Hey mate...your last two sentences, I'm with you there. Spot on!
Anyway, I'm in my seventh year by three months. Six years and three months man...I never thought I'd be around that long. I've met some nice people, some assholes and worse, but I'm still here. I guess I just write because I enjoy it and leave it up to others to determine what they want to do with it. What other way is there?
Anyway, I'm sure some of your following has melted away, as have mine, but finding the value in what we do doesn't have to depend on others I guess.
All the best.
Dude those lines are real as fuck and that shit's coming straight from the heart.
From my perspective, much of my best works depends on others. If I write a funny and there's no laughs, it ain't funny. If I produce art and there's no eyes, there's no art. What I do is for people. Not me.
I understand what you're saying, sort of like the, if a tree falls in a forest paradigm, I guess. Although, I think art is still art even if it's only the artist that sees it. Many people do things for the simple enjoyment of it. I don't think you'd do your art if you didn't enjoy it, the process and result, right? For me, it's the same with writing. I write more off the blockchain, things no one will see (ever), and find enjoyment in it.
Of course sure, I understand completely what you're saying and agree and if what you do is purely for people then you need people around to see it.
I love doing it. Every detail is to be witnessed though. Think about my style dude. I hide things. I want people to look harder. See the bear in my profile background? On the right? See the melting dollar sign? On the left? See all those faces now? See the dude with the beard? See the one getting punched? I fucking forgot to dedicate a portion of this post to that image. Dammit.
I get it man, I really do. My dad was an artist, he made hi living all his life from being an artist and I know what he put into it and why. I didn't get the talent unfortunately, however I know what you mean, the things that sit there in plain sight but which most will miss if they don't look for them or have the ability to see beyond the obvious. I do that with my writing to be honest, there's a lot there, but mostly no one will see because they skim the post or simple see and read words superficially.
I'm the same way with writing. Combining it with that art. If you can pick up on the imagery then look where I said "I called it" then My Thoughts Exactly. Now I'll just let that simmer.
There's a lot going on in that artwork, besides the very obvious on the left of it. There's something on the right that looks...well, I'd rather not say on the blockchain, but it's there for me. It's sort of like looking at clouds I guess right? People see what they see, and mostly it's different from what other's see.
It's showing a split and the colors matter. What's fucked is I didn't know Hive would be red. There's a side profile of a face looking to the right (right way) but it's mostly transparent.
I will be different for each individual yes. Most won't see what I put there and it is designed to play tricks on the eyes.
And the only way I can do that naturally is by allowing my own eyes to play tricks on me, then I paint the illusions. I'm basically allowing a part of our brains we don't control to create it.