Thank You

Much to my surprise, I received an email from DeviantART at a rather unexpected hour.

In this email was a message.

This message stated that an anonymous donor upgraded my account.

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Honestly, no words can describe how I feel. Thank you; from the very bottom of my heart.

I have a feeling I know who this generous person is and (even if I'm mistaken to who it is) I just want to say that you have put such a smile on my face.

I'm going to use the duration of this gift as much as possible. I will be making silly journal updates (probably even sappy ones so bare with me ) and I will be trying to upload more images to show my gratitude.

[As my first bit of sappy journal time...] I've been feeling very discouraged lately regarding my work. I've recently joined the BFA (Bachelors of Fine Arts) program at my university and I've been completely the underdog. The other students are so... well... artsy. I have never referred to myself as an artist; I feel like quite a fraud when I say that. In my seminar we've been reading different books and just today I read a quote stating something along the lines of "While you may feel you're just pretending to you're an artist, there's no way to pretend you're making art. Go ahead… try… not possible." They said it's just like a person pretending to be a writer, but in pretending, they write. They're not pretending to write, they are writing, there's no denying that.

I don't know why I'm so rude as to always put down my work when others are telling me that they like it. It's an insult to myself and to them, and insulting others is unacceptable. So here is my "kick in the butt" to grow-up and stop being such a downer!

Thank you again, you'll never know just how much this means to me