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♥ I'm kiki! ♥ I do a lot of art - I use a Gaomon 1560 tablet for digital art and Watercolor and acrylics for traditional pieces. I take commissions ☼ I love animals. I really like the nighttime, foxes, cats, snow & Nintendo. I like music. ♫ I work with kids and love it! ♥ Thanks for coming by! ♥☼♥

She's just a shy girl dancing c: 🥰💖🌹

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“Oh, hi, Link. I washed Epona for you. I tried to play that song for Epona, but I just can’t seem to play it the way you can, Link.

“It’s such a nice melody. Epona looks happy. Well, she’s all prettied up now, so I suppose you can ride her back. But don’t you make her do too much, okay?”

Ilia and Epona at the spirit spring in Twilight Princess ♥

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Duskull and Primarina!! ♥

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shoefaced-deactivated20210321

I think we should talk more about how adhd affects artistic hobbies. Some adhd artists, writers, and musicians might be able to hyperfocus on their art, but I also bet there are many adhd people who can't engage with their hobbies at all, even when they want to. Who tell themselves over and over "just create something, god damn it" but can't.

Those who feel like imposters, who think "I should want this, I need to want this, I need to do this, or else maybe I don't actually want to be an artist like I thought." Even without imposter syndrome, it's soul-crushing to be unable to start, sustain, or enjoy the hobbies that once fulfilled you.

You are seen.

dzamie

...oh.

sprachgefuehle

I also feel like those are two sides of the same coin. Only being able to create art when you hyperfocus is not good for you physically and mentally. Not moving for hours and not listening to your body's signals like "I need water", "I need to pee" or "if you keep on doing like that, your neck will hurt tomorrow" is not good. As is not being able to control when you are being creative and for how long which is in my opinion a side effect of only being able to be productive when you hyperfocus and which is what OP described. Some people with adhd are afraid that they will lose their artistic abilities when they get treated for adhd because hyperfocus is the only way to channel creativity that they know, when in reality, treatment on the long run gives you more control over when you are productive, for how long and under what circumstances.