#the memes have been integrated for ocular enrichment

[harpieisthecarpie]

Harp gets overly emotional about a lighthearted meme (reocurring theme) (not clickbait)

I know the underlying humor we find in the "graphic design is my passion" meme is contrasting the statement and the actual design's quality (tbf the og was seemingly intentionally made to be bad) and ngl sometimes I really hate that underlying message.

I've kept my silence too long! I must speak my truth!!

so fuck it new year same me to be cringe is to be free dattebayo ramble on, it's 2025!

I refuse to punish someone's earnest passion by equating innate value with possible extrinsic applications. Joy does not exist to reward profitability and mastery.

A hobby or craft is always valuable regardless of whether you can capitalize on it monetarily. Your passions still matter when they're not your career, and its often healthier to have interests your livelihood doesn't depend on.

You don't need to publish your fanfiction, original story, or art online for it to have been worth making. You don't have to show anyone, ever, for your creativity to matter.

You can say you love to hike and only ever go on "beginner trails". You can say you love art and make everything with washable fingerpaint and glitter. Your bullet journals can be ugly. Your cupcakes can be deflated. Your poetry can be couplets forever. Because when you're always waiting on perfect, the question you must ask is

When you're gone, will you leave pieces of yourself behind?

Or will your loved ones be searching for memories in a mausoleum of blank journals, blank sketchbooks, unopened craft kits, empty photo albums, untouched skeins of yarn, puzzles and games still wrapped in plastic, a corkboard with yawning gaps saved for meaningful accomplishments?

Love is in the act of affecting and being affected, and I refuse to teach others thats a privilege they must earn.

I will not slap a crafting hand for being clumsy. Not even when it's my own.