit low and wanted to know something wholesome but this just bummed me out more. You guess your kids? Either this person is having a bad day or they’re serious, i don’t know, but still. So much to unpack out of only 2 sentences. Those kids man :(
On another note, if anyone wants to make a reply to my prompt pls go ahead!
I’ve never been on this subreddit before so this might be already known, but I just discovered this and i’m so amazed. KWYAAEA is one of my favorites by Cocteau Twins, I know they barely have actual lyrics but the ones that are clear in this song have resonated with me so much during much harder times & still. And this person sings it all so beautifully 🩵
I genuinely don’t remember adding this to my library, & I don’t remember ever listening to this at all? I’ve never heard of Faye Wong… But I guess I just forgot lol, maybe i wished to forget it so i could listen for the first time again 😅
But I unfortunately don’t know chinese (?) so I’m not sure what her version of the lyrics are, if anyone knows please let me know where I can find a translation for them! And if you know any other covers to their songs that i should listen to, that would be great☺️
I ask really stupid questions to people & it’s already so funny seeing their replies, then i got these back to back 😭 They should be friends
I’ve long accepted the fact that there is always going to be evil in the world just like there’s always going to be good in the world. So i’m not going to spiral about the overwhelming evil, I can enjoy what I have and live my life well, you know?
But damn, when evil is happening *in my own area* that i live in? It’s a whole other feeling. Because theoretically I can call the police and try to do something about it, but this is the same dude who has them *wrapped* around his finger. Even as all that animal neglect / abuse is going on. And even if he didn’t, there’s no system in place that would actually help. The very few centers that could maybeeee do something to help? Severely underfunded and understaffed, barely scrapping by on their own. He’s not the only one either, there are an absurd amount of people in my area who just dont care enough about their own animals.
All I can do is what I can do. And there’s a part of me that feels such guilt and goes, “that’s it??”. But I’m like, yes, for now, because I don’t realistically hold any power by myself to do something significant, not without more violence. And obviously I don’t want that. So I don’t know.
I’m no pessimist, not for a long shot. I’m just like… ugh. why tf do such horrible people get to have animals & children in the first place.
So I bought this swimsuit from the simply southern brand. I didn’t look too closely at the fabric, I just liked that it was comfortable it felt nice, and I was in much need of a swimsuit.
But now that i’m looking closer, I can’t tell if this is a pattern that was actually drawn or what. Because I can’t fully tell what it is. I’m thinking wisteria flowers but …? I just don’t know.
I don’t wear the brand much but simply southern is pretty popular where i’m from… (… i’m from the south… who would’ve guessed…) and i feel like this shouldn’t be AI when i’ve seen them have good designs years ago…
I’m an artist btw and I just haven’t seen petals be drawn like that (if it is petals ???? no idea what else it could be but who knows) and i’ll be very very disappointed if it is AI. I just need another pair of eyes. (I know that if I ask any of my family, they’ll be like “who cares because it’s a swimsuit, it works”…)
Edit: found the dress and it’s technically not a swimsuit I guess but the material feels like it?
*Really disturbing dream. Please don’t read if you might get triggered with topics of SH, grooming, suicide*
i cannot remember all the details, but i remember i (i don’t know if i was the parent or a police officer, but i didn’t feel like i was either) was monitoring a discord chat where i guess it had some descriptors like “roblox” and “furry” etc. tags that would get a kids attention, basically. i wasn’t in the chat, but i was seeing it from another persons device i guess? idk
there were these sick and disgusting horrible people talking to a little girl (she had to have been maybe 6-8?) and trying to convince her to kill herself. after she did it, they sent a photo of the footage from a camera in the kitchen where she was (i’m assuming they hacked) into the chat, where she was bleeding out, and they were celebrating it.
then, time seemed to go backwards.
me and this guy busted open the room where she was and i assume the police were called and everything because the disgusting people in the discord chat were freaking out.
I remember i was with the girl in the bathroom, and she had cuts all over her arm, and she was telling me “it hurts”.
but she wasn’t crying or anything at all, she told it to me repeatedly like it was something that she demanded to be known, and i only said, “i know, i know,” and some other words trying to comfort her that i don’t remember, and I did my best to try to clean up the blood. her arm was so small, i remember holding it up as i tried to gently pat the cloth on it to clean it up before i wrapped it in a bandage.
and i wasn’t expressing much emotion either. I wanted to cry, and i felt horrified, but the little girl was there so i had to be focused and clean her up. and that’s all i remember.
i did feel connected to her somehow but i don’t know. it didn’t seem like i was a family member but it felt like i knew her and she knew me
then i think i had a shorter dream after. and i don’t even fully remember what everything was, i don’t remember what me and these few other people were trying to do either?
but for describing purposes, i guess you can imagine only a few dogs trying to herd thousands of sheep, and the sheep mocking the dogs and it being impossible for the dogs to get them in line. it was like everytime i made progress the “sheep” just kept getting out of control and laughing. i don’t remember much else from that dream though, it was just a bonus on top of the traumatizing dream i guess
So there’s that. Like i say in the title, i’m not sure what to think of them 😭
I was looking through my older sketchbooks while organizing. Then I found the cute sketch from the 1st slide, and it made me nostalgic. I was approaching middle school, and in a few days, i’m graduating. 🥲
Art has always been there for me. And to see my progress with it isn’t just me seeing how i’ve grown my skill, but also my growth as a person. It’s so very deeply personal to me, seeing how much i’ve grown and knowing i will continue to grow.
AI will never ever replace this feeling.
I want anyone to know that if you’re unhappy with your art as it is now, don’t criticize yourself too harshly. Don’t criticize your work against other people’s either. Take other people’s work as inspiration to grow and keep going, compare your past art to your current art. All that is so important, because it applies to life in general, in infinite areas🩷
Remember that the opposite of depression isn’t happiness, it’s expression. If you’re going through something, art is always there for you. It doesn’t have to be perfect. Art will never be perfect, because we aren’t perfect, and that’s okay. Express yourself anyway, even when it’s difficult and messy :)
With love, a sentimental stranger 🫶<3