ShelleyAnderson

Who still uses dA? from the fantastic people I used to speak to and follow? 

I wrote this as a facebook status, so I thought I would share it here:

"I have solar powered confidence and a battery operated smile; my hobbies include expressing myself through the mediums of dance and music, writing, drawing and also trying to convince my shadow that I'm somebody worth following. That I will get there, but I just need time, time to figure out who I want to be.

You know, sometimes, it's not good to keep things bottled up. Sometimes it's okay to strip away at the masks we as people wear everyday, sometimes it's okay to tell a friend that you are scared of where you might end up, that you don't know whether university is the right thing for you, whether the thing you have loved your whole entire life is no longer what you want to do anymore. It's okay. I'm not perfect, neither are you and anybody that expects you to be is not someone you should be around. 
You will get to where you need to go, you will find what you want to do, it's not like it was 20 years ago even, we are in an age whereby you can work from your chair at home and still make money, there are many avenues to get to where you need to go. You just have to find your way. I guess it's like fumbling around in the dark for the lightswitch. You will probably fall over a few things, bash a shin, stub a toe and it will hurt, a hell of a lot sometimes, but once you switch it on, you can see everything, you can look down and see your bruises and your cuts but you can patch them up, rub it, put a plaster on it if it's bleeding and move on, because you have the means to go where you want and bypass those same things you tripped on a few moments before.

What you're doing now is not where you will be forever. But you have to help yourself, those around you can only take you so far. You need to do what you have to, to ensure that you get to where you need to go.... (far too many to's..)

Make it happen. I have. This time next month I will be in Japan, for those of you that know me you will know how far I've come and from where I am coming from, by no means am I there yet, I understand that this is only the beginning and there is only ever more and I want that for everybody, I want it to be possible for everybody to find a way to do what they love doing. There are my two pennies, enjoy your evening."


Shelley 

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DEVIANT ART TEXT IN THE TOOLBAR THINGIE!! AND THE LOGO?!?!?!?! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT WHERE IS THE dA?!?!?!?!


WHAT'S GOING ON?!?!?!?!?!?!?! URGGGHHHH WHY ARE YOU CHANGING EVERYTHING DEVIANT ART WHYYYYY??!?!?!?!?!

I feel that as of late dA has updated so much that I don't know what's going on anymore. It feels foreign and I feel very segregated from the super popular people on here, that definitely deserve all the attention they get because they are very talented people but now with the "what's hot", the "share a status with your watchers", and all this kind of stuff, I feel as though I'll never progress and my content, although not at that standard will ever reach there because of this.  Not only that but does anyone see the statuses? :/ I don't want it to become like every other social networking site...

It looks so different to how it did when I first joined, and I'm only just getting used to sta.sh for journals, it's literally taken me this long. And I don't know about anyone else but I feel that the community spirit has disappeared in the last few years, people don't comment or want to have conversations with people recently... I just... hmm...  I'm not sure, I guess. I mean change is good, it's good to improve, I try to be better all the time with many things, like singing and dance, and drawing, but I am getting so much less confident about being able to post my drawings on here because of this. There's so many things I have to look at the FAQ for now because I have no idea what's happening on here, I even opted to become a Beta Tester to try and see what's going to be happening and comment on things and bugs if I see them... but I just, don't like them, it actually scares me... 

Until next time



Shelley

I'm getting a little too busy... to be on here much, buuut! now that I have some free time, I've gotten around to writing and doodling in my spare time, I'll have a day of uploads soon, I promise!!!