#ocenot

We are but rocks, being eroded away by a rushing stream.

The current is unwavering, although sometimes it's not as strong.

But river stones are very pretty; smooth and polished and clean.

We are but flowers on an open field, assaulted by the gale.

It ever blows and blows, although sometimes not as much.

But petals travel upon the winds, as our seeds do sail.

Is there beauty in our storms? They make the world look duller.

They strike the earth with streaks of fire, and roar as loud as life.

They wreck homes with gust and hail, they drain the world of color.

Their waters fill those calmless streams, they slide away the ground.

They drain the atmosphere of warmth, life looks very bleak.

They promote illness, weakness, and destruction abound.

I cannot say the storm will end, (for it may never do so).

But we can hide where it is warm, and pretend it is not there.

We have whole worlds that we can go, like Tandamet, Entium, and Kuso.

I know my syllable count and rhyme schemes weak, I don't really care.

There's more purpose to this and other poems than being proper, after all.

Writing poetry was once my healing light when my life fell to despair.

I love the fact that we are rocks, despite the water's swishes.

I love the fact that we too are flowers, forget about the wind.

For not only are we solid, our petals, too, are wishes.

I was in a lot of Japanese fandoms where reposting was very frowned upon, I know dozens and dozens of artists that have shut down their sites, stopped drawing or left the internet when they had their art reposted in mostly English communities like livejournal.  

It was terrible to see all these artists go..... and for a long time, I actively tried to help by reporting and calling out reposting.

But that's silly...... Because I came to realize that the "do not repost" thing is self victimizing. IE. as an artist, you are creating problems for yourself that you are then getting upset about and reacting to in escalating ways. 

How? 

Well, when an artist shares their work online, but does not want it reshared....It has a few effects.....

1. It prompts people who would otherwise inform the artist, to share the art without ever contacting the artist.(Warnings against re-posting means they wont even ask for permission,.... because why ask if the answer is there already? )

This sucks for the artist because now you're cut out of the conversation and fan squee about your work, because you don't know it's out there. 

2. Deleting the art only makes things worse, because it prompts people to want to repost and archive your work FOR you because it's no longer available. And now they have every right to, because  it's not available otherwise, and the artist is no longer around.

3. And of course, Artists limit the reposting of their work tends to not be as well known since their work can only be seen in a few places.....this prompts people to share the art even more because they want the artists and the artwork to get the recognition it deserves..... and recognition brings respect.....for both the artist and their wishes. 

Lastly, art is a language.....just like french or Italian....regardless of whether you use it to describe or narrate, can you really expect to say something in print or in paint and expect to never be quoted? 

In the end, people want to share your art because they enjoy it. Because lets be honest here..... no one reposts shit artwork. People want to share things that are good. 

it did that when i clicked on my inbox!!

me 24/7 tho hahaha

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ocenot replied to your photo:i thought my hair dried crazy, and i was right

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA your hair is now short it really suits you