Or, relatively, false validation from social media.
It is correct, and I dislike declaring this, that the much more followers you have, the more likely I am to fork out focus to you and your art due to the fact others have provided you their thumbs up at some stage.
And your social feed is much more likely to sustain my attention if it emphasizes artwork as the center of your life. Artwork, art, and extra artwork. That’s what I want to see from an artist who seeks reflection and significant attention.
Nevertheless, we have to accept that there is a bogus sense of validation from social media. I think Sara Schroeder felt that when she talked about wanting to be “more than an Instagram artist.” She grew her Instagram subsequent promptly and experienced to choose a stage (or two) again to contemplate what she genuinely preferred from her art. Listen to my conversation with her in episode 119.
Although it feels superior to get these followers, likes, opinions, and shares on social media, at some issue you have to question what they all necessarily mean.
Who is undertaking the subsequent, liking, commenting, and sharing? How are individuals interactions serving to you in the prolonged operate? What takes place when you really do not get ample likes or responses?
This begs the issue: Who are you seeking validation from?
