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thestrongestofthestrange replied to your photo: if anyone orders a shirt within the next few days…

How do I purchase?

click the picture! or here’s the link http://www.etsy.com/shop/phoebecarse

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if anyone orders a shirt within the next few days i will include some drawings and various other little goodies for you in the package!! ♥ god i really hate being like BUY SHIRTS FROM ME BUY SHIRTS FROM ME but like… there are cool things i need to buy on the internet… it is very important. i feel guilty about it cause i haven’t been posting drawings but hopefully this will inspire me to do cool drawings for people who buy shirts. i want these stupid shirts to be gone!!! i hate always making posts like this, feeling like i have to advertise it all the time. i dunno. i wanna make cute lil packages and send them overseas

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teenboystuff replied to your post: hello does anyone have last.fm? add me ~…

We are VERY LOW.

i think you don’t listen to enough justin bieber

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hello does anyone have last.fm? add me ~ phoebecarse

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turdalert asks: mhm i feel you on the natural born talent sort of myth like, im trying to find a way to word it without rambling but i think some people really are born with talent, but most people are born naturally a little better at something than someone else. but that doesnt mean you can be just as good if you work at it, if you really do want it.

feel free to ramble if you want! i want to hear what other people have to say about this.
there are people who are born prodigies who can do things that it takes normal people years and years of even degree level training to achieve, but it’s an exception to the rule and i don’t think that anyone is incapable. (the rule being that to be good at something you have to work hard and practice a lot)
i think that when people are born naturally better at something than someone else, it’s more a case of them being born with an interest in it, and when you’re interested in something then it motivates you to practice and become better at it. wanting to be good at something because you want to be good at it and wanting to be good at something because you’re interested in it and in the process of learning it are two different things

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thesilvercrustacean asks: In reply to your most recent post, I think people want to be good at art or music but can't get past the fact that they won't be immediately good and they're embarrassed of that. If people take alot of inspiration, then they have extremely high standards of what they make should look or sound like and they're afraid they won't immediately reach this. Honestly practice makes perfect and potential is nothing without dedication. c:

i agree, and i relate to it fully. so often i hate what i make but i continue on because i enjoy the process. it’s almost laziness, but totally understandable if you feel like born talent is required to achieve good art. why bother with something if you’re sure that you’re going to fail? for me i enjoy the process of wanting to know how to do something then watching myself get better as i learn how to do it.

i also feel that there’s a certain charm about art and music that is done by people who lack traditional training, practice, fancy equipment etc., i often am angry at myself for having not created more music but i tend to hide behind the excuse that i don’t have any equipment other than garageband and a guitar, in reality there are people who have even less than that and still create great music. i need to not let that stop me, which is hard to do when i’m determined that that is what’s stopping me.

practice makes perfect, but perfection is not ever really attainable is it? regardless, practice is very important. i guess what i’m trying to say is that you don’t need to be the very best at something to have reason to do it, and if you have something you want to express then you already have an advantage over a lot of artists who have the skills but lack any use for them. sometimes i feel that i’m at a point where i’m confident in my level of skill with art but i have nothing to express…

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i’ve seen this circulating for a long time and i feel really not good towards it… sometimes people say to me wow you are so gifted/talented at drawing/playing guitar!! (they don’t say that much about guitar anymore but when i was younger i was very good for my age) and i feel kind of angry about it??? like the only reason i am ‘good’ at things is because of the uncountable hours and hours and hours i spend practicing doing them, i feel i am in no way born with talent, just an interest in art and music that developed into a passion and dedication that has made me want to practice and become ‘good’ at them (whether or not something is good is subjective? i feel almost rude to call myself good at something)
i see really cool art or listen to really nice music and it inspires me to work towards becoming good at it myself? i feel that the sort of attitude portrayed in this picture is sort of erasing that work and making it seem that people who are good at things are good at them so effortlessly, and if you’re not born with said talent that there’s no point in even trying to create anything. you don’t need talent to try and express yourself, having something to express is what makes good/meaningful art, not skill. an extremely skilled artist is nothing without a message or idea to express. i think the issue is more to do with confidence, people will be too scared to try and express themselves because they think they need to be good at drawing or singing to do so…

i don’t know, what are other people’s opinions on this? like i said, i’ve seen it around a lot so obviously a lot of people relate to it

edit: ALSO NO DISRESPECT TO SCARLETT I LOVE YOU SWEET PRINCESS

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