True Words

[mizarchivist]

I stalk internet-famous people via my RSS feed, primarily via Tumblr. I also stalk some Tumblr accounts inspired by other things (because that's what Tumblr's all about, really. And gifs.) So, I follow Nerdfighter Art at. The trend is to do arty paintings of quotes done by John or Hank Green or from John's books. Sort of like cross stitch samplers with aphorisms. Or truisms.
However, yesterday's Vlogbrother's post included the following, an idea expressed by John's wife, Sarah, aka The Yeti, realized when she was still a teenager:

Everyone's thinking about themselves
as much as she was thinking about herself
and that therefore no one else 
had time to think about her.

That is the first time I've wanted to do one of those watercolor renditions of the cross stitch truism. I may have to fix the pronouns so it scans better, though. This concept really is a good thing to keep in mind when one is wigging out about rando-interaction with someone who made you feel angry/weird/sad/upset. I think it's more true when one is a teenager, but it doesn't entirely go away. 

If I do the watercolor, I will share it with the internet in some form. Possibly via Nerdfighter art

Comments

Rock on

[drwex]

Can I say that I'm really pleased to see your art/creative brain kicking into gear?

Re: Rock on

[mizarchivist]

Hopefully it'll translate into actually making the thing.

Relatedly, I picked up some jewelry parts when at Windsor Button yesterday, so chances are I may make more jewelry before too much longer because of the new supplies. :)

Thanks.

Re: Rock on

[lifecollage.livejournal.com]

Yay, new stuff. Happy for the time/energy in your brain for this.

How picked over is Windsor at this point? Trying to figure out if it's worth getting over there tomorrow night after work.

Re: Rock on

[mizarchivist]

There's a metric ton left still of everything.

Re: Rock on

[lifecollage.livejournal.com]

*really*??? Good to know - I'll get over there tomorrow. Thanks!