Ok this was going to be a swift silly post but I started rambling beneath
It's not even really a stereotype now that I think of it, just the way in which people have responded to my artwork when I was still developing as a child. Just with pure and utter disinterest or polite dismissal. Like okay, I see - my ideas and feelings do not matter and thus they must be stupid. If they were to be smart then this should show in other people's reaction to them, but given that I am not getting any, I'm going to assume it's stupid and worthless, just to be safe, and because that's the signal I get in other spaces merely for just being here (hooray abusive environments). It's that the only understanding I ever got of myself was in my own artwork, or I probably would have given up on it with the way it was assessed by my peers and teachers. Not being valued for your developing skills can so badly impact the way you'll look at them forever - sure, creative works are something I do because it fills my time, but am I actually good at it? Am I exceptional? Or am I similar to those people you know aren't very good, but their art makes them happy, so you have to politely nod and smile when they show you what they made? (Because god forbid you like doing something you aren't good at!) And if I am similar to them, am I at least smart enough to realize that I am? Because if not, well, fuck me I guess
(It really makes me wonder how many other people with an interest in art couldn't ever come to pursue their passions simply because of the lack of encouragement)
Taire
