I think it’s so much easier to search outside of ourselves for validation than to do the hard work of loving and accepting our imperfect souls.
After being obsessed with finding a way to make haiku comics that I’m proud of for there or four years, I’m just starting to understand some key things about creativity and my own emotional and mental makeup.
I now know that I have deep fear and shame issues around money, art, and success. I haven’t processed or healed from any of these yet. But as they used to say at the end of each G.I. Joe cartoon, “Knowing is half the battle.”
Be the weird you want to see in the world!
Cheers,
Jason
I’m digging all of your haikus, but this might be one of my favorites. I think I connect with your work/art so much because I’m on a similar trajectory.
Keep ‘em coming! 😀
There is so much truth in what you say here, Jason. This looking inside is the work of a lifetime. The courage to do so provides us with that first, crucial step to healing and becoming more whole.