A Letter to You

Dear fellow artist,

At times I've noticed you struggle with your works, and I've seen how you feel you don't get the recognition, appreciation and popularity you are entitled to. You have not said it out loud, but I know these kinds of thoughts often strike to young artists like you and me.

You might have been feeling that you are a talentless twat, trying to do something artistic and you might have also thought that no one really cares about you or your works.

I do care.

I've seen how easy it is to create things people shamelessly now call art. They know how to take a screencapture of their favourite cartoon and then attach it to the Motivational Poster Generator. If not that, they know how to paste the image on Paint and colour it over and then call it art. If someone does not know how to do that or how to create their own artworks, they  might be talented enough to type in a search word to Google's Image Search bar and find everything they'd love to create. Then they download it to their own computer attach some things to the images and claim them as their own original works.

Some people at least try to hold the artist's pencil, but they fail at it, because what they do is just to trace someone else's work. Some people don't know how to write out original stories or poetry, so they search for their own favourite lyrics and try and pass them on as their own original work.

What I am trying to say is that even if you feel depressed about your skills at times, you ought to be proud of yourself. You have actually made some effort to get this far, as you have experienced the pencils, markers, paints, tablets and maybe several different computer programs in order to find the best media for yourself. You have experienced trial and error in order to become something you are now. You have searched tutorials, gotten and given feedback to become better in what you do.

Even if you feel that you are not better than the best in the art community, you are still better than these people, who don't know anything about the real hardships of art.

That alone makes you a glorious, hardworking and talented artist. And you should not let anyone tell you otherwise.

Please keep up the good work, because I believe in you.

With best regards,
Mia the Badger