The Forest (Patreon)

--Good morning my kiwis! I hope you all have been having a good day so far, or when that happens I hope it goes well! I decided to tackle on a personal piece today that deals with a common element I feel finds it's way unto many creators. Not all but some. This feeling and need for recognition which in time becomes a warped absolute. That without a community response, without the constant numbers to reinforce ourselves and our work, we feel that work is worthless. It can be a trap that ultimately devalues what we do for ourselves and what that means for ourselves. 

If you've ever felt that lack of feeling in yourself, or felt you could not appreciate the work you did based on how much response it had... this is for you.

The Forest

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Maybe you're here because you

forgot what it meant to do things because you could. To have dreams and

share them. Before you came here..anything was possible. For some..their

happiness and worth became branched on numbers and silent figures. Who

enjoyed this, who disliked that..and words could build and destroy our

perspective of hope. For some of us..favorite bars and likes became our

only comfort to feel alive as if we never existed at all. Statistics,

validation...reward..became objective.

..and you're better than that.

Some day I want you to take the chance on doing something just for

yourself. For holding open a door for someone regardless if they say

thank you or not. For creating artwork or writing poetry, being

inspiring, finding joy and sharing it with others without the

expectations, without the need for rewards..without making compassion an

investment. Maybe you will and maybe you won't..I believe you can. I

can wait my whole life on that and I'd never think it was a waste..

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Feel free to download the picture and picture coupled with music for your viewing pleasure!

Music by cobalt Rabbit " Who Am I? " which can be found here https://soundcloud.com/official-cobaltrabbit/who-am-i-1