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IT’S BEEN oveR A DAYAND IT STILL DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY to tHIS????.  asdfghjkuyjyhtghj,mghFGHGGTHfr

Inspired by this post (but I didn't want to spam it).

I want to say a personal thank you to the Once-ler fandom(WAIT, keep reading please, there's more), and all the amazing artists that are/were ever a part of it, for inspiring me to get past my phase of "what if I'm not good enough to compete with other artists out there?" 

For a little while, I really felt like maybe I wasn't meant to be an artist, maybe I was just telling myself that because other people said I should. I felt like I was losing sight of my own identity, like I'd have to start all over and create a new image for myself because I wasn't "the artist" anymore.

But then I found this fandom- this family - full of amazing artists and storytellers, so full of mind-blowing creativity and originality!

I haven't been a part of it for long (at all, really, no more than a couple months), but it already has done wonders for me; as an artist, as well as a rper, a friend, and just a person in general.

It's made me stronger and opened my eyes to possibilities that never even crossed my mind before. and it's made me realize that I'm capable of so many things.

I no longer feel like my art has to fit into a category. I don't feel like I have to choose between one style or the other, I've realized that I can create MY OWN style. I've realized that my art is meant to be an extension of my soul, not just the product of my hands.

I'm more proud of my art now than ever before, and I can't wait to see where it'll take me in life. <3

I feel silly having ever thought about giving it up.

So thank you, everybody who is/was part of the fandom that's rekindled my love of art, and drawing, and storytelling, and everything that was lost to me for the short time I spent doubting myself.

Even if you had no idea that you were doing this until now, and even if you've been out of the fandom for a long time and no longer associate yourself with it and never ever plan on returning to it, you've been an incredible source of inspiration for me nonetheless.

I thank God I found you all and I pray that this fandom only continues to grow and give birth to more amazing and creative artists!

                                                           - CHI

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i dont think either of those things are even supposed to be funny. it’s meme culture. its just something to silently nod at and reblog like “ah yes this meme is acceptable. i enjoy this”

see this is why i find meme culture so stressful

i'm not even sure what emotion i'm supposed to be experiencing, or if i'm supposed to be experiencing anything at all, so i'm not even sure what i am doing wrong or should be doing, let alone why other people are doing it 

it's far too abstract and no one can give me good explanations ever

i like a good concrete meme that is founded on something you can trace back and understand, where you can figure out where it came from and the joke is obvious and the references are clear and such

even the more absurd and abstract memes sometimes still have that, and there is an extent to which even memes that i don't really understand or find funny are still acceptable to me because i understand the model of that meme, for instance the like "fake art gallery label" meme i understand even though most of the things i see in it i don't understand the joke there at all 

but things like skeleton and egg and this sad frog thing are just too big and nebulous and they stress me out bc if everyone feels things from them automatically and can't quite explain why or what this universal experience is but i don't get anything but slight frustration at trying too hard to understand what people see in them? what does that say about me

probably nothing but that doesn't stop me from getting stressed out about it, like meme understanding is just this universal human experience and i largely do not share that and my general sense of humanity and belonging is invalidated by my inability to understand memes on a large scale

i wish this post were me joking, it really reads like i am joking, but i'm not