Comic Rec: "Be Friends with Failure" from Doodle Alley

[untonuggan]

Someone in my circle linked this, and then I opened the tab and forgot who linked it. Whoever it was, thank you!

Be Friends with Failure by Stephen McCranie. Because failure is what teaches us how to create. Gorgeous short comic.

Comments

[anehan]

Would have been me. :) And you're welcome.

[untonuggan]

Yay it's awesome! Thank you so much for sharing!

[spiralsheep]

And my thanks to both of you for sharing. :-)

[untonuggan]

\o/

[majoline]

Thank you for passing the comic on! I needed to hear that today.

[untonuggan]

You're welcome! Glad it helped someone else, too. :D

[jelazakazone]

Whoa. That's a strong message and very relevant for me right now. Damn. Thank you.

[untonuggan]

♥ You're welcome. I have All The Thoughts, so let me know if you want to talk sometime about it. :D

[jelazakazone]

YES YES YES. I do want to talk to you about all this stuff sometime. I've been feeling like such a POSER lately. Ugh. waves a wand Imposter Syndrome Be Gone :D :D

[untonuggan]

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH I HAVE TOO but then I keep thinking my stuff is so cool, but then how did it get to be so cool and how can I keep making cool stuff without getting bored making the same stuff????

Maybe Imposter Syndrome is like Fear, and it's a symptom of something else being wrong. Like a nudge to do something different with my art/craft? I dunno, it's a thought. Like, "Take your hand off the stove, it's hot!" or "Stop knitting ornaments or you'll go MAD!"

[jelazakazone]

Your stuff is cool! Mine is too, but I just feel like, I'm not devoted enough to my craft, and I'm just pretending to be an artist, that I shouldn't be asking money for it and you know, the brain weasels can just keep running in circles like that.

Honestly, right now, I cannot focus on quilting 100%. I have a family to tend to. I want my family to have priority.

I don't think Imposter Syndrome rearing its head is a symptom of something else being wrong. I think it's just more reflective of my general insecurities and core belief that I'm worthless (see above about brain weasels b/c I don't actually believe that I'm worthless, but that's what they would have me believe.)

[untonuggan]

I'm not sure anyone can focus on being an artist 100% because things like cleaning the bathroom and eating and paying bills and, y'know, life. But of course brain weasels/imposter syndrome doesn't think that way.

<3 That whole worthlessness thing is a tough weasel to beat. The best I've managed is continual defenses against its assaults on my inner fortress of creativity.

P.S. On the subject of making money from art, am considering whether to do something like Pockets McGee is currently doing on Society6 with some of my artsier shots of yarn (i.e. get them printed on cell phone cases or mugs or things on them). *nervous*

[jelazakazone]

Right! Excellent point. Real life takes precedence over everything. We need to eat/sleep/have clean spaces. Imposter Syndrome lies to us, just like depression. And those damned lying spoons.

Oooh, that looks BRILLIANT. You should do it! You already have an etsy shop! I should totally do something like that, if I can ever get over my self-confidence/worthlessness issues.

[untonuggan]

Thank you. I took the plunge. Gonna make a post soon, maybe after I upload a few more pictures, but you can get a sneak peek here: Society6

[jelazakazone]

Oooooh. Very nice. I really should maybe think about doing this ... in January. LOL.

[untonuggan]

HOLIDAYS WHAT HOLIDAYS DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT HOLIDAYS. :P

[ofearthandstars]

That is lovely.

[untonuggan]

:D

[eruanna]

This is wonderful. Thank you (and your friend) for sharing. :)

[untonuggan]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. :D