Hi everyone! Haven’t written one of these in a bit, so I’m here again. Here with some updates on my life, what’s going on and also just some thought vomiting along with observations I’ve made.
Because I am still in a position where I cannot fully disclose certain aspects of my life, I have to keep it to the bare minimum.
A lot has happened in my life these past months. My art has gotten better. I’ve deepened a relationship with an absolutely amazing person in my life, and I don’t call my biological father “dad” anymore.
Let’s start with the worst of it first. Through the years, Adam (not his real name — used to protect his identity and our lives) has had a problem with alcohol and depression. My, my sister’s and my brother’s lives have been put on the second hardest difficulty because of this. Lots of things have happened over the years that I wouldn’t want to put here in fear of triggering someone else’s trauma.
As such, I got tired of it one day… and one thing led to another and I can no longer look Adam in the face, no longer respond when he calls and no longer even call him “dad”. It’s been extremely rough but thankfully I have some amazing friends that have given me the chance to live with them temporarily while I’m still sorting out my financial situation and my permanent, or at least semi-permanent residence.
Now that the heaviest is out of the way, let’s go on a lighter note. My art is getting better! Bitter is such a ray of sunshine in my life. Had we not met on that fateful encounter of his genesis piece bugging out and not displaying on opensea, I don’t think I’d have made it this far in my career. Nor would we be as close of friends as we are now. Along with that, my cousin has also been such a big piece of support in my life. Not only is he there to give me a good laugh, to talk to me about my artwork, help me figure things out, but he is just an overall amazing friend to have.
As such, a lot of my experiments have been successful in my eyes. They may not be where I want them in terms of professionalism, but they are getting better and better as the days pass. I’m extremely proud of “The Door” because it just looks so pleasing to my own eyes, I can only imagine it looks nice to others too!
I am very, very thankful, as I always point out, to everyone that has supported me along the way. Not only the people from the whale community, not only the people that have followed me on twitter, but also my mom is so proud of me. My sister and brother are always telling me they were super surprised I was able to make something of always being in my room. It may not be a total compliment, but I took it as one anyways.
Some days may be rougher than others trying to wake up, but I always push out of bed anyways. Because I have people counting on me. Collectors, my mom, my sister, my brother, my followers, Bitter, and my cousin. All of these people have put some chips into my life and they are rooting for me. I can’t let them down.
Lastly, I wanted to give you all some insights into the NFT space that I’ve passively noticed, and that I’ve also taken the advice of for myself.
Do whatever you want to do.
Make connections. These are the biggest pieces of advice I can give. I’ve seen some real hot garbage sell for so much money just because of the following they’ve had, or the people they’ve made friends with. So, as long as you’re getting out there and making friends, supporting others and so on, you’re going to do just fine.
The better your art, the faster you’ll grow, of course but honestly just have fun. Life is way too short to give a shit what anyone thinks of what you’re doing. Make friends, have laughs, have fun. Just be a person.
You’ll get through it. I promise ❤
Thank you all for reading, as always.
And I’ll see you when I see you.
