#EXPECTATION

[haleyincarnate]

 All the red flags just look like flags. 

Quote by @secondsapart

[elitadream]

Howdy, It has been a while. But yea I can understand the pressure and stress. I do agree, the point of creating should be passion first. And I wont lie, I have made posts and writing where I did it for fandom approval more than my enjoyment. Whatever comes next for you, I hope you enjoy it and you have fun with it.

Oh, absolutely. I believe that's something we've all done more than once and to varying degrees, because to be fair it is very gratifying to feel validated and to receive praise for what we make. But the more we get, the more addicting it can become. And it's very easy to lose ourselves in that spiraling, increasing urge to maintain a previously achieved height. 😮‍💨

Creating out of genuine passion may sound like a given, but I think that many would be surprised by the disturbingly high amount of people who instead create primarily (if not solely) in the hopes of obtaining approval and recognition; regardless of what they truly want to express deep down. It's a sad and scary phenomenon, and one that unfortunately exists in every artistic field. I can only hope that more and more creators can one day break free from that endless pursuit. 👐

Thank you Gale for the insight, and wishing you the same. 💫🎨

[marejadilla]

Andrea Kowch, "Expectation", 2022, acrylic on canvas. b.1986, American artist.

[howifeltabouthim]

'I was looking forward to this evening. I didn't know it would be quite so glorious.'

Iris Murdoch, from A Fairly Honourable Defeat

[sowhatifiliveinfukuoka]

Ellen Rogers

Expectation

[exohd]

1686 x 2281

[thepersonalquotes]

It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.

Ram Dass

[soulinlove]

no one gets disappointed as much as the person who thinks everyone has their pure heart and gentle soul.

[galaxy--supernova-scans]

D.O. "Expectation" scans. please like/reblog if you save, more here

[kpop-locks]

꒰ ˀˀ ↷ D.O ; expectation ”♡ᵎ ꒱

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[pratchettquotes]

"Well, er, wearing men's clothes is an Abomination unto Nuggan--"

"Why?"

"It just is," said Shufti firmly. "But--"

"--you're wearing them," said Polly.

"Well, it was the only way," said Shufti. "And I tried them on and they didn't seem all that abominable to me."

"Have you noticed men talk to you differently?" said Lofty shyly.

"Talk?" said Polly. "They listen to you differently, too."

"They don't keep looking at you all the time," said Shufti. "You know what I mean. You're just a...another person. If a girl walked down the street wearing a sword, a man would try to take it off her."

Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment

[howifeltabouthim]

She had never been comfortable, as a younger person. There was so much expectation placed on the young, who were uniformly full of potential, who could change the world, until they did or didn't.

Rachel Khong, from Real Americans

[wiirocku]

Psalm 62:5 (KJV) - My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from Him.

[sowhatifiliveinfukuoka]

Ellen Rogers

Expectation