#angrymikko

“Anxiety may be a part of me, but that part is not a very good artist. . . In truth, there is no way for me to know what my audience will like or won’t like. I’ve been so many times wrong about what people like or don’t that I should stop just guessing. My anxiety tries to lower the risk by this kind of technical polish, but it’s not always relevant to each piece, so I’m just going to let [my anxiety] scream next to me when I paint and I’m going to publish it anyway. . . When [Anxiety] keeps telling me ‘Do not publish this. Other people will hate it,’ . . . what I say for it in my own head is ‘Just watch me.’ ”