But Still Intending

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“FANART IS NOT REAL ART!!!”

I think… one of the interesting things about online messaging and texting is that sometimes, writing out your feelings to someone is actually so much easier than speaking them. Like, I cannot easily express myself through verbal words. I stutter, I panic, I say “nevermind” because I can’t bring myself to admit the words out loud. But with online messaging, I can blabber on the keyboard like a stream of consciousness, and I can express myself to my friends in a way that’s sometimes very hard for me to do irl

“Every day there was self-doubt when I put pen to paper. When I first started writing Hamilton, I had no idea if it was going to be good or if it was just a crazy idea. I had a lot of self-doubt about it,” Miranda told Vanity Fair at the Moana world premiere in Hollywood on Monday night. “But having doubt can be a good thing. If you don’t have self-doubt, you’re probably making some pretty crappy art. Having doubt makes you push yourself farther than you’ve gone before. It pushes you beyond your comfort zone when you’re writing and that helps you get through.”

The artist is Nate Swinehart, according to https://www.google.com/doodles/summer-solstice-strawberry-moon. He has a Tumblr, too; the URL is his name.

Juan: “Juanita!” Juanita: “I go to church now, and I am in love with Jesus.” Juan: “Jesus.”