Man...ok
Again, I use this blog to prevent myself from posting shit I dont need to post on Social media for everyone to see. So if anyone just so happens to cone across this blog then so be it.
But this is just what's been going on in my mind these past few days.
Girls
Ok, Today has been the first Valentines day I've spent alone in 5 years. I made a decision not to spend time with my ex because we've already been spending too much tine together and spending today together would be overkill. It's hard to imagine or even think that we are just friends at this point. Because when ever she's around things just feel like we are back to normal again. Like we didn't just break up 4 months ago. I didn't contact her at all today and I didn't think she'd notice, but she did. And she was pissed. I'm guessing she feels the exact same way as I do. But her feelings are much more stronger than mine. But she'll be ok, we'll be seeing each other again this weekend....
Which brings me to my next thought, so I managed to talk to one of the girls I met on Tinder before I deleted it. She sounds really cute and her voice matches her pictures so we planned a meet up for next week. But I'm unsure of her intentions.... Really unsure actually.
I didn't know her name so instead of asking, i just asked for her company name because I know she's an entrepreneur. I got to the website and one way or another, I got to her profile. So after I got off the phone with her, I did some digging. It seems like she just got out of a relationship recently. And when I say recently i mean like 3 months recently.....not sure what to think of this honestly.
Actually I'm not even sure if she is even single. Because she still has pictures of her dude on her page. And they were fairly recent. Which kinda kills me inside because all of this is reminding me of my ex. She still has all of our pictures on her profile. So its just another reminder of what we had versus what we have now. Granted, I love what we have now but part of me just wishes none of that shit ever happened and we just continued on our path together. We are still on our path together but man, the reprucussions of what happened are freaking awful.
So because of this I am dedicating at least 2 hours per day to read books and research on how to be more seductive towards woman. I have a ton of new material to read from so I just have to put the work in. Because quite frankly I'm tired of getting played around by women. I keep reading that being straight forward instead of letting things fly maybe the way to go when it comes to women today so maybe that's what I'll do.
Gotta let them know I'm trying to spend time with them on a intimate level.. that just might be what this new Tinder girl is trying to do. I guess I'll never know unless I make it known....
ART
I'm definitely in the dawn of a new step in the right direction for my art. I average around 3 new commissions per week and my follower count on Instagram rises every few days. Which is a crazy contrast on how things were back in 2016 and the beginning of 2017. Which in turn made me hyper sensitive about my work. People weren't engaging with me nor were they really following my progress. Which killed me inside because everywhere I turned people would say they love my work. But my numbers nor engagement was showing that love back.
This made me lash out to people on Deviantart and Facebook. Thus making me public enemy number 1. Since then I've cooled off, not only because the growth I finally obtained but because a great deal of artists follow me on both Platforms.
However, I'm starting to notice a trend and I'm not going to lie, i hate the fact that this is a trend, and I hate the fact that my actions in the past art hurting my opportunities for friendships or connections in the present. I went through and did a massive unfollow raid a a few nights ago on Instagram.
I also went through and looked at some of the popular black artists on Instagram and seen who they follow. What I find interesting is that more than half of them were following almost all the black artists on Instagram that are deemed popular but they weren't following me. Now I know I'm not the most popular artist on IG but I Damn sure know I'm making waves. My account has been mentioned with a few popular artists accounts so its not like they not seeing my work. Its almost like my stuff is thrown in the faces of all of them until they are forced to block all of my content. So its guaranteed that most of them are ignoring my page instead of just checking out what im doing.
There are 2 artists in particular who watch my IG stories every time I post so I know they are paying attention. It's just that they aren't really willing to connect or even follow my account. I know they will never purchase commissioned work from me or probably never support my comic work but at the same time that acknowledgement is just as important. It just sucks to know that I dont get the support reciprocated just because of some posts I made on Facebook a year or so ago. I guess I can do nothing more but to show and prove that I'm a force to be reckoned with.
Which is why I have to push my next project and make it The best looking comic I've done yet. Maybe then I'll get the acknowledgement I want from popular artists in the black artists community....😒