Day in the life of a Piper @piperstrangeart - Tumblr Blog

But when I say the “wholesome and funny” YouTube short I have been handed of students surprise showing their teachers 10+ year old photos of themselves and most them were emo/goth in some way and every single one now has medium brown beach waves and is wearing head to toe beige and immediately screams and hides the photo like it’s the most embarrassing thing in the world is a hallmark of a deeply insidious tendency to associate socially acceptable WASPy aesthetics with maturity and responsibility and perpetuates the idea that everyone grows up, “gets right” and becomes the most digestible unobtrusive heterosexual I’m “taking it too seriously”

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“It’s not that serious” oh but it issssss because every day we perpetuate the idea that non-conformity of any kind to the white straight middle class standard is inherently immature and gets “left behind” when someone becomes a socially acceptable adult

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This idea that maturity is conformity is everywhereeee if you look for even a moment

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Text: The World Is On Fire And I'm Making Zines, by PiperStrangeArt

I'm paralysed by this idea that I need to do something to help put out the fire that's plaguing the world. Making art and zines feels so meaningless in times like this. Like how can words on a page in a crappy little publication no one is gonna read help anything other than make me feel a little better for a few hours?

People always say art is important but they never say why. Is it more important than volunteering? Than protesting? Than standing in between a gun and a vulnerable person?

But then I read other peoples art. I read comics published online, stories published on BlueSky or Tumblr. I think about how their works impacts me. How it makes me feel stronger, more capable, more hopeful, more connected. It inspires me to keep going despite the horrors.

It inspires me to create art of my own.

And maybe, just maybe, my work impacts someone else in the same way. And maybe that's how we put out the fires. By making art, building connections, inspiring each other. One tiny piece of art at a time.

Art is how we tell our stories, our truths, in a way that history books won't. The world being on fire is exactly the time to be making art. To be making zines. To be making anything.

It doesn't have to be good. It just has to exist.

#art #zine #the world is on fire #and im making zines

Look at this absolute icon. The yoga final boss. He has risen above such physical things such as "having bones" and "feeling pain" and has achieved nirvana. Yet he's still making bold fashion statements with his yellow vest and purple plaid jacket.

#found on vinted #found on facebook #funny