#raina rambles

[winterhcwk]

desperately need to inject winterhawk into my veins i love them so much

[krakenartificer]

A theory:

I think a really essential thing for artists to have is a space in which to make bad art.

Because you need room to experiment with things that might not work

Because you need a space to express yourself without judging yourself constantly

Because producing art every day is really important for keeping the creative juices flowing instead of congealing into artist's block, but no one can produce GOOD art every day.

Because we all got into these fields because we enjoyed the process of art. And yes, of course, we all want to make good art -- and we will. But sometimes we need to be able to just enjoy the process again, like we did when we were 12.

It cropped up last night for me -- I had a really hard day, and I really didn't want to practice guitar, but also I'd already missed two days in a row, and if I don't at least press down strings onto the fretboard, I'm going to start losing my calluses. So I picked up and just ... pulled out the songbook and played and sang songs that felt like my mood. And you know what? It was not great -- I can't switch between Am and G very quickly, so my Scarborough Fair is very stop-and-go; and twice I just missed the D-to-B transition and so Hallelujah had a very bad noise at what should have been the emotional peak of the verse -- but it was FUN. It felt good. I practiced for 50 minutes and I felt better at the end of it than I did at the beginning. It wasn't art that would stir anyone's soul or change the world, but it was art that soothed MY soul, and improved my mood, and made me able to face the world today. And that's a completely valid use for art.

Some people can do it with the same type of art -- today I'm working on a piece I will perform; today I'm just noodling around on my instrument -- and some need some kind of separation between the "good" art and the "bad" art -- maybe you write insightful novels and also dumb coffee shop AU fanfic, or maybe you do something entirely different, maybe your drawings are your "good" art and you sculpt your "bad" art in clay.

But I think maybe if you want to get "serious" about your art, you need to somehow make yourself a space to continue to be not-serious about your art as well.

[ladynadra]

Hi Peoples!

We’ve been running this blog for like, 4 months? 5 months? Yeah, no clue. But we haven’t even introduced ourselves, or posted more than one thing... So nice to meet you!

Basic info: we are two friends on the internet. I am Raina, and I’m writing this with my friend Nadiya watching from behind my back (figuratively). But yeah, our names are Nadiya and Raina, making Nadra. We’re both in the ml fandom, gravity falls as soon as nadiya finishes, the owl house, atla and korra once we finish it, and we enjoy marvel/disney.

(most reblogs are done by Raina, but we’re not gonna tag who reblogs)

More stuffs under the cut!

Raina:

Hi! Once again, glad to see you guys how do we have followers. I’m also in the DP phandom, though rn I’ve only been lurking, I’m hoping to post some fanfics and songs, so enjoy whenever those come out! You’ve probably learned from the tags, but I’m a lesbian. Other things I enjoy are music, cats, books, and running down fields in the summertime. Oh yeah! My ao3 is Musicat939, and while I haven’t written anything, I have some bookmarks.

Nadiya:

Hello!! Like Raina said, idk why anyone’s following us, but here we are ig. We are grateful but also dubious of your taste. Things to know about me... I love Buzzfeed Unsolved all hail the watcher. I paint and draw, you guys might see that someday. I’m a language fanatic!!! I am not queer, but am high on the allyship. if you say anything about raina i’ll hear it and come for you I might post fanart and maybe will write things, but we’ll see! I’m also never on Tumblr, I’m here for my bestie haha.

If you guys wanna ask stuff, we’re down to answer drags nadiya over. Though if it’s a general question I’ll (Raina) probably answer. So yeah! Be prepared for us to post... maybe...

[tiffanyisbi]

Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie Presley + whispering to one another

[winterhcwk]

diego talking about the commission and being like ‘i can’t belive you killed the board of directors you have no idea how messed up the commison is rn’ when he was there for literally five minutes is the funniest thing ever

[winterhcwk]

the way infinity war and endgame completely destroyed thor’s entire character development from ragnorok 🥵🥵🥵

[winterhcwk]

the lucifer writers are really out here switching up dan’s personality every season

[winterhcwk]

when chip’s mom is like i’ll tell you when you’re older and chip waits two seconds and says okay im older now that’s the cutest thing in the whole world