No smoke! Smoke is only pretty in pictures! It's ugly in your lungs! XP
What's arealism?
And I find, when you're trying to get somewhere and aren't going anywhere, it's better to forget for a moment where you're trying to go and see where you CAN go. Draw what you want.

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spin me .round. again / and rub my eyes
this can't be happening
when busy streets. amass with people would stop to hold
their heads heavy

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Haha yeah I know. My journal title is a song lyric, actually, I just really liked it :]

And oh my gosh don't ask me what arealism is ; - ; I was up until 2 A.M. trying to figure that out. It's the absence of reality. Not the opposite of reality, because the opposite of reality is anti-reality. Areality simply exists without reality...or something. I don't know. When presented with the question "What is arealism?" the answer given was "It's the perfect question." IT'S SO CONFUSING. I couldn't wrap my head around it, and really, I can't explain it to you. Don't look it up unless you're a fan of being mindfucked.

And about drawing, I can agree with you. Today in my art class I just kind of let myself zone out and started drawing a random arm, and it turned into a full-fledged picture. So at least I can draw something. I'm just not sure if it's any good

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If I could, I would shrink myself
And sink through your skin to your blood cells
To remove whatever makes you hurt
But I am too weak to be your cure.


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Jesus. Sometimes I really think these philosophers had too much time on their hands.

And crappy drawings are always better than no drawings!

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spin me .round. again / and rub my eyes
this can't be happening
when busy streets. amass with people would stop to hold
their heads heavy

gallery--> [link]

Agreed x__x;

You make a valid point, but I still wish I would get better at drawing faster than I am.

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If I could, I would shrink myself
And sink through your skin to your blood cells
To remove whatever makes you hurt
But I am too weak to be your cure.


[love for chad goes here]

I'm sure I'll get to learn about the joys of arealism someday. Ah, the joys of being an art minor.

Also, I definitely understand how you feel. Drawing the same thing over and over usually helps me, though I know that can be maddening.

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Don't mind me. I'm just an illiterate novelist.

u__u It drove me absolutely mad. It wasn't even anything I had to do for school--I just decided to educate myself. Worst. Mistake. Ever. ; - ; Okay, not quite, I'm being dramatic. But I still don't know what possessed me to waste eight hours reading about it.

You're an art minor? That's tight! I'm either majoring or minoring in art myself next year when I start college. I haven't really...decided yet x__x.

And you're right about the repetitive drawing. I know I get better each time, I just wish that it the future didn't seem so daunting. I didn't start seriously drawing until last year and it feels like everybody has such a huge head-start on me. D: Oh well, hopefully I'll rise to the level of caliber that I desire before the age of ... 26.

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If I could, I would shrink myself
And sink through your skin to your blood cells
To remove whatever makes you hurt
But I am too weak to be your cure.


[love for chad goes here]

I do that sometimes, and I kind of like it when it turns out being something completely crazy, because then you know that you're probably one of the few people who knows about it. Explaining it to other people is totally unnecessary. xD

I would major in art, but it's not very lucrative. Then again, neither is journalism, unless you get the right connections. haha. I'll find something to do after I graduate from college, I'm sure.

I'm hoping to be as good as I want to be by the age of 23. I'm shooting for the stars! I know how you feel, though. Most of my friends have been seriously into drawing since they were in elementary school.

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Don't mind me. I'm just an illiterate novelist.

A) Yes Stuff like that makes for very good conversation starters, in some cases.

B) Oh I have several friends in Journalism. :[ They make it sound very hard when they talk to me about it. But if it's one of your passions, then I can understand the pursuit. If it comes down the wire, I guess working in a coffee house for the rest of my life wouldn't kill me.

C) Ah! No no, don't shoot for the stars! You're supposed to shoot for the moon, so that even if you miss, you land AMONG the stars. See? Haha...corny xD

D) High-five for late starters! Er, well, at least, later-than-others-starters.

E) Just so you know, I had to break it down into letters because if I just start typing when I have a lot of points to make I totally lose track of everything I want to say. Just...so you're WTF'ing at my letters.

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If I could, I would shrink myself
And sink through your skin to your blood cells
To remove whatever makes you hurt
But I am too weak to be your cure.


[love for chad goes here]

Well, I love writing, I love traveling, and I want to get the honest word out there about what happens in the world. I'm hoping to find all of those in journalism.

Yay, late starters! lol

It's okay. I used to answer everyone's questions or reply to everyone's messages in reverse, and that really threw them off. I've tried to stop doing that, so messages could be followed like an actual conversation.

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Don't mind me. I'm just an illiterate novelist.