We often get put in boxes... I'm not arty or crafty but I'm emotionally creative

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[–] 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I managed to enter the selection of a euro litterature award last year. I am creative, but I'm not successful or rich. I lack the talent for professional insertion. I have difficulties telling lies to get the privilege of being treated like shit in a toxic workplace for long before I burn out, and the older I get, the harder my social burnouts get and the more debilitating they are. The workplace is often revolting and I can't stand it. I have never found a workplace in my life that wouldn't send me to depression. I also am learning to code and dabble in pixel art. I was raised a musician, so that helped with thinking creatively. Feeling legitimate, though, is still a struggle, especially as an indie.

Sorry for the infodump.

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  • [+] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)
  • Hell yeah engineering rules!

    Random question: my engineering student society sold shirts that say "Engineering Sucks". I still have one. It physically pains me to admit it's 20 years old. Is that a common thing?

    Anyways, I wanted to reply to add that I hate the idea that STEM and the arts are separate and incompatible.

    Ars sine scientia nihil est but the opposite is true too. It takes alkynes to make the world go round.

    🤭

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    When I get stoned I legit see paintings I want to paint, hum and write music I want to write, think of novels I could write. It's like I have access to it then, but without the weed the AuDHD and cptsd close that door for me.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    So a house full of AI Bros?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    I'm creative. And like most creatives it's not sustainable so I'm currently just doing simple things in Starmourn. Like stickers. (all things in Starmourn are written, it's a mud)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Super creative but almost exclusively in a TTRPG context. I do an little writing, a little drawing, a little painting, a little image manipulating, a little video editing, a little sculpture etc, all specifically for the games I'm running and playing. I can perform other arty or crafty functions if asked, but I'm not really creative in it.

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  • "I cAn OnLy DrAw StIcK fIgUrEs"

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