Najois

For an artist like me, social media are a true hell.

It’s not really a secret that I have grown increasingly frustrated with how social media has evolved.
It’s like attending a loathed family Christmas party as a teenager, whilst you would want to hang out with your cool friends, instead of hearing the bullshit of your drunk uncle. 🤣 Yes, I’ve said it.

And after having taken a lot of time to think it through, I confirm, social media are hell for artists.

Making you color inbetween the lines of approval.
If I put something that gives you a fast snack of bullshit, “clap clap, applause for the clown”. 🤡
But once it delves deeper into the so needed rabbit hole of existential questioning and observations, “crickets”.🦗

Do not misunderstand me, I do not care for anyone’s approval of me. Otherwise you would have seen my fat ass and boobs in bikini every week 😉

But when I scroll around, 95 percent of the feed is just a share of other people’s work and content, as well as random and boring stuff.

Yes, I said it. Boring !

When have people become so scared to be themselves and actually add to the conversation by voicing their own unique selves? The answer is simple.
Always !

And then, there are the few fools, like me, throwing themselves in the lion’s den, always open and vulnerable to be scrutinised and criticised.

Oh well, I accept that. That is a part of life.

The problem with this system of consensus that is social media now, is that it curbs my creativity.

Because as I am exploring reality, and transcribing it as I have observed it, I must always have the direct result of it in misunderstandings and so forth.
This is a true handicap for the free spirits.
It doesn’t allow for error nor for growth.

I am currently exploring ways to continue my creative process and share them in other ways.
Ways where I would have an actual conversation with people, where time is stretched and the long hours of reflection I put into my work are actually capitalised fully. And where I too would have a deep return, for the depth I have provided for years on my page.

And trust me, today I am finally quite proud of the quality of my body of work. In writing or in material form.

Voilà. My two cents. And I believe they are worth gold today.

Ps: I’ve added a picture of my growing vegetable and herbs garden, as they are now my social media replacement. 🌱🌹