Gorgeous works

Loveeee the colors makes me feel upbeat

@Priyanka Renish of course !

Def have struggled w this before. What stuck w me was when I heard or read somewhere that deciding to only make art when you think you’ve got a completely original never before done idea will keep you stuck in idea mode forever. As long as you’re not blatantly purposefully copying something someone did and calling it your own- you’re good boo!

AYOOOOOO I’m Jessy ! From right outside of Boston MA, smack dab in the middle of the yearly season swoon session (mt new loving term for seasonal depression lol - SHIFT YOUR PERSPECTIVE) & just trying to get back into being in active artist mode. I have always been an artist as a child and then went all in during highschool and did 2 years at MassArt. I was majoring in printmaking and art education and took a year off in 2010 lol. I’m now a mother of 2 amazing kids I am pretty sure the sun shines from and while I’d love to go back to art school, being a drop out doesn’t bother me anymore. Failure is a feeling. What you call a loss might be someone’s dream upgrade from where they’re at. I haven’t made a piece of art in probably a decade and feel pretty much like a liar calling myself an artist these days. Life got rough for awhile like homeless, health issues and mental health issues and now I’m finally feeling like a human again like colors are bright and food has taste again, so that’s cool lol. I’m getting the pull to create again.. but during my darkness I kinda forgot you don’t have to have some poignant meaningful “it’s never been done before” idea to make a thing- you can literally just make to make. So I’m working on crossing that first step into just starting a project now that I’m doing better mentally.. but all the half finished crap I’ve lugged around from apartment to apartment the last decade is making me feel like I will just fade off again. That’s kind of my whole thing right now though, I’m working on NOT over complicating things and NOT trying to explain and define everything and NOT waiting for the perfect time for everything in my world anymore. Life is much simpler than we “advanced” beings make it and I’m learning that sometimes “less” is ideal. Like don’t get me wrong I’m a lot I’ll always be a lot and I’m finally okay w that, but not everything has to be perfect to be started and most things that I find interesting or attractive art wise are often gritty grimy or imperfect. I’m excited to see what we all come up with and I’d love to get together some sort of live critique sessions like when I was in college that is probably what I miss most- getting feedback from a group of other like minded and opposite minded skilled and passionate people in my niche of choice -ART

@Caroline Turner thanks so much you see building something super cool