So, what little things do you do to get by? One thing I do is I turn on music, particularly rap from musical artists like BlackBear, Sage Francis, etc... and I dance in a bra and panties, maybe socks sometimes. I only wear underwear in this occasion and when I have my period. I just don't like it for pactical use, but I like wearing it to feel strong, even though I'm the weakest of the weak. Doing this just makes me feel good. The year 2016 was not great. Getting in a car accident in April. It was minor, but still. And then the month after I ended up in the hospital and I got a few surgeries done. Only to get sick again because my doctors decided to give me medication that I was allergic to. My ex boyfriend and just having shitty people around me being their typical shitty self. My sister. Getting my cellphone stolen, so now I have no cellphone. And other stuff, but that involves more criminal activity. Not my own, but from other people. So, it was a bad year. But, putting on some music, getting partly naked, and just dancing around helps. I don't even really like music. I mean I don't hate it. But, I don't particularly like it either. Same goes with dancing. I don't like it, but I don't particularly dislike it. But, it helps somewhat... somehow. So, what little things do you all do?
Music and dancing for sure I've been having a cup of tea and learning italian on the app duolingo every day and it has become a bright spot in my day I've been listening to some opera Taking a walk downtown, i think I live in one of the prettiest cities in America Collecting natural materials and using them in art projects I really want to start making my own furniture but I need an electric saw first
Also, doing this helps me with my spinal issues. I am having trouble putting my arms over my head. It is so stiff and it hurts so much. But, I do this... so it won't one day completely be like that. I also dance in public sometimes. I have even gotten some people to dance with me. Dancing and music does something to humans. It's beautiful.
hunting is my new way to spaceout getting a partridge here and there is just a bonus...i do it for the peace and quiet
Wait, you're an artist? What kind of art do you do? I used to draw, but I haven't drew anything in years. The high school I went to was a vocational school, so I was majoring in architecture. And I took it to college, but since I dropped out... I haven't done any of that kind of stuff. So, I think I lost the ability to do it. It's amazing that you have the skill/talent of art. It's a good skill/talent to have. I used to go out a lot by myself. Lots of sight seeing walking. But, since all this spine stuff happens... I can't walk too much. I told myself when it gets warmer... I am going to try to go out again on my own. Actually, I made a bet with myself to do something scary as much as possible. And whenever I do, I decided to put it in a planner as rememberance. But, I haven't bought the planner yet. I did do something scary, though. My first scary thing. Hopefully, I don't forgot the details before I get to write it in the planner. Point is, I guess this bet I have with myself is another thing that helps me get by. However, if it ends up being a tragic mess... then it won't help. It will do quite the opposite, sadly.
I'm not really an artist, i've never been able to draw or paint really well But I do see art in nature and so I try to take parts of nature and turn them into art or decorations for my home. None of it takes any particular talent, just a vision. Like I found a dead branch with these pointy leaves so I spray painted it black, painted a vase black, and now it decorates my kitchen table. Kinda looks like something from a tim burton movie. And a piece of a tree fell off into my yard, it was a bigger branch with a lot of twisty little branches coming off it so I painted it red and purple and "planted" it in my rose garden. It looks pretty cool. And I nail boards together to make a canvas of sorts then glue moss/ferns/flowers etc on it to make 3d nature collages. Right now i'm working on a desert landscape.of sorts, I steamed an artichoke but then when I started eating it realized it had flowered. The little brown bits of flesh had these long thick blonde hairy bits coming off of them and i thought they looked like little aboriginal heads so i'm going to glue the heads onto twigs to make the body and arrange them around a little scene, maybe put some cacti in the background..i'm still workingout the details. So stuff like that. I hope you are able to take a nice walk soon and do something that scares you. Thats something i need to work on also, getting out of my comfort zone
Oh, you need to post pictures of that. I need to see it. It sounds beautiful. As for the first scary thing I did... I saw a guy that I thought was cute and I decided to tell him that he was cute. I would have never done that if it wasn't for the bet.
I love taking long walks outside in the warmer weather. I could walk for hours and it always helps clear my head. I also love taking photographs: something about capturing a little piece of beauty or scoring a great shot does wonders for my mental health. Socializing helps, too. My natural inclination is to withdraw when I am feeling down, but I find that if I attend some social event it brightens my mood (or makes it worse--it's a gamble). Music, sometimes--but more often I find I don't want to listen to anything happy when I am feeling blue.
I don't like to listen to music when I am actuslly feeling upset. When I am actually feeling upset I just cut, and am upset, which upset for me means getting really tired. I just kind of shut down. That's really all I can do. However, when I'm not upset I can listen, dance to music and do other productive, positive things to get me by. But, at the intital moment of upset... no, I just cut and shut down. Also, like I said I don't really like or dislike music and dancing. So, it's not really my thing, anyways.
