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originally posted by: LucidWarrior
a reply to: Night Star
Hey you didn't offend anyone. Wis was just trying to tell you that, while he appreciates how much you losthe to offend anyone, that when one is serious about being a writer, one is willing to undergo that possibility, because without anyone critiquing your work you might never notice what you could change to get better. Like if you were trying to learn how to build a car. If you mess up you might not even know you messed up, or if you do you might not know how, or if you do you might not know how to fix it or even just not able to. So you need someone to come along and say, "hey, when you did this, that was where you messed up" or"if you did this instead, that would work out a whole lot better. It's essential to growth
However I want to just go ahead and affirm you right now because support is just as vital. When you're trying to build an engine it can be so easy to get so frustrated and not be able to work even when you've got someone or a bunch of them telling you how to fix it. Even telling yourself how to fix it. All that person needs is support. To be looked at with a caring and gentle eye and to be told with love and sincerity that they did an awesome job, that even if it wasn't perfect it is still good enough- and hey, look how hard they tried! This can be so much more worth than any advice because advice can be forgotten or disregarded, it has to be used... While love, freely given, oushes us, expands us and invites us to change and grow.
I just... It can be hard to admit you need someone to keep you doing your best. And it's even harder to out that burden on someone, your whole weight, and expect them to support you.
This is how love spans the distance between lovers and friends. Because that's what love is I think, mutual vulnerability and support. This is also what the poem I had mentioned writing was about, love that is.
I, kinda got sidetracked there.
originally posted by: LucidWarrior
a reply to: Night Star
I think it would be so cool to learn to do that! The animation.
originally posted by: LucidWarrior
a reply to: Gordi The Drummer
Aha! A new toy to play with...
Thanks gordi! Still got sun up there or you outta the twilight zone?