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When Real Life Gets Too Real- Artist Vlog (Patreon)

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2023-07-20 18:06:56
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This video was brought to you thanks to the generosity of my Patrons on Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/Nattosoup). Patrons have earlly access to this video almost immediately upon upload. If you would like to help support what I do, there are a number of ways you can do that. If you enjoyed this video, please be sure to leave a like and consider subscribing to the channel for more great art content updated at least twice weekly. If you really enjoyed this video, take a moment to share this video with your friends using the social network buttons below- this helps me a lot, and really means a lot to me! If you want more art tutorials, head on over to my Art and Process blog (http://www.nattosoup.blogspot.com) for years of the good stuff. And if you'd like to help fund future videos, please check out http://www.patreon.com/Nattosoup for information on how you can join the community. Find Me Elsewhere: For Daily Updates: http://www.instagram.com/Nattosoup To chat: http://www.twitter.com/Nattosoup For more art tutorials, supply reviews, and con recaps: http://www.nattosoup.blogspot.com For convention how-tos: http://www.howtobeaconartist.tumblr.com To help support online art education: http://www.patreon.com/Nattosoup For my portfolio: http://www.behance.com/Nattosoup For digital downloads: http://www.gumroad.com/nattosoup For physical goodies: http://www.nattosoup.com/products For my comic: http://www.nattosoup.com/kara-comic

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Jill Wiswall

This was so brave of you. Thank you for sharing your truth. Hang in there!

Greta Pistaceci

Really really relate to this Becca. I am an artist because I keep making. Despite having two degrees in art fields like you, it took me a really long time to be able to unapologetically call myself an artist (actually, seeing how easily and readily people will call themselves artists on YouTube or Reddit can be really refreshing for someone who has gone through the academic system - I know peeps who have exhibited and sold work and teach art at university but who still cringe at calling themselves artists!). I now reclaim that word whenever I can. But it feels really hard when I feel I have nothing to show for all the work I put in, or feel like I don’t fit in anywhere. I also never had a career in anything else because the day job I had to take while at university and to support my art making afterwards is not really one that leads to any ladder. So I am around your age but make very little for my age - I feel very financially precarious and it also creates an imbalance in my relationship because my partner earns much more than I do. I understand that for now it has to be this way if I want to keep making, because this is all I can manage (been struggling with mental health issues - mainly anxiety and depression; possibly ADHD though I am still on a waiting list to be assessed - since my teens). Many of my friends who are full-time artists are actually having to make the majority of their income by teaching at university and they are treated just as badly if not worse, and their jobs are even more precarious, which is incredible when one considers how highly trained they are (some even studied all the way to doctorates). I also empathise re both rooting for others and being truly joyful at their victories and feeling ground down by seeing everyone else’s *seemingly* un-bumpy road to success - someone I know from university even won a golden lion at the Venice Biennale, that’s like apex-of-the-art-world successful (they totally deserved it BTW). But I know I cannot put myself out there in the way they are able to - I suffer from anxiety and have a crushing inner critic, to the point that even having an Instagram I never post to can feel really stressful. Some social media interactions have reduced me to tears for days. I have never had a Twitter because I don’t think I could take the stress of public commenting in that way (though ironically I have recently become quite chatty in YouTube comments). I don’t think I would ever be able to create a YouTube series involving taking to camera like you have, you should really give yourself credit for that!! Things get too toxic for me when I force myself to go against what is my nature, and I manage to take all the pleasure out of things and end up spiralling. I have this massive urge to express myself and all these ideas but I get blocked by what I feel are expectations from the outside world. I now very much feel I need to find ways of making things on my own terms, which will probably mean my opportunities will continue to be very limited, so I need accept that and move on, because trying be something else is hurting me. I am not even talking about making work that is not how I want o make it - I am talking about the schmoozing, applications, being articulate enough to express oneself in an intellectual manner (which I feel I will never be - I am not stupid… but I cannot articulate my jumbled thoughts into concise words because I struggle to redact them even inside my own head) and be unflustered/unaffected by politics, criticism etc… and also I am not really interested in making work with a primary goal to innovate - nothing wrong with that and it would be lovely to create something unique and new…but I just prefer artists that are *authentic to themselves first*, that follow wherever their interest takes them (and this may or may not take them to a place of innovation, but it often will be more likely to than desperately courting innovation, because every individual is already unique). I feel that in the Art World (in caps) there is a lot of desperation to be innovative at all costs rather that just make, otherwise, and it can get very negative for the artist. I am going to begin retraining as an art therapist from April and I find the way art therapy approaches making really interesting. It’s kind of the reverse of how I was taught to see art at university. Might delete this later… argh. Wasn’t going write this much… and with no paragraph breaks! Oops. Sorry, I am extra rambly because I have a bit of a migraine! Also, again, apologies for the many comments on your super old videos! I recently joined your Patreon after deciding I had watched too many of your YouTube videos for free and should start contributing at least *something*, other than merely ad views! So I have been binging old stuff…!

Greta Pistaceci

Also, you family is *so* lucky to have you, and you are a bloody hero just for putting so much education material out there. I cannot believe the amount of work you are able to put in despite your health and family issues (I wish all the best for all of you!!). You may not realise it but even just what you are doing on YouTube is a LOT. I am not saying that to flatter or console either... you are preparing, filming and sharing an incredible amount of material and knowledge, so thoughtfully. It's really incredible. Anyone who has had to prepare a workshop, or film and edit a video, or give their critical opinion about something knows that it is not an easy or quick job. And you are just one individual. So... yes, you are making an impact. And yes, you are doing a lot, let alone while going through stuff. Oh, and videos like these are also the reason why you channel is so different - they create community/solidarity among artists. You are creating micro community and that is worthwhile!