When I started my AP art class in high school, we were all told to bring in our favorite piece of art that we had made so far, and I brought in Mr. ferret here. My teacher proceeded to compare it unfavorably to another person's piece by saying Mr. ferret was too centered and there was not enough interesting negative space in the picture. For a while, I felt pretty bad about myself. But "negative space" is not really worth feeling bad about, and I'm really proud of myself for creating Mr. ferret.
I'm sure there was a lesson in all of that. I guess maybe that other people's opinions shouldn't have the power to make us doubt ourselves. I haven't made any art in a while, partly because I'm insanely busy, but partly because I think people never really liked my art enough and it discouraged me. And that is stupid. So while being insanely busy with school is a good excuse, being afraid that people will judge my art negatively is not a good enough reason to stop painting and drawing if I feel like doing it.
On that note, I leave you to go do some packing.
