Lots of Stuff AKA Leave A Comment For Once, Will Ya? (12/25/18)
Hearing Yourself AKA What'd You Say?
The other day at work I was working with this who was using one of my instructional art books. He kept saying it’s hard. He’s really good, natural talent. He said the hands are too hard and well I agreed lol but in addition to agreeing I told him something. It’s gonna be hard if you barely do it or have never done it. Repetition makes it easier. And like, I heard myself. Is that a teacher thing? I mention my dad a lot, he’s a teacher. I should ask him but that gave me the thought, the question. Is the best part of teaching, hearing yourself? Not in an arrogant way. But more so looking at this through the lense of “you learn more by teaching”. I’ve always heard that. And like I told the kid what I tell myself. What I constantly need to tell myself. I heard myself and we both stopped whining for a bit.
Peace, God AKA Wu Tang Changed My Pronoun Game
The Five Percenters Dominated Rap's Golden Age: Can They Return To Prominence by Shawn Setaro
Before Reading:
So, I came across this on twitter. I did not read it lol BUT! The title grabbed me for somewhat humorous reasons. One being that I actually kinda talk like that? But I'm not like a five percenter guy. I believe I got it from listening to a lot of Wu Tang and half way finishing the RZA's book. HA! Aside from Wu Tang I heard a lot of dope slang terms when I was younger and was going back to hear all the stuff I was too young to grasp, the things I missed and etc. "Peace, God" and other forms of calling people God kinda just stuck with me. I like to think it is quite empowering. Some kids at work questioned it but then took it in stride. That felt nice and stuff lol but yeah I saw this and didn't read it but I probably should now, right?
After Reading:
Well. That was informative. I learned a bit, really interesting. Way more than just slang. Also, way more than the idea I had in my mind of people making sure you memorized that day's mathematics. I've been putting off reading this for a while but I'm glad I did now. The greatest take away for me is the idea of that accountability and Estee Nack's point of view in terms of focusing on yourself and what you can change. Dope perspective.
What I've Been Listening To #15 AKA Bars and Some Feelings, Gods
What I've Been Listening To #15 (Apple Music)
What I've Been Listening To #15 (Spotify)
What I've Been Listening To #16 AKA It Kept Changing
What I've Been Listening To #16 (Apple Music)
What I've Been Listening To #16 (Spotify)
What I've Been Listening To #17 AKA Youth, Old Souls and Pizano's In SoHo
SOHO and PIZANO on repeat.
What I've Been Listening To #17 (Apple Music)
What I've Been Listening To #17 (Spotify)
What I've Been Listening To #18 AKA Everybody Wears A Mask
Straight Outta Spider-Verse!
What I've Been Listening To #18 (Apple Music)
What I've Been Listening To #18 (Spotify)
The Return Of My PS4
Another thing I've been doing is the gaming thing a bit. I'm no pro. At least that's what I try to tell myself as I beat myself up mercilessly over losing in fighting games but that comes with it. No? Well moving on. Spider-man is dope, I took these screenshots for reference purposes but here they are anyways. I usually record combo stuff to send to others or to look at later so I don't forget. But! I went online without the refresher and hated myself and game lol but inner monologues about knowing better and being kind usually helps.
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12/18/2018 On The Train
So, today I was on the train today. And this dude bust out a sketchbook and what appeared to be a micron pen. Me? Well I was playing on my Switch lol I wanted that thing for a long time. Putting aside the fact that I find it a bit different to draw on the train most times but I felt jealousy? Mind you, I couldn't even see what dude was drawing or darkening lol but like it made me want to draw even more. I skipped a few days and I tried not to stare lol I wanted to ask him for like an instagram or something I can look at or even some lessons lol. I did that to somebody before. Worked out pretty well. But I didn't, among the many other thoughts that the young artist triggered in my mind was to respond to these feelings and said thoughts with action. My conclusion after sitting there trying not to stare was that the only real answer is to act. To just draw more stuff, BUT. When is that not enough? Like maybe a more solid game plan. When does that anime like optimism become a shining example of what I believe is the most popular definition of insanity? Or is it crazy? Is there a difference or like is it a major one? Anyways. Doing the same thing, over and over expecting different results. Let me know if you have the answer, I'm all ears lol.
Finding Your Confidence with Kenya and The Importance of Representation by The Storyteller
I'm pretty lucky to know of people who do cool things. You can also say, I'm even more lucky...luckier? To have friends who do cool stuff. My friend Kenya been talking bout this Youtube channel for a while, I'm glad she finally did it. She changed a lot from when we first met in like middle school. Her story is one of rising above years of teasing on various levels myself not excluded. A story of recognizing self worth. I can go on but her second video touches on it so I figured I'll share it.
Now, this ties into another video by somebody I do not know lol. But the topic is one that is very important. More important than I realized, you see I knew representation was important or rather I wanted to see more characters who looked a bit like me. This video and timing of "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" was perfect. When Miles was like first announced I was happy and mad. Mad that I didn't come up with it first lol but mostly like happy. For all the drawings and I have and stories I've never written it was like a way of saying "It's possible". These are all things I didn't think about too much back then but watching this video about representation by The Storyteller after seeing Kenya's video really hit me lol so here it is:
Speaking of Youtube...
Hello my fellow mental masturbators, click hole fallers and slaves to the algorithm. To you, I present my findings:
He is Link, I am Link, You are Link AKA The Legend of Zelda and Perseverance
So I've been playing a lot of Zelda for the past two days. I perceive the game to be a lesson in perseverance. Your weapons don't last. Your favorite will eventually break. Your bows and shields too. You will get stuck on a puzzle or two. In my experience I had to be more open minded in my approaches, use different strategies and adjust. Kinda like a fighting game, right? But mainly, I'm learning or better yet being reminded about perseverance and being ready. When I get stuck on a puzzle I'm not giving up instead I'm looking for another way of doing things. I'm learning to fight with whatever weapon type I can find and just overall giving things more thought but not to the point of stagnation and over-preparation. That's a big deal for me lol. I wrote something along these lines earlier but it got deleted. When I make it further in the game I'll update you on the adventures of Hyrule's Resourceful Broke Boy. Man, I'm pretty good with titles, right?
