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I think sometimes cats don’t actually know what specifically they want – they’re just generally dissatisfied, so they stand there yelling “I YEARN” on the off chance that you’ll be able to do something about it.

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Say you break your ankle. You could know everything there is to know intellectually about the injury. Even with this vast knowledge, you will still experience physical pain.

Now take this logic and apply it to things like ADHD, autism, clinical depression, and other less visible/divergent disabilities. You cannot think your way out of feeling.

That is to say: you are not a bad, lazy, or selfish person for struggling, even if you know why you are struggling.

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if you are distressed about not receiving a response from someone you'd like to be actively talking to, you have to take a moment. step back from the conversation, put yourself in their shoes. perhaps they're busy with something right now. you have to consider the possibility that maybe they hanging upside down by their ankle. everybody has their own schedule, and sometimes people spend time away from their phone or computer because they are currently suspended from a tree branch by a rope tied around their ankle that they unnoticingly stepped in because it was concealed by a pile of leafs. it's not that they don't want to respond; imagine that they can see their phone screen on the ground below but it's a good few inches out of reach and even if they bounce and flail on the branch their fingertips just can't touch it. sometimes life gets in the way

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Art Collector Starter Kit VIII

Currently on view at Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles, California is the group exhibition, "Art Collector Starter Kit VIII."

Smaller, more affordable new works by the artists that everyone loves was the inciting idea behind the popular annual show when it launched in 2013. The show is back for its eighth installment and is bigger than ever, featuring the top artists in the New Contemporary art scene.

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Alex Asher Daniel & Adia Millett's "Emergence."

Currently on view at KP Projects in Los Angeles, California until February 5th, 2022 is artist Alex Asher Daniel and Adia Millett's "Emergence."

Alex and Adia cametogether to create a body of work inspired by their artistic practices and spiritual journeys. At the beginning of 2021, they began an in-depth conversation around their art making process as it relates to human interconnection, multidimensional realms, and the constant emergence of who we are. The endless parallels in their lives united their vastly different creative styles. Questions about space, our bodies and energetic fields became the starting point for their collaboration. Through the exploration of how to integrate their visual voices, the artists developed a series of paintings that intertwine the human figure within a celestial abstract space.

Daniel and Millett’s paintings attempt to take the ethereal body to a cosmic realm, where the viewer can imagine the possibilities of astral projection and witness themselves connected to the cosmos and each other.

The sharp polygon shapes collide and merge with the fluid, floating figures, suggesting an alternative dimension. Here the melding of textures, colors and shapes speak to the impermanence of all matter, specifically of the earth and our human form.

Emergence is an honoring of our human connection and an acknowledgement of what exists beyond.

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Seonna Hong's "Late Bloomer."

Currently on view at Hashimoto Contemporary in Los Angeles, California is artist Seonna Hong's solo exhibition, "Late Bloomer."

Hong’s signature expressionistic landscapes contain quiet narratives, balancing geometric abstraction with autobiographical figures. Energetic marks carve mountain ranges across the linen planes, boulders are formed from collaged palette components and delicate washes create atmospheric fog to form layered and complex landscapes. The artist’s characters explore the surreal scenes, searching for something just out of sight.

Reflecting on the ongoing climate crisis, many of the new works reflect on the collision between nature and human intervention. Flooded landscapes and ominous forms visually mirror the impending danger, while the artist’s studio practice seeks to offset. Utilizing studio detritus and discarded paint from her own palette in collage and repurposing past works to create new compositions.

A second generation Korean-American, this body of work reflects the artist’s contemplation of her identity as a third culture - neither fully American or Korean. Expanding on her previous work, centered around community and the duality of hope in the face of oppression, Late Bloomer celebrates the “belated but cherished revelation” of her innate connection of her work to her history. Akin to Joseon period Korean landscapes, Hong’s landscapes place diminutive figures amongst the largess and grandeur of nature. Pieces of Los Angeles can also be found throughout the work in architectural components and the saturated, bold colors throughout the exhibition - blending to create a reflection of the artist’s lived experience.

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Human Minds Burst into Splashes of Color in Surreal Digital Illustrations by Carolina Rodríguez Fuenmayor

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Natasha Temezhnikova.

Fantastically intriguing outsider art from Russian artist Natasha Temezhnikova.

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growing up a girl letting people do things to you for years and years and years means your anger will turn biblical. anger that is incoherent unidentifiable inconsolable

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Z the Rat's "U've Seen It... U Can't Unsee It."

Currently on view at Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles, California until January 29th, 2022 is artist Zeinab Diomande, aka Z the Rat's solo exhibition, "U've Seen It... U Can't Unsee It."

"U’ve Seen It… U Can’t Unsee It" explores the intersection between what one longs for and the struggles they have to face to achieve those goals. The artist describes these paintings as “love letters to my child-self”. Diomande's relatively simple, yet simultaneously complex, compositions and their use of bright colors give a sense of warmth and safety that at times can still weigh heavy on one's soul. Contrasting the pensive characters, the opposing forces and their conflicting nature are a byproduct of one’s desire to create safety out of chaos.

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RYOL’s “Reimagined Heroes.”

Opening Saturday, December 11th, 2021 at Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles, California is artist RYOL’s solo exhibition, “Reimagined Heroes.”

At a glance, RYOL’s paintings are charmingly whimsical; pop surrealist artworks skillfully done in an illustrative style reminiscent of the world of anime. The visual veneer of his artworks camouflages the fact the artist broaches subjects that are in contrast quite contemporary.

Upon closer examination the subjects this young artist’s works address are far from frivolous. Among them, critiques of traditional patriarchic society, social behavior that is quick to judge others, as well as the fluidity of modern day gender and gender roles, to name a few.

In “Reimagined Heroes” we see RYOL reinterpreting some of his favorite pop culture icons. From Pikachu to Cookie Monster to Basquiat, RYOL takes on each and gives them a remix through his creative lens. The level of maturity already seen in RYOL’s aesthetics, and his deep awareness of the world around him, are indications that many exciting things lay ahead in the near future for this young creative.

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Dave Benz

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