Selfies: Helpful or Hurtful to Personal Connection
Pretty good mood???!!! As an artist, I like to use instagram & Twitter as my platforms. I feel like they allow me to make connections a lot easier. Lately it has been scaring me though. It wasn't until I was dreaming about my website this morning though that it really hit me. As much as I love being open and honest with others it scares me that I could potentially be doing more harm to my business by including selfies. I mean in this day and age, selfies are just a form of self-expression and as an artist I wanted to connect with others on a personal level. Show that there is a human behind the creation, but is that necessary? Is it for my gain or others? This morning, still half asleep I took down some pictures from instagram. Possibly in haste because I started to worry that being on social media had gone too far. Even though I love sharing who I am & I wrote a sincere thank you to all my followers last night I was genuinely concerned that possibly I could lose people's interest in my art. I feel like I want to spread positivity & happiness. I want people to know I care, but maybe I'm taking it a little too far with selfie pictures? Yay or nay? I want to seem genuine. Are the selfie pictures too much? I wrote a message to all 60+ people who have genuinely shown interest in my art & I continue to be grateful but it felt a little too far to post a selfie of me in bed, even if it I thought it was lighthearted and cute. I don't want to be known for how I look. I want people to genuinely be interested in my art. If you honestly enjoy my art I'm glad. I still want to continue to create things that are enjoyed because it seems that the things I love most are also what others seem to want to see more of, which I wrote in a post I deleted. Maybe it was paranoia and anxiety getting to me, because I still want a genuine and positive experience where you know I'm there. :) I just don't want to be disrespectful and I know maybe that decision was hasty. Perhaps if I didn't lay right next to my phone I wouldn't have deleted them. Hmm.... I just want people to see my art just as much as they see me. I don't want to come off as in love with my looks. I just want to make others happy. Through my art & through me. I did a tarot reading online *again...is this questionable behavior? I don't want to constantly fine comb myself and go judgment and paranoia. Just I have good intentions and I want so badly for that to be shown. But the tarot reading said I was to create positivity and be a happy guiding force, which touches my heart like no other. Maybe a lot of hocus pocus but that is my intent and I want to manifest it. :) I don't feel like it is just about my art, even though it is. I feel like I want to bridge the gap between art and human interaction. I don't want to be just seen as oh hey, there's the artist. I genuinely care not only about myself but others and creating a positive experience. That's why my art is so cheerful.
