Post AOc845uSJs0HGlMQjo by Frogluvr91@kolektiva.social
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(DIR) Post #AO33DCVb0AfqaSLPxw by Frogluvr91@kolektiva.social
2022-09-29T05:25:29Z
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idk about y’all… but having the option to share or consume things with some measure of privacy is the only thing that keeps me wanting to write or create at all. I really do not give a shit about the attention but it seems like branding or whatever is just an inescapable barrier you gotta deal with if you want to make art a sustainable practice for yourself and I’m just really not with that shit lol
(DIR) Post #AO33DD0n8Bcy9CwKae by Frogluvr91@kolektiva.social
2022-09-29T05:29:45Z
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I done gotdam rebranded or whatever like 50 leven times lol and I wonder if people think it’s because I’m just some kind of chronically aloof person with no sense of identity or whatever which might be sorta accurate but then again really just don’t vibe with being locked into some kind of permanent state of existence or aesthetic because that seems way less genuine and exciting to me? why would I choose one or two lanes when I could have infinite? I’m not rockin with that, sorry lol
(DIR) Post #AO33DDawxkYDxLrCwy by Frogluvr91@kolektiva.social
2022-09-29T05:33:12Z
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that’s probably the main reason why I haven’t been successful outside of a lack of consistency. It simply doesn’t seem interesting or challenging enough to me to want to succeed under these circumstances. like why. why would I want to compete with anyone for space and attention? why do I need a brand to “stand out” professionally or artistically? who am I really doing this for, myself? my “fans”? my landlord? the dead white guys on the dollar? it just seems so gross to me. idk lol
(DIR) Post #AO33DEIYLdQg8aG1ui by Frogluvr91@kolektiva.social
2022-09-29T05:36:29Z
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success has always been a tricky word to me because it’s so hard for me to quantify. what’s my threshold? how much is enough and when will I be satisfied? 100k followers? a mill in savings? a magazine spread? Ted talk? art basel? am I gonna be considered a failure if I don’t get all that bullshit? I literally just want to have fun making things again that’s as deep as it has ever been for me and somehow it’s been drained of even that basic sort of fulfillment. shit just seems so damn serious
(DIR) Post #AO33DEy1rQbeDDf9Yu by Frogluvr91@kolektiva.social
2022-09-29T05:40:29Z
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apart from like not regularly making what I’d consider art, I just don’t even really consider myself an artist anymore. not like this. it’s beyond like being a quality issue either. I’m not satisfied with a lot of things when it comes to my craftsmanship but I’m actually not sweating that as much as the other things, the business/social things. refining my vision and executing it feels very natural a lot of the time and the most rewarding. but actually starting and committing? sheesh.
(DIR) Post #AO33DFo8jgI2oq2lmq by Frogluvr91@kolektiva.social
2022-09-29T05:44:42Z
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I had a great opportunity to talk with a bunch of other self-identifying artists who belong to co-ops and it made me feel good to realize I’m not the only one who shares this feeling. we identified a lot of causes but not really many solutions on an individual level at least. but maybe that’s the big idea anyway, that were all pretty much forced to market ourselves and dazzle total strangers for breadcrumbs. feels humiliating to me tbh
(DIR) Post #AO33DGSCKkKgp4mlE0 by Frogluvr91@kolektiva.social
2022-09-29T05:47:30Z
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like no offense to anyone but I’d still be creating if I had no one but myself to see it. I’ve done it before and I probably won’t ever stop doing it. but that’s not exactly a recipe for a career in the arts is it lol. but anyway rant over time to get bitten to hell by these mosquitoes and try to my very best to go to sleep with this cricket hollering in my ear all mf night
(DIR) Post #AO33DH347fp6fQ2Cgq by Frogluvr91@kolektiva.social
2022-09-29T05:51:00Z
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TL,DR: fuck business cards no don’t follow me on instagram or donate to my patreon let’s blow up an oil pipeline and live in gay communes gahddamit
(DIR) Post #AO33hlct03TuBpKUvA by rats@refusal.biz
2022-09-29T06:38:51.141155Z
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@Frogluvr91 only art world person that i felt was able to talk at length about exactly this idea was brad troemel, i like his videos quite a biti dont really know what exactly is happening in the heads of a 'blue-chip-gallery' artist that ends up locked in a rut of needing to do the same thing over and over again because thats what makes them money. does someone like carroll dunham have a soul? sometimes the only things i actually feel confident in declaring as not being art are the things artists makewould rather everyone just constantly produce whatever art they feel compelled to + have the resources to do so
(DIR) Post #AOc7ZAxLVSGdwayAb2 by Frogluvr91@kolektiva.social
2022-10-16T04:35:59Z
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@rats i'll have to check those vids out, ngl side-eyeing the crypto shit tho loldefinitely agree with the last bit there, the compulsion to turn a profit and compete for eyes and ears or whatever sensory organs seems absolutely detrimental
(DIR) Post #AOc7ZBewtL967pMzYm by rats@refusal.biz
2022-10-16T04:36:59.599796Z
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@Frogluvr91 if you mean 'the nft report' he is very critical of nfts (though maybe that's what you're side-eyeing, idk)
(DIR) Post #AOc845uSJs0HGlMQjo by Frogluvr91@kolektiva.social
2022-10-16T04:40:24Z
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@rats oh ok on a second take it seems like maybe it was satire after all and it just went way over my head lol. I thought it was in earnest at first!
(DIR) Post #AOc84yw7jN19vrZ2TQ by Frogluvr91@kolektiva.social
2022-10-16T04:41:49Z
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@rats there was an ig post advertising a fake crypto thing but in the comments everyone is clearly joking and not being serious about it, so I think I was mistaken