I feel like I should make a shitload of paintings or drawings before my birthday. That way I can look back when I'm older and think 'I did that when I was 17? Ew, but at least I was only 17' rather than 'I drew that when I was 18, big deal, it sucks' Okay, this weekend I will sacrifice my life and outings. Don't want my youth to go to waste!
My most recent thing I guess. This was for the mall mural thing. I primed the board and painted it in an hour, the day before it was due lol. Totally rushed and flawed, but oh well- I tried to make it more lighthearted because it will obv. be in a public space. orz. I wish I didn't have to do it...! So many flaws and things I could do better. Acrylic can be a bitch.
"I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated, and a person humanized or de-humanized.
If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming. " - Goethe