Wicked

Expire - Forgetting

Misty mountains

“Being a ghost must feel like drowning all the time: All you ever do is look up to the sky, forgetting you have anchors.“ - Sean Glatch

Many people think these digital “aesthetic collages” which are so rampant on Tumblr look very witchy/cool, but when they are done in such a way as this which removes all artist credits, copyrights, and attributions, they are harmful (not to mention inconsiderate, and often copyright violations) to all of the artists work being anonymously shared as it creates yet more copies of their work that get reblogged & shared online with no credit whatsoever (or sometimes other people even take the opportunity to credit *themselves* as the “source” of the work ~ I’ve had this happen several times. And no, adding a quote to a “cool” reblogged photo/s does not make one the source for that image). It also prevents any chances those artists have at being contacted for future collaborations, commissions, publications, etc…  I had the above photo published in the book ”Ode to Color” by Lori Weitzner, thanks to the author & publisher (Harper Design) who found it *with* proper credits attached, but these unattributed “aesthetic collages” do not help support artists one bit and to the contrary hurt artists via missed opportunities. If you like something enough to share, maybe like it enough to also take a moment to find the actual creator/source and give the artists credit too.