Moss forest
Acrylic on canvas [scanned]
5.83 x 8.27"

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if you made art this year, you did well. a sketch, even if it was scrapped ; a poem, even if it was deleted — mattered. you put thought to paper, you engaged with the creative alchemy of turning feeling to something tangible. doesn't matter if you weren't productive "enough." or good "enough."

The problem with learning a craft hobby is it's a gateway drug. I can knit, what do you mean I can dye my own yarn. I can dye my own yarn, what do you mean I can spin my own yarn. I can spin my own yarn, what do you mean I can learn to weave. I already can sew. I will be unstoppable.

the actual #1 artist hack to being a good artist is having non-art related hobbies and interests, or dip into other artistic mediums that aren't visual art: read books, go see an opera or classical concert, watch a stage play, get into bird watching or herb collecting or mineral/rock identification