art tag is st_art :3

It's the Royal Academy of Art Young Artist's Summer Show. One of my favourite exhibitions of the year. Like. Not only are the older kids insanely talented, the younger ones' artist statements will just punch you right in the face.

Jeffrey is my cat and he feels like my heart

“‘Cause it exists. It’s a part of you that’s real and the only you that you should care about is the real you. You have to choose to love yourself, even if it doesn’t make sense. It’s not natural. It’s intentional.”

Collage on paper featuring fragile packing labels, washi tape, sertraline information pamphlet and one very cut up nintendo magazine.

“Do Dead Malls Go To Heaven?”

i HATE self-censorship for a lot of reasons, but being in crisis work makes it even more frustrating. who are you censoring for? like i am being so fr, WHO are you censoring for? have you even thought it through? people who have been raped know that they have been raped. if someone attempts suicide or is grieving someone who did, saying "sewer slide" isn't going to protect them from any of the feelings. a murder victim's family isn't going to feel better bc you said "unalived" instead of murdered. if anything, it's just extremely invalidating and othering. it's saying "what happened to you is so bad that i won't even say the word," which is NOT trauma-informed care. you are not protecting survivors/victims when you self-censor. the ONLY things you protect when you self-censor are the puritanical ideologies that are being encouraged by rich fascists who want your money and obedience

realized i never posted this here! i drew this last year but i'm still walking with these lil guys! tell me your fav