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elisalromagnoli:

I keep seeing the phrase ‘art never comes from happiness’, it’s one of the most depressing things I’ve ever seen because while many profound things do come from unhappiness, some of the beautiful art comes from happiness.

So go out, have your obnoxiously happy art. Dismiss the notion that you have to be unhappy or depressed to create something beautiful. Use your bright yellows and reds. Talk about laughter, love, and peace. Build stories around the notion that it’s ok to be happy. That art can be happy.

Reblogging because people need to talk about THIS approach to art more.

zarenna:

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Happy International Women’s Day
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“Always remember that you are braver than you believe. Stronger than you seem. Smarter thank you think. And,even more beautiful than you’d ever imagine. You are irreplaceable.”

Source: zeirra

freshmoviequotes:

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

Source: freshmoviequotes

CREATE

aquestionofcharacter:

Just create.

Just put pencil to paper, fingers to keyboard, brush to canvas, and go create something that didn’t exist before.

Set yourself free of the expectations of quality work. Make something and allow yourself to experiment with new methods and techniques. Have fun with it. If it’s dumb, laugh. If it’s weird, make it weirder. If it’s a disjointed mess, smile at the chaos.

I think when artists stop being beginners and start to grasp the form on a deeper level, they often forget how to have fun because they’re too caught up in the expectations they’ve set for themselves and their art. Instead of feeling passion pouring from their heart, they feel dismay and frustration.

So right now, just for a moment, let go of all that and make something fun! GO CREATE!

lcfayctte:

also – here’s 9 lockscreens of some of lin’s prettiest tweets because i love them and him

Source: johniaurens

sylviawitch:

thesnadger:

When I was in school, one of my art teachers used to say “this world needs more creators. There’s more than enough destroyers in the world today.”

Just a reminder, if you create anything–art, writing, food, machines, ideas, equations, knits, tools, gardens–the world needs you.

This makes me happy.

Happy creating, everyone

heartlessharless:

alycs:

Being unconditionally polite, kind, and compassionate in a society that values and finds “deeper meaning” in aloofness and cynicism is subversive and thus punk

hufflepunk

mounaks:

life is so subtle sometimes that you barely notice yourself walking through the doors you once prayed would open.

ayellowbirds:

jellyfishjammin:

The “I am a piece of shit and nobody will ever love me” factoid is actually a statistical error. You are actually are fantastic and infinitely worthy of people’s company. That person you used to care about, who taught you to hate yourself by abandoning you, is an outlier and should not have been counted

this is the greatest and most positive use of a meme that i have ever seen.