As an artist I experience a lot of phases throughout the year. Not only with my art but in life as well. I've learned along the way that a social media shutoff is necessary every once in awhile. At least for me and how my artist's brain works. Can't speak for any other artists. Facebook is the main tool I use to market the work that I create everyday. At times I can be somewhat of a pre-mature poster but nobody needs to know stuff like that. Of course you must take into consideration the way the news feed on facebook spits out shit, it's not something that I can observe on my own because I'm posting the stuff and don't know how the rest of the world sees my stuff....really. That may sound dumb so any suggestions for that issue are appreciated. Next thing about facebook is the time spent on there as opposed to getting paintings done without distraction keeping me away. That becomes something I wonder about right before I fall asleep, like I wonder if I hadn't spent so much time on facebook/instagram/youtube/vimeo/porn-sites (j/k) well maybe that painting wouldn't have turned out so like not how I intended it to. It's too much. People comment on most paintings so I can't be rude to the people of the world who wish to comment on my work. I usually address every single comment I receive in regards to my art and this gets tiring. So I've vowed to stay off of facebook for the next two weeks. Let's see how it goes. I can see myself getting back on in a few days. This is my own artist experiment. Don't try this at home or wherever you get your paint on.
Not to mention the other sites that help me get my work out there like redbubble, fineartamerica and all the other platforms I choose to use to try to slang my work. It's too too much. I'm sure for somebody with a normal thinking brain the solution for all of these woes would be to make yourself a schedule and stick to it. Well, sorry...not doing it. Tried. Failed. Not how my brain works. Thank you for reading.
