Hey art frens
It's okay, there are no algorithms here, you're not fighting to swim upstream any more 
You can sit here and just breathe and look at all the pretty things coming across the timeline while you take time to untie the knots that the other nastier places left in your creative muscles.
You don't need to perform here. You don't need to prove anything. You're valid even when you can't put pen to paper. You have the heart of a creative and that's enough.
*hugs everyone*
@kraaico awwww
I've been sitting at the computer most of today and yesterday while the surge has happened, seeing people coming here from Twitter, saying how burned out they are, creative block, can't shake the feeling that they need to always be thinking about how to break through the algorithm and keep up with everything and constantly perform perform perform and it's just heartbreaking.
@Curator it really is!! Thinking about the right time to post, boosting yourself over and over, it's just draining. Insta truly is the bane of my existence, even LOSING followers after I post a piece I'm very damn proud of. I'm glad I have that place safely locked away from my mental state, though, after YEARS.
I'm really happy to be here, I feel like I can be a whole person here with multiple interests instead of an art-making machine.
@kraaico I happened to see at some point from an entirely unadvertised source that I stumbled upon that your insta posts scored more highly on the algorithm if you responded to comments within the hour.
Like, wft? Who can stay on top of that?
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