#melyoo

All artists need to have a mutual understanding that criticisms towards each other's work is purely professional-- especially in a professional setting. If you're too sensitive towards other peoples' criticism, you are not in the right field.

I say this with experience, and coming from a background of people who do not understand art at all. I learned to face the criticisms, and I display my work in public knowing the fact that not everybody will agree with my work. It's hard to do because putting your work out there is analogous to putting your own child on the line; it's a part of you, it's an extension of your body-- but you have got to learn to face the crits!

Being an artist in this era means you have dreams just as big as Walt Disney himself; you have enough faith to believe that you, as an individual, have something to offer the world; you are ambitious; you have balls that are bigger than the Cobra Guy on Youtube.

I'm learning German as my fourth language, and the exposure to another Germanic language drives me to reflect upon the power of languages.

When I was little, I remember thinking to myself that the language I spoke at the time was not a language that could properly convey my emotions. Korean was the only language I was exposed to until I was ten years old; I have no idea how I thought of this criticism at the time. Then I happened to move to Hawaii where I was exposed to English. Never thought negatively of English. It's fitting, I guess.

Maybe this is a study that needs to be looked into? I see this just as interesting as study of sexuality/ sexual orientation.