discoplasm

yess, it can be quite a challenge to overcome things like expectations & perfectionist tendencies and embrace play & experimentation, as well as extend compassion to ourselves as tired little creatures trying to get by in a tough world. i still have struggles with that but am very much about giving things a try just because they seem interesting, and not putting any expectations other than “might be fun” on it. it’s ok to just have a chill time & enjoy the journey! ofc it’s also ok to have more ambitious/professional goals but i feel like it doesn’t get said enough that it’s actually fine to be a hobbyist and even to be bad at hobbies (as long as safety is in order anyway).

immense cosign, especially to anyone out there feeling like “ohh but i am too old, i have no talent for anything, i am not creative, i don’t know how to art”. tell those thoughts to fuck all the way off, every day if need be (i have to do this!), and try some stuff out! it doesn’t have to take a lot of time or money, it doesn’t have to be “marketable”, you don’t even have to tell anyone else about it if you really don’t want to. you deserve to give yourself this gift (yes, even if your brain says otherwise!)

i like NeoDB, it’s handy for me to log movies/books/shows/music in one place

this poor hungry boy, he is wasting away 😭

!artshare@lemmy.world my beloved

i think !sillydrawingrequests@sopuli.xyz and !connectasong@lemmy.world are pretty great too

hi OP, if ur interested in using a non-genAI logo for the community, i took the liberty of throwing a simple one together. it’s ok if u dont want to use it too, of course, i just had fun making it and thought i would offer it up.