People might have an opinion, they might not like what you do. Putting your art out in the world, through social media or the web, can be scary. The most important thing is that you do what you love. It’s all been done before? Make good art.” But at the same time I’m gaining so much of it, that it’s worth the risk.” “Somebody on the internet thinking what you do is stupid or evil or I answered: “Showing my vulnerability is scary sometimes and it makes that people can hurt me, if they want. It must have been in the fall of 2013, when I just started publishing an online visual diary. My mother asked me this same question while we were driving in her car. That’s the moment you may be starting to get it right.”Ī lot of people ask me if I don’t feel vulnerable as I share so much of my personal experiences in my work. “The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you’re walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. Carrying the words with me in book form is devine to me: the book is on my desk at all time and I take a peek in it every now and then. When I saw that there’s a book with the speech in it, I bought it. When picking illustrations, I hear Neil Gaiman asking: “Does it bring you closer to the mountain?”. The things he says in the video were so inspiring the me, that I wrote parts down to remember them clearly. I have the audio file on my phone, so I can listen to it when I’m on the train or tube. To remind myself what I’m doing and why I’m doing it. Since then, I watch video about once every two weeks.

They gave me so much hope and determination. Right away, I was intrigued by his words. And people do judge.Ī while back, I saw Neil Gaiman’s commencement speech which he gave at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts in 2012. Putting your art out in the world is like showing the whole human race your vulnerable side. Making art can make you incredibly insecure.

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