When I was in school, one of my art teachers used to say “this world needs more creators. There’s more than enough destroyers in the world today.”
Just a reminder, if you create anything–art, writing, food, machines, ideas, equations, knits, tools, gardens–the world needs you.
This makes me happy.
Happy creating, everyone
“I liked it / it was nice”
- lovely
- delightful
- pleasant
- fair
- pleasurable
- approved
- fine
- satisfying
- excellent
- amazing
- great
- pleasing
- sound
- rad
- worthy
- superb
“It was complex in a good way/ it really grabbed my attention”
- fascinating
- intriguing
- thought provoking
- captivating
- alluring
- stimulating
- intricate
- sophisticated
- labyrinthine
- baroque
“It was complicated in a negative way / I didn’t quite understand it”
- troublesome
- inconvenient
- difficult
- vexing
- tricky
- puzzling
- confusing
- disorganised
- obscure
- far-fetched
- strange
“It wasn’t very interesting / not very exciting”
- boring
- tedious
- dull
- unpleasant
- mundane
- stuffy
- lifeless
- repetitive
- drudging
- flat
- tiresome
- tame
- depthless
“It made me a bit emotional/gave me the feels”
- sentimental
- emotional
- moving
- heartwarming
- tear-jerking
- affecting
- heating
- poignant
- passionate
- touching
“I’m not crazy about it / it was okay”
- okay
- passable
- so-so
- not bad
- tolerable
- adequate
- middling
- all-right
- moderately pleasing
“Best thing ever”
- fantastic
- exceptional
- marvelous
- first-class
- splendid
- astounding
- astonishing
- extraordinary
- phenomenal
- wonderful
comparing things / “It was better than this other thing”
- superior
- favourable
- preferable
- more advanced
- of higher rank
- exceeding
- distinguished
- a cut above
- more desirable
- more valuable
- improved
- higher/better quality
- more useful
- surpassing
- sharpened
- more sophisticated
“It wasn’t good I didn’t like it”
- bad
- disagreeable
- nasty
- unrefined
- horrible
- unlikeable
- coarse
- imprecise
- vexing
- problematic
- unimportant
“It was really bad”
- terrible
- repulsive
- atrocious
- disturbing
- disastrous
- revolting
- rotten
- loathsome
- gruesome
- appaling
- abhorrent
- dreadful
- horrifying
- poor
- offensive
- dire
- awful
- ghastly
For the longest time, I hid my anxiety for fear of judgment. Certainly no one would understand how utterly catatonic all the thoughts made me. There was no way anyone could see me as anything more than these disorders once I confessed. These are the things, the lies, I told myself to keep from reaching out. I kept this life secret, these truths hidden, so as not to expose myself even further. I didn’t want everyone thinking things about me, true or not, that changed the way they felt about the person I am. I kept telling myself it would be OK. I could get by pretending I wasn’t dying inside as long as everyone’s opinion of me remained unwavering, no matter the price I’d pay for it.
Candace Ganger, “You Are Not Your Madness” (via twloha)