the biggest lie ive ever been told as an artist is that u have to be successful at it for it to make u happy. u dont. u dont ever have to make a cent. u can pursue a completely different career and paint pictures for urself on sundays, write ur own songs on the bus, whittle a thousand little sculptures that dont look like anything. if the only fucking artistic thing u do in ur entire life is make little rabbits out of pipe cleaners just for urself bc u enjoy it, that is art that is worth being made. there is inherent value to joy
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Favorite sign so far: I’ve Read the Books, I Don’t Want to Live Them
Posted by Amy Fowler to the Boston Women’s March for America Event Page on Facebook.
IF YOU SHIP MY NOTP THEN YOU CAN have a nice day because you’re probably a nice person and ship wars are dumb as hell.
be poetic. if you find the way the light falls through your window and onto your bedroom wall pretty, write about it. call it soft and golden as sunlit honey. if it makes you glad to be alive then it’s not silly. you look for the beauty of things, be proud of that. say the heavy rain is kissing you. write about the glow of the moon, the dancing of flowers. make your world magical. collect your metaphors and treasure them.
Everything’s going so good
What I say: Nice shirt 🙂
What I mean: DUDE I’M IN THAT FANDOM OMG PLEASE REALIZE THAT I AM NOT MERELY COMPLIMENTING YOUR ATTIRE BUT THAT I WISH TO TALK FOR HOURS WITH YOU ABOUT THAT THING AND I HOPE YOU’RE AS PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AS I AM AND THE FACT THAT YOU ARE WEARING THIS SHIRT MAKES YOU BETTER THAN EVERYONE IN THE WORLD IN MY BOOK PLEASE GIVE ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FANGIRL ABOUT MY FAVORITE THING RIGHT NOW
What they say: Thanks 🙂
It’s not stupid. I promise. It’s not stupid to turn into your 5 year old self and get happy beyond measure for the little things. It’s not stupid to be proud of yourself for completing a load of laundry and washing the dishes. You aren’t lame for patting yourself on the back when you chose a salad over a burger. You’re taking care of yourself and each victory – no matter how small – is worth celebrating.
At the end of the day, when everything else around you feels like garbage, these little moments of joy and satisfaction are what will get you through. You are allowed to be happy, for big things, for small things, for nothing at all. Allow these small moments to fill every moment possible. And eventually, there will come a day where you’ll go to bed realising that the entire day was made up of these silly, little moments. At that point, it’ll be just a little easier to go to sleep thinking that tomorrow might be a good day too.
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