Art Block, Depression, and the Importance of Self Care
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Published 2020-10-23
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All Comments (14)
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I came across your channel a few minutes ago with your review for Artist's Loft gift set. (I've debating on purchasing it). But I just wanted to thank you for this video. I've suffer with depression and this year began horribly with the death of my Mom. Then COVID hit (and don't get me started on the political situation here in the US). Anyway I decided maybe art therapy would help. It did! I'm not 100% better, but it's the perfect way for me to heal. It's great to hear from a young person like yourself sharing your journey that can help others going through it at the moment. I wish I had YouTube 30 years ago. Thank you so much! You've made me a subscriber!
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The watercolor landscape turned out beautiful. Love that soft look. For me art block wasn't a real thing before mainly because I'm a very, very bad procrastinator. But a few years back I experienced writers block for an entire week. I wanted to write and I tried many times in that week but nothing. So yeah I'm sure art block is real and I've experienced it many times but since I'm a procrastinator I probably can't tell which times are art block and which ones are just me struggling with procrastination. :) Hope you over come yours soon. P.s. I loved those two pieces you showed. I love drawing art that's dark or surreal and one can relate or interpret it in my ways.
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I do hope you feel better soon, Sam. Like you said, it's okay to not feel ok and it takes time. Your art and presence is wonderful, especially on your Twitch streams.
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This painting turned out super lovely! I really like the colours :D Iāve actually managed to just recently pull myself out of a creative block, I couldnāt come up with any ideas. I wanted to draw but I would get a circle down and then that was it. Honestly something that really helped me break through it was finally listening to a concept album I had put on the back burner for a while
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2020 has been crushing most of my desire to art.
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Thanks for doing this vid. Always a good reminder to be ok with where you are at and then just focus on the next step. Hope all gets better with you Sam! I wanna be back when I can for your streams!
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wow, I did actually have to check who this was, showing up in my subs she reads the thoughts...
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Sorry things have been difficult. You know I'm here if you ever wanna rant - vaguely, specifically or whatever. Or for distraction. Your landscape is beautiful by the way, and so are you :D
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ā¤ you're the raddest, Sam. Thank you for the positive vibes and advice.
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also..... "you can choose to be happy" - really? it was that simple? oh my god! i'm cured!
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You're adorable. š
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you commented on my drawing vid 4 years ago damn just wanted to see whats happening
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treat yourself to firefighters and kittens
