This is kinda important, folks, so read what I'm about to say.
For starters, this topic is regarding to my irl best friend @pplayz's 'Art Drama', but no, she isn't doing a drama at all. In fact, what she said was true, and as her closest and dearest friend, I cannot bear watch her all depressed in the corner because of the current matter she is in, so I came down to the bottom of this, trying my best to find a way, saying "Removing you in the Art World, was too much of the impossibility."
Art Disability is a small research I'm doing (which I hope it reaches to psychological art study 😅), which shows the state of an artist to impair themselves from art, or a branch of art. Base on my observations, I conclude it has two types; Breach and Deprived.
Breach Art Disability is when an artist pauses in the making of his/her art work, due to either personal, physical, or mental reasons. This is what most of us referred to as 'an artist in hiatus'.
Deprived Art Disability is what we relate to as the inability of the artist to make art to the point in which the possibility of permanent hiatus is present. I also break down this type to three more kinds, due to its various causes and effects.
Passion-provoked Art Disability (PPAD) is the state of an artist to halt his/her flow of art, due to received acts of harassment, either towards them, or their art work. In other words, artists who stopped doing art because of haters, and force (e.g pressure) are under this category.
Passion-revoked Art Disability (PRAD) states how an artist is undergoing an agreed long-term or permanent hiatus. The difference, however, is that they stated to give in, or abandon their art passion due to their own freewill, good concerned convincing, and other circumstances in which the artist accepted.
Passion-disabled Art Disability (PDAD) is an unusual case of art deprivation wherein an artist still creates art works, but was unable to do a certain technique, due to certain reasons. This is when the artist seemed to be not allowed, or was given restriction from doing a certain branch of art, while continuing to make more art in other varieties.
So why am I telling you this?
What does this research of mine had to do with PP's recent art drama?
To know, let's dig in deeper through the case with the given conditions I have stated above.
Someone told her one night "You've been drawing for over 10 years, from now on, you must stop drawing." these were the exact words (in translation). Disclaimer tho, if you know who I meant, please don't spread the hate, I beg of you, it was all good intentions, good convincing, no one was forced, okay?
And because of that, I observed as she broke, the waterworks, you know how this is going, of course one will be overly depressed if a loved one of yours suggests that you stop, even if they knew this was your greatest passion, and that they were extremely proud of it.
I made this idea based on this incident, so in conclusion, I have a feeling, @pplayz in undergoing either PRAD or PDAD. It all depends whether she continues or not in the future.
PRAD, because she stated she'd give up, to her own freewill because of family. But if ever she goes back to the Art World, she'll be someone of PDAD. The person who told her to stop stated 'Stop drawing', just that, period, no other conditions. Hearing it clearly, they didn't say she couldn't colour, design, or end her art life, but because of how the words were delivered sternly, it sounded as if she should stop everything, which caused her to panic, and be overwhelmly disheartened. So I guess it is safe to say, for now, she may come to her senses, and come back, but under the condition of being unable to draw, sketch, line art, or just anything that involves drawing anymore, unless of course, the mystery person cools their head and reconsider.
For now, however, she might be in a hiatus in order to take everything in.
But either way, it's all up to your choice, PP. I'm doing this because I was worried, and I hope to make you feel better. I love you so much, please don't feel bad anymore!