#when I started telling myself that other peoples reactions or lackthereof to my work didnt matter do you know how much happier I got with i

[ciderjacks]

no ok, hang on. no. no.

I love interactions, and I do wish people would actually interact with my work more, but I think calling us "content creators" and having this way of looking at art in general is not. healthy. Like Ok, as i said before, I love getting reactions, reactions are half the reason why I post my art online at al! but at the end of the day they are not why i'm creating, and I need to be comfortable with a post going undetected even if i worked hard on it.

The art brought me joy, the art made me feel something, and now i'm sharing it with the world. thats great on it's own. I am trying to let that be enough and so far it's given me a much healthier view on my art.

I think it's easy for artists to get so swept up in being "content creators" that they kind of forget that art is supposed to be for them, and while reactions are really cool, it's not the same as baking a cake for a party and no one eating it because the cake was made for other people and I hope that's not true of your art.

Imo it's more like bringing your own entrée that you know you'll enjoy, and if other people like it then great! and if they don't then whatever because it wasn't really made for them anyway, you just brought it to share.

art is not content for other people, it's yours. its for you. wether it's introspective works or dumb indulgent fandom stuff, your art is for you. it's not a product to be consumed. it's your self expression. it's your way of showing the world what you love or care about. its your comfort. its yours. unless you are building a career around art or doing commissions it should not be for anyone else.

“Your art isn’t valued by the number of notes you get” okay but. If you spent 6 hours baking a cake for a party, but no one at the party eats your cake, it’s still disappointing.