It's ok to be diffrent

Society feels that the world is loosing it’s art, and music, and form of expression to all the new and improved technology. For the music part I have no clue maybe this is true, because I know personally I have never wanted or tried to learn to play an instrument. But for the art, and writing, I personally don’t think this is true. Maybe it’s my devotion to hoping it is not true. Me, I’m an art kid, and I always have been. I’m not a great amazing artist who can draw and paint amazing mater pieces, but I’m creative. I like to design, I like to match, I like to write, and I like photography. There are many different forms of artists. I think everyone should find the one inside of him or her.

I think the world is so stuck into how the images of how a person should be. Many people aren’t open to the art they can do, mostly to fit in with what society thinks a sex, or race should be into, and be good at. Me personally I have so much respect for anyone who does something they love. For someone to have a freedom of expression, in whatever way that may be, I think is fantastic. Many people I believe would kill to find their expression, but to scared to poke around in areas they have been told are, “just not for them.” I personally want to say, “Go for it!”

For me I was never into sports like most guys, I was never that kind of kid who liked to make pranks on people for fun. I was never the kind of guy who would talk rudely, I would never dress the way everyone else was just to fit in. I was always different and for many that would cause much discussion about me as a person, but that is a different story for another day. Anyway..

Ever since I was young I always liked to dress formal it didn’t matter to me, if everyone else was wearing; basketball shorts, tanks, and sneakers. I dressed the way that made me feel like, “Yes this is me.” I never looked around to compare myself to anyone else. Everyone else did enough of that. Haha. When I was young a lot of my day’s consisted in, a dress shirt, nice trousers, a sweater vest, and penny loafers. That was what I was comfortable in, and clothing is one for of expression. I was a very good listener even at a young age; I was always there for someone who needed a shoulder, an ear or a friend. I was never stuck on the stereotype of how I should act, dress, or behave. I thank my mother for that <3

For me, while all the other boys where off playing basketball and whatnot, I was over of the sidelines with a camera photographing, or doing something else I was interested in. I never wished or said, “I wish I was like them.” I was happy. I got my first camera around the age of seven. Don’t get me wrong, not like I was a little prissy. Haha. I use to love to play in the woods, forts, mud pies, pokemon, kick ball, bike ridding and ect. But I did spend a lot of time, drawing, writing, going little projects, and creating. I loved to let my mind go off, and just see what happened. When my mom realized I didn’t like to play sports she put me into an art class down town. I loved it! I was around a lot of other kids who were like me. I was actually in the newspaper holding up one of my painting. I new I wasn’t the best but I loved how I could just look at the photo a week, month or year later and know how I felt when painting it. I did play soccer for years, but I didn’t get half of the joy as I did with my art. The joy when I played soccer was more of it made my mom happy, because it was a social environment for me. Since many artsy people can be excluded, and quite. She just wanted the best for me.

When you’re older it’s harder to just be yourself, but you can’t hide who you are. Yes, people are going to talk about it, and yes, many think being artsy rather than jockey gives off a gay persona. I’m not gay and I like art, the world needs to back off so much when kids are growing up like, the dads who force there kids to join the football team once there at the age to do so, without even having communication with his son, who maybe doesn’t want to play the sport he visions his son playing. Also for girls who moms maybe force into dance, or cheerleading, or whatever else, I feel the world needs to be less worried about how everyone “should be” and be more worried about what “makes someone happy.”

“Be true to others but more importantly, be true to you” is a quote I say contently, and I personally don’t know if it is something I saw somewhere, of if just something I just made up, and started saying. More than likely is a dumb down version of some very inspirational quote out there. Ok anyways..

So me right now, I don’t paint, I don’t really draw, only the doodling in American History to keep from passing out. Haha. But I’m still really into design, clothes, and photography. My dream is to maybe one day own my own studio, work for a magazine as a layout page designer, and also to go to college for web design. I don’t know how much of this I will succeed in, but it’s the drive to do what makes you happy, and you never want to let that go.

Having a dream is what makes life worthwhile.

Best wishes,
Peace!
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