Yeah check Linkin Park , emotionally struggling people make really heavy emotional pieces , if you were a teenager in 2004 you just felt like Linkin Park spoke to your heart and your teenage pain , while more "wholesome pieces" can be enjoyable aswell but in a different way like for example the Beatles
True! You can express yourself even better than people who are not as emotional. No matter if it is through art/ writing etc. . Creativity in general is really good for people who are emotional, because it calms them down a lot. They focus more on what they do at the moment than what is going on around them. I think if emotional people wouldn't be creative they would spend way more time overthinking. At least that's what I did/do, but I know lots of people who are more into the creative part and they also struggle with overthinking. ^^
yes but I think it comes from a place of deep introspection, which happy people can have as well. and sad people may not have. A lot of shit I see online when it comes to "depressed art" is basically very superficial stuff that screams I need attention.
Yes but theres is a value to being sad and troubled sometimes, depresión isnt good at all but having some negative emotions sometimes does make you better at somethings and it does make you feel more alive, or at least it does to me It's ok to Say that depression is allways Bad, thats true but yo Say that You shouldn't ever feel sad ir that You should allways avoid it is wrong
I think what happens is an artist will make some sort of commentary on depression and every one assumes that’s the place they were in when they worked on it, when in actuality they are just pulling from past experiences or feelings.
Totally feel this. I used to draw a whole lot as a kid, but during my adolescence went through terrible depression and stopped drawing. It's only now that I feel purposeful again that my joy in drawing has returned.
I can understand. For me, there were periods of time where I didn't want to draw for months, and if I did draw something, I would feel unmotivated to finish it, and unmotivated to improve my art. I'm getting better now tho, and I'm trying to draw at least once a day, even if it's just a sketch, because art is my hobby and what I want to do for a living. I hope you'll be able to find your motivation too, in the near future.
4Shadowing Depression is a curse. I always tell myself I NEED to accomplish something, I NEED to find a way to express myself, else my life is meaningless, but at the end of the day, I don't do it. I have no motivation. And this is why depression is awful, because it gives you anxiety both ways.
Bob Ross actually struggled with various situations that made him quite miserable during his life. The fact that he was the maximun expresion of kindness only makes him an even more outstanding human being
My depression has actually discouraged me from making art because of the aforementioned disadvantages of 1.) Putting your work out there to be judged and 2.) My mentality that my work is not good enough and will never be good enough. So in conclusion.... um....
@ɮօʊռċɛ օʄʄ not sure if I understand the question correctly, but it can happen without specific inciting events, and continues for a long period of time. just another way of saying 'major depressive disorder'
@@OdaKa Yeah, people still believe that they are red, yellow and blue But they actually are magenta, cyan and yellow and this does apply to paintings, digital art, markers, etc.
Read a book about El Greco and the Author was really big on the "to suffer is to understand art" and the first pages just went on and on about how sad Greco's life where, how he suffered and how that is why he achieved true understanding of art and that you can never be a real artist if you haven't suffered. I stopped reading after that. Van Gogh, the poster child of "depression makes good art" is a constantly miss used example. He did the best art when he was OUT of his depressive episodes and one can argue that we would have had more Van Gogh art had he been treated. You should never deliberately stay depressed or sabotage your happiness and it will not make you a better artist. Teaching people they aren't sad enough is beyond unethical.
Some people do art to escape depression, so I understand if these do happy stuff. But on the other hand I would not describe van gogh‘s stuff as happy. It‘s just colorful.
Yes, but that doesnt mean feeling sad some few times is Bad, i do try to be happy but if i'm going yo be sad anyways, id rather use that as inspiración if i can, i think depression is useless but i don't think having negative emotions is, i don't think se van generalise on that
my entire childhood, i always hated happy people, i only recently figured out why. happy families just repulsed me, imagine actually being who you want to be edit: sorry for inserting myself into everything just vented a bit ig
I’m not depressed but I’ve been feeling really down the last couple months, sometimes I look at my little brothers and knowing that what’s a painful day for me is happy and exciting for them makes it a little easier. Sometimes
@Ali Rodriguez I know what you mean, though I'm not exactly implying that. In industries like gaming and art, you have "whales" who can support the entire thing and pay ludicrous amounts of money for commissions and micro transactions. In this case, furry porn attracts the rich sexual furries, and supports your local artist, just like you have mobile addicts who pay absurd amounts of money for a virtual character in phone game. The average person won't necessarily be a big part of this industry, since they are the "small fry" of this analogy.
Technically... Yes U get alot of money being a furry. Im sure those fursuits arent cheap. Someone made a freaking robot fursuit linked with an app and everything.
Honestly, the most touching art comes after depression. In that phase when you don't want to be sad anymore but this time, you're motivated to do something. Slowly but surely, you start to appreciate yourself more. Start seeing some great things you missed about yourself. The feeling of starting to love yourself more is one of the best joys there is.
@@Trailtracker that was relevant and spot on until the last part haha. i mean there is a lot of trashy art but everyone makes that. trashy furry art is just extra memorable i guess
@@Trailtracker I see that too. It's just a hunch for me but I think the eccentricity of the fandom attracts more toxic people than usual because something is almost "allowing" it to be that way. It's hard being open around art colleagues and people that I'm a total furry, still
@@takemetoyonk I was just reading your last sentence, and I couldn't understand the message you were trying to convey through it. I am genuinely curious about what you had to say, so if you have time, could you rephrase that? Like the sentence didn't make much sense
@@Triunity4 even chronic depression can go away after a while, it just takes some work. also, people can have depressive episodes or feel depressed for a short time. seasonal depression is a thing too. don't act like there's only one type of depression.
@Michael Pelton well, actually, I think you're right. I'd probably have to rephrase that. but it's definitely not something you can't help at all, like the first reply is implying.
@Michael Pelton It depends on the cause if depression. Some people have the actual clinical depression, but there may be other diagnoses that are more temporary, like postpartum depression for example.
I think that becoming depressed AND THEN overcoming it is what make the art style really great. It's not the condition that made good art, but the experience.
That last part about how when you're depressed everything not depressing doesn't seem real is absolutely true. I had depression around a year ago which I'm now out of and I remember thinking how stupid simple happy things were how much joy can come from a smile from a stranger or seeing a flower or looking at the sky just good things that dont require money, effort or real time.
Imogen Carney sounds like you were just really extra sad. depression isnt something you can just work on to get out of. you people really like to toss the word depression around. i wish real depression would hit all of you like a brick to the face at high speeds.
@@Triunity4 oh I'm sorry I was unaware that you knew me and everything to do with what happened in my life last year. Maybe think before posing something so disgusting, wishing depression on people like you're better than everyone else get over yourself.
@Michael Pelton again, you dont know me? You can't read my mind? What exactly is it about my comment that make you think I "woke up one day and felt a little bit sad" and am maliciously belittling you, who has personally suffered? Don't get me wrong here, if you're telling the truth I'm sorry about that and I hope you seek the appropriate help like I did, but then again how do I know you're not lying? I can't read your fucking mind.
@Michael Pelton yeah mb with opinion. I just think that telling people who feel bad without depression that they just feel sad may hurt them bcs word "sad" sounds childish and they legitimately suffer. But maybe you just wanted to be precise and im an idiot
When I was on emotional and mental low points in my life, I just shut down, spend a lot of time inside reading book after book and slept a lot. I draw the best when I have an idea, a desire to broadcast warm feelings, like two small siblings playing together with old toys. When I'm on this emotional high of wanting to share what I feel/want to feel or draw something for my friends to make them happy, I'm very creative and love every second of the process. Drawing is a source of frustration, relaxation and happiness for me. It can either make things better or worse, depending on the situation. It's an emotional outlet, but I'm the type that can't bring themselves to create anything at all when I'm... really feeling bad.
@Michael Pelton Oh I thought my comment would just get buried under all the others haha. Thank you for your reply, sharing your story and opinion as well. I can see what you mean. And I can only agree, this culture of romanticizing depression and thinking it's "trendy" is highly problematic and disrespectful towards people who are truly affected by it.
I certainly agree, i think it's really dificult if not imposible to do things when You áre depressed, however at least for me, negative emotions do help and i do think it's Bad to never use them imo, but thats just me and i think we shouldn't generalise
Personally for me, I was making my animated web series (for a couple of years) while going through my worst depression and ended up with a messy series. Also it didn't help having a main character who was depressed and suicidal. I think if you're on the path of actually bettering yourself with depression you could make better art. You can build meaningful themes and really think about what is important. You can express that "honesty" and give out a good message. But if you're swimming around in your depression, just completely given up, you're just gonna come out making really negative art. You're gonna be mad and frustrated. Your message will be murky and not clear. I think using some of your depression is fine but you shouldn't be dependant on it because it is dangerous. The past year I've been working on improving my body, living a healthier lifestyle and just making big changes. Depression sucks but its just something you have to learn live with. If you're able to use it with your art without damaging the art or yourself then sweet but you must be very careful.
i didnt read the full comment but basically what helps me i personally really love surrealism and drawing like, really vague emotions that i cant put into words, like just my entire mood, no matter how painful it is i'll find some color that resonates, and sometimes the grey colors can look really soothing so yeah that helps me
"There is so much more to you than just the depression" Thank you for this video and the words. I used to use depression as a source of my creation but now that I'm doing well mentally, all my creativity had gone and I didn't feel like drawing anymore, Its time to find a new source.
lol Depression is the lack of energy to bring yourself to do things which are necessary or wanted. So, the answer is no. Please, take care of yourselves.
honestly ignoring the fact that I got worse at anatomy, my understand of color SKYROCKETED (despite me feeling like i constantly have tunnel vision and can't really see color) somehow i'd just pick up the pencil and blankly stare at something while my hand does the work, it depends on what type of art you make, personally i find the act of taking a color/pattern that's near impossible to copy from the subconsious and trying to copy it is most fun. like those really dreamy shapes
"But having come out of my depression" Dude, I was asking myself the entire time if the voice I was hearing was actually you. The way you talk changed a lot since the last video I watched and I finally "recognized" you when you said that sentence. It explaines why this whole video felt so diffrent from the content I knew from you. Also, I am happy for you and wish the best. Fighting depression is not easy. Let alone beating it.
"When you are depressed the idea of not being depressed can be horrifying because you might become a person who is dishonest" Wow, that line hit me. I have not had depression, but I think that can apply to other things too.
When i passed 2 months of "depression" i just found out that my art was shittier Now i actually look out for flaws, judge my work while still enjoining it and i still keep track of my friends, just a spoiler though, i'm a hobbyiest artist, so it might not work the same for ya
Usually when I'm "sick", I got a lot of inspiration to make art, often picturing my feeling. It make me feel better for a little (and it's turned out pretty good most of the time). But, if for some reason I was forced to draw, It feels impossible to come up with an idea cause all I can think is nothing and I feel numb all the time.
To me, art is the creation of a thinking emotional being meant to invoke emotion in another thinking emotional being. I find this definition since i find it works best to describe it.
I heard about this once. "Composing an art while being sad results to your art being deep and meaningful. " I don't agree that being sad makes your art more meaningful than being happy, either of you are happy or sad, it depends on how much effort, will, and the using of your imagination to the fullest to create a masterpiece.
His honesty is really what makes his videos, or should I say art, so relatable and inspiring to watch. Today on youtube, instagram and every social media most people try to show all the fun and happy parts of their lives, leaving out some of the real and hard parts. This channel's videos are interesting, but the personality and truth behind it is what stands out and made me subscribe.
This also brings up another question relative to emotional states of being: what is honesty? If I feel depressed but am desperately trying to feel better, then which is the more honest version of myself, the one that’s currently depressed, or the one that I want to be inside and will likely become in the future, a happier version of myself? That future, happier version of myself was so sought after and so essential to my being that I was willing to change much of my mind and actions in order to obtain it. Is that not a more honest and genuine version of myself that it’s promise caused me to pursue it with such zeal? I think there’s much honesty in striving to be the version of yourself you want to be, the version your soul recognizes as proper and fitting, rather than merely settling for where you find yourself currently. I see that as a pursuit of a truer, higher self. That in of itself is a form of honesty.
I remember being depressed myself. I used to work as a janitor for the schools and one thing I noticed is that I would never accept a compliment. Usually the teachers would thank me for cleaning up their room, I would say “oh thanks” but I would more or less ignore them. I would be thinking; “They probably don’t mean it, if they did, it’s only to make you feel better so you can clean their room faster. They are only nice to you because you are doing a service for them.” However I would always get harsh criticism from my co-workers. Hey you missed this, you forgot that, you did a shitty job. I would always immediately accept that because, they were right. I did do a bad job, I am a shitty person. I should just go home and give up on life. Eventually I did what had to be done, I left that job. Took some time off, and am now in a career college learning networking. Making friends, and learning about what I actually want to do.
0:10 I haver never heard of that type of sentence but, I never thought of being honest with your art, this is something completely new to me, and sometimes I do draw whatever I feel at the moment, like one example I had that school ended and I'm just bursting in happiness... And I agree with the comments here, that depression can kill your motivation, to the point where you don't want to draw...
Depression and anxiety prevents me from doing art, however it was a great source behind my writing. Too bad I want to write manga influenced comic books instead of novels, and no artist is crazy enough to work on a series that's longer than a few chapters.
Well if you can't find an artist, I still say you should make your comic, because while bad writing can't save good art, good writing can save bad art. I mean just look at the manga artist One. He could barely draw when he made his first webcomic, and he still became HUGELY popular, because his writing was good and he kept pushing himself regardless. And never underestimate artists, we're always crazy enough. :P
This is so well worded. I used to be sad because my best works came from anger, pain, sadness, anxiety, overwhelm... I’d been struggling as a neurodivergent, perfectionist, people-pleaser; and so I most often truly *felt* those upsetting emotions, which was why I could express said emotions so well. I tried to make happier art, but it never turned out the way I wanted. I couldn’t figure out why... But just as you said, art is communication, and so honest expression helps elevate one’s art by a lot (particularly the “high communication” type). It wasn’t until I *personally* started to experience more happiness, excitement, love, & comfort that my art was able to convey those feelings more beautifully. My father, who is also an artist, reminds me often about how important personal experience is to art. I hope this reaches more people, I hope that they can express their true feelings without fear and experience more beautiful things that they’d like to share. You never know who your art will touch or how much it might mean for them to see it. Maybe you will be able to convey with your art what they could not find a way to convey with their words. 💖 Maybe you can become someone’s inspiration to pursue art or happiness or an experience for themselves.
I feel like it can go either way, some people might feel like they're depression actually fuels their creativity while others might treat art as more of a treatment for depression. I can tell from personal experiences that art actually helped me deal with my depression but I didnt necessarily used it as a subject matter in my work. Either way all artists have the potential to create beautiful pieces of art no matter what their state of mind is uwu
This. I think it's imposible to generalise, i don't think anyone needs depression to make good set but i don't think we should allways avoid sad or negative emotions, but i think it's something that Will allways depend from person to person, i think the best advice is to SEE what works for You and only see others opinions as advice
I’ve wanted to be able to draw for a long, long time, I want to take ideas in my noggin and turn them into tangible things, which would probably make me happy, since I’d finally have a medium to express myself, and let me say that being in a state of constant misery may be the worst possible emotional state imaginable for someone who wants to learn to draw, since anything you draw will be just as bad as the last, you’ll never get good, etc. etc. and you watch youtube all day.
It took me years to cope with the idea of getting out of my depression and still writing. I would have loved to have this video by then, but I really hope someone can find it now useful. We as artist have to be true to our feelings, but art has to be the expression of said feelings, and not the reason of why we are the way we are. I don't know, I'm tired. I love y'all.
When I'm depressed, art becomes a source of pain and I do everything I can to avoid it. My brain is yelling at me every time I make something, telling me it sucks more than anything that has ever been created in the history of existence. When I'm not depressed, I can express the feelings of depression as a memory. And I can express normal sadness that everyone gets in life. And best of all, I can express wonder and the beauty I see around me - far more deep feelings than I ever could express when depressed.
I thought this was really well made, really made me think about my own opinions on Depression and Art. I never necessarily thought they *had* to be connected, but I guess I sort of assumed that all artists were sort of faulted on the inside. But just because all artists are weird doesn't mean that it's exactly their weirdness that inspires them to draw; everyone's got different reasons and they're all valid.
I love this guy, he is my new favorite animator. He's so open and personal, but not too personal that he makes people uncomfortable, instead makes me want to keep watching his content, without it mattering how often he posts content or how poor quality his art is. His art is unique in its own way. He's also veracious, but not too veracious (impulsively honest).
You make some of the most meaningful and thoughtful videos on RU-vid. Lol I still watch "A Man Goes to the Store to Buy Milk" every once in a while and I still cry
In elementary school I had a really “edgy” phase and my art teacher was like “you’re going to be a great artist” Little did she know that I just doodled over the base picture because I didn’t care about her “art theory” I quit art class just as soon as it wasn’t required
i think any powerful emotion can drive creativity and create beautiful works, but it just so happens a lot of famous artists for one reason or another struggled with the negative ones. and over time people began to idolize the “sacrifice” that went into emotional pieces while forgetting there’s a real person behind it.
I feel that they do. It's less about depression and more about your emotion. If you have that emotional energy behind your Art it will show trust me. When I was super depressed I was in my fine arts course and I would procrastinate to complete my work and it always got many compliments. I'm no professional either. Either emotions or something else. But for some reason my Artwork was noticed and I was in a class with people that were pretty solid at drawing real life things.
The common mistake is to think depression equal sadness, or negative thoughts. And that's not true. Depression is the dulling of all emotions. And as such, it ends up dulling your art as well.
I could write a huge paragraph about how the ‘depressed artist’ is romanticised, but I’ll try to write something short. I think a lot of art that people perceive as ‘created during depression’ was actually created during a more stable period, just containing the IDEAS present in a depressive episode. I can paint/write about a bad week when I feel better; and it might communicate those feelings but I couldn’t have made it if I was going through them at the time. Idk just an idea.
As someone who recently made a piece of music out of some the worst feelings/emotions I have experienced in a while, I think what stands out from it is how visceral and upfront you can be with emotions as strong as that. I couldn't find the words to really express how I was feeling accurately, and instead was able to more accurately express myself with music. I definitely agree that the purpose of art is expression/communication, and I think the reason that depression or unhappiness gets associated more with art/artists is because it stands out more as a powerful emotion than does happiness.
Emotions are extremely correlated to arts...from sadness, anger, happyness... they give you inspiration, but depression is another thing, depression kill motivation
"Art is communication." Yes, definitely a noble definition. I look back at cave paintings, and it's... our ancestors have been documenting for literal centuries. Art was the gateway to written language.
My art teacher in high school told me to use my depression for my art. Looking back on it, I wish she never said that because it gave me an unhealthy mindset.
My art teacher encouraged me to draw what I felt when I began getting severely depressed, then he'd call my artworks tacky and misguided. I wasn't able to find a coherent aesthetic for this developing negative mental state I found myself in, and I felt judged not only for failing with self-expression but also having this state of mind. Since then I struggle with my professional work and finding the divide between personal and inauthentic; all my expressions feel tacky to me now, even if my client couldn't care less about what >I< think of my work. Drawing your feelings out will not fix them, especially if you decide to share that art with others. It's good to keep some things to yourself, you don't have to blame yourself for not drawing everything straight from your heart. You have the right to keep whatever's going on in your head private, you owe it to nobody.
I am no artist but I do suffer from genetic depression. I am glad people who have temporary depression are able to break free from it. This disease is a curse I wouldn't wish on anyone.
As someone who is currently undergoing depression and anxiety, and who started to write poems again exactly in this terrible phase of my life, this is very refreshing to hear... Thank you 💚. I hope you're still feeling better right now!
Funnily enough I really started getting into art when I was diagnosed and getting help for issues, but heres the thing: *I was flourishing not because I was severely mentally ill, I was flourishing because I was recovering and getting through it* That's the misconception with people, in my mind art was actually a therapeutic exercise that helped me get through it all, and that's what makes it so saddening now because one thing that helped me is now kinda stressful. Please seek help if you are suffering from something, that shit can and will kill you.
I love that part when you talked about how being depressed makes you think that "everything that isn't depressing isn't real", with the example of the happy song on the radio ; I really feel that. Art (in any form) has always been my reason to live since I was a kid and I started to make art "seriously" (I mean not only to pass the time, but to express something and maybe share my art) at 11 (I'm 19 now). The problem is : as far as I can remember, I've always been depressed. I'm not gonna tell my full backstory here but my art always turned around very deep, sad, personal topics and even tho people around me tell me that the art itself is good, they often criticize this "depressing" aspect too. What I mean is that many people tell me things like "but why don't you try to express joyful things in your art ?", and the truth is because I don't WANT to. Because I see no real point to express feelings that I don't even feel, I don't want to lie, I want to stay true to myself. Yes I do experience joyful moments sometimes, but it's like I don't see any benefit in turning these happy feelings into art, I just.. don't feel like it, it simply doesn't inspire me at all, and my question is..: could that really prevent me to, someday, live from my art ?
THIS. this is the thing that's been chasing me the most. The idea of becoming dishonest/self-obsessed if I'd gain more confidence/happiness. You spoke right outta my soul, thanks man.
Being an art major in college and not liking my own work because of being depressed, I was surprised by what you said about depressing artists. I cannot thank you enough for this being in my recommended. From now on, I'm going to try and steer clear of using my depression as a muse and will create art with honesty. And here I thought depression made artists better... THANK YOU
I'm sure myself and many others can relate to what you said when you talked about suffering for art. Many people like me have looked at their own problems and said: "Well what does it matter? If the bad thing happens its going to help me one day anyways." But you get so sick of wallowing in that. Initially it feels alright, and even hopeful. But it twists into this toxic thing. For me it was: "I'm happy (thing) happened to me because now I can express it as a writer." This, within the writing community also, is a real problem. It's thought that writers have to be depressed to do well. Misery Lit is super popular because it appeals to a miserable audience. But by plunging myself into Misery Lit, I'm hurting myself. It gets to the point where you feel guilty about writing something if you've never experienced it. And while experience is great, that's what research is for. I don't have to kill myself to write about someone killing themselves. How toxic is that? That someone has to experience pain before they can speak about it? Everyone is jealous, they look at other people and yell at them because of it. I have hurt people because of my own envy. But no matter how much pain I go through, or how much I wish for a normal life, I can't do anything but accept it and move on. You can't just say "good vibes" and get over it, but you can just acknowledge it and keep on going. I don't ever want other people to fall into that delusional mindset like a lot of us have. Suffering is not for our own good.
yeah the feeling will get more intense in your art depending on how you express it when depressed but normally no depression can already make u unmotivated so you’ll force yourself to draw so it’ll look forced
Melancholy, sadness, sardonic cynical mood, longing and so on actually can be inspiring. But it all has nothing to do with depression, it is mental illness not emotion.
Wow- I'm not even into art really, and just- it was nice to hear the parts near the end about depression, since well, there was a point where I was depressed and miserable in the past, but now that I was able to get relatively far away from a lot of what was causing that depression and misery, I was concerned about how "oh no... I need to make sure I don't turn into those types of happy people that it seems like their source of happiness is at least either partially fake or from ignorance" and how I felt that I was just evolving back, because I seemed to not be much better than how I was before, and how some part of me felt like the misery and suffering was simply making me a more complex human being, that at least my existence had more depth and meaning then- my situation was more unique, more important, more interesting, all that kinds of things- and while it's hard to shake off that idea even now.. as well as the idea that in order to be some sort of "proper" form of happiness, I needed to walk the line of "not being too ignorant about the world but also not being fake about it, just the... right balance of both?" Even now, I don't have it figured out, but... this, along with Hello Future Me's video about mental illnesses in storywriting (specifically the section covering the romanticization of the mental illnesses, the idea that "The broken are the more evolved", as expressed in dialogue by a film) helps me more figure this whole thing out. I don't know, this is really late, but I suppose it also helps to write this all down, so.. yeah. This was definitely cool and helpful to stumble across, I'm glad I revisited your channel :)
In my experience, being in a state of depression is when you're least honest with yourself. You can't look at yourself, other people, or the world in general clearly and without bias, but always with some level of distrust, fear, and paranoia that twists the truth around and makes everything seem darker and more hopeless than it actually is. When I was depressed, I lied to myself by believing that I could never get better, I was going to either die or fail everyone around me, everyone hated me, and I was stupid, ugly, and untalented. It was really difficult to be honest with myself, because facing the truth that there were people who loved me, and that I was in fact talented, smart, and not unattractive, all meant I couldn't make excuses. My sadness wasn't beyond my control, like I wanted to believe. To face the truth meant taking responsibility for it and working hard to get better. It was easier to keep lying. Anyways, my point in saying all that is that having depressing art isn't always honest. It can be great to open up to others about your personal struggles and sadness and express that through art, but I also know some artists/writers that view the world through a lense of paranoia, fear, and hate that makes their art feel unrealistic and dishonest. Like a book series that's exagerratedly and awkwardly grimdark. The world reflects the author's pessimistic view of things, but isn't accurate to how people really are.
finally someone spoke up about that... romancizing image of a depressed artist is extremaly toxic. ive come to the point when i feel bad for feeling happy and this video really helped me. thank you
thank you for this video. this is something i've been pondering over in the past months as a musician and singer-songwriter, specifically trying to find a middle ground between performance anxiety and the will to get better through communicative art. though i definitely agree that depression is in no way a driving force of its own when making art, i think there's a correlation to be made as soon as you've taken a step back and are able to understand & express your own feelings in retrospect (personal honesty) instead of willfully forcing them on yourself for the cause (absolute honesty bordering dishonesty). but it's true that not all art HAS to be motivated by depression and negative emotions tl;dr make art to try and feel better, not to stay depressed
I used to be depressed (I still sorta am but I’m better now) And ever since I realized as to why I was depressed I decided to fix it, and now I’m so much happier since I did. I’ve also realized when looking at my art that I have improved a lot more than I did back then, because a lot of my art or things like animation that I wanted to work on normally ended up uncomprehending, or lazily done. For anyone who is depressed, I just want to say that whatever you are doing through it will get better, you just have to wait, but not just wait, acknowledge what is making you depressed and if possible fix it. I was depressed because I was forced to move from America to japan! On the other side of the world pretty much! I lost all my friends and family which were people who I couldn’t leave behind or it would break me, and it did. I was 9 at the time and my family and friends were everything to me. So when I lost them I shut down, learning a different language was difficult and made me cry every night cause of how lonely I felt. This year somewhere in March I finally decided to make the decision to move back home after 4 years of suffering, my bad grades when I was in japan went UP by A LOT. I have many friends now, I feel comfortable where I am, and all my family is always neat by. It took me 4 years to realize what I should’ve done long ago. So like I said, it takes time. You have to be patient, but also fine the reason as to why you are feeling depressed
as a depressed artis, no, it doesnt make you better at it. in fact it makes you worse at everything. because you're always so tired. your productivity is low, and because your brain just rejects the happy chemicals (that's how depression works), even your best pieces barely seem like an achievement. you stop enjoying things, so your art becomes forced and stagnant and uninspired. depression is the worst, i don't wish it on anyone, artist or not
Depressive episodes for me can be a source of great inspiration in that I want to be able to manifest what I feel externally. During the episode itself though, It’s impossible to find motivation to get out of bed much less create art
I gotta say, I’ve watched a lot of videos about different subjects and honestly you have communicated far better what you think in the span of 6 minutes more than any other video essay I’ve seen that goes 10, 15, or even 30 minutes long. That’s art right there. Very inspiring and thank you for such great advice. Also props on just using stick figures. Simple communication works better than any rant or ongoing monologue about any subject. Have a great day.
"When you are depressed everything that is not depressing does not feel real." I am collecting quotes that portray depression correctly, and this line is just so accurate and succinct that it _has_ to go in that list!
There was a girl in my art class that had AMAZING art, her scholarship board was just as impressive, she won her scholarship, her art was depressing obviously and in her scholar board she mentioned how this project hospitalized her. When I saw her in class every interaction with her mirrored this, there was is scary air of a broken woman in front of me. She was awarded for this and I am intimidated and scared that if I also don't show these ministries of education that I am ready to kill myself for them then I'm not good enough to succeed further as an artist
