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Meme - Shout It Out.by ~ravenshield

Digital Art / Typography / Conceptual

Like most memes, I'm long behind the rest with this.
Most folks included a drawing of themselves, but I really felt like that would drain all the blood out of this. So I just elected not to include one.

I also wouldn't go the all-negative path most others took with this. Personal truths fall into every measure of our lives, not just the unfortunate parts. It's good to be proud of yourself too. Regardless - this was difficult.
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I've never done any kind of typography before and I found it was really challenging. Strong nod to any out there who do this a lot.

~MilwaukeeDriver Dec 9, 2012

Wow, this is poetic and speaks a lot. Interesting excercise to boil down one's life like this.

I like the comment about having an old soul. And love of robots. There sure is a lot to think about all of the phrases.

I don't see myself making one of these tho. My biggest phrase would be "REGURLARLY CLEANS CAT LITTER".

~ravenshield Dec 14, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

It was an interesting experiment to try it out. Truth be told, admitting some of those things elevated my pulse, but once it was posted up, I started to relax a little about it. It has a strange effect.

Haha, aww...surely there's plenty interesting about you to warrant fussing around with the horridly difficult art of typography. Seriously, mad props to folks who do this kind of thing regularly. Made my brain locked up quite a bit.

~Prime-Mover Dec 4, 2012

I thought I was the only person who did the lip biting thing. I don't know why I do it. Not sure why when I saw this that particularly stood out. The zombie apocalypse thing is funny. I can't watch zombie movies/shows anymore, they're like watching Three's company episodes where people just keep doing illogical things. That and zombies just wouldn't last - just wait until winter.

You're right, it never gets easier.

~ravenshield Dec 5, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

You know, I've only met one other person who bit their lips habitually like I do; now you as well it seems! I suppose it may not be as rare a habit as I had once thought. It is a strange compulsion though. I can't link it to any specific thought or feeling - it just occurs continually throughout the day; seemingly every second, really. I so it in my sleep as well and apparently do it worse than while awake. I often wake with dried blood on my lips - I mean, I look like I was in a fight the night before. : \

Haha, as for the zombies, yeah it's hard to watch movies where people just make these absolutely outrageous decisions that always result in their deaths or others. I too argue that winter would cause a huge snag for zombies, unless of course you lived in a climate where 'winter' didn't really mean anything, like Southern California.
I like that the CDC - a major, serious, government organization - has the humor to recognize the threat of a zombie apocalypse in their disaster protocols. Granted, the thought of a viral, bacterial, or parasitic pandemic is not really that far-fetched. Hysteria alone is half the danger. Shambling undeads are more across the 'fantasy' line, but hell, the Bubonic Plague certainly happened.

Do you happen to work in any medical service yourself? Or is it just unfortunate events you've been present for? A lot of medical professionals like to say cold things like "you become numb to it" or "it's just the nature of the job", but those are covers. Quite frankly, I think that if anybody actually does find that they feel utterly numbed to the sight of another person's life snuffing out under their hands, they need to find themselves another profession.

~Prime-Mover Dec 5, 2012

Well its the whole dealing with the shambling undeads. I could write a whole rant on how zombies wouldn't last very long. You're right pandemics are very real though.

I've just been unfortunate. Anymore it just makes me angry when I think about it, so I try not to. People die over stupid stuff, doing stupid things, and it just seems so senseless a lot of the time. Most of the time its while they're earning minimum wage, that I think is the part that makes me angry. One of the biggest crimes that goes on is how uneducated most people are in terms of how to work safe, and I've begun to suspect our governments largely turn a blind eye to it. It should be a prerequisite of high school diploma making sure everyone knows their right to refuse unsafe work. That's just my opinion though. I will say that from my time working as a tow truck driver, that its always amazing both how tough people are and at the same time how fragile they are.

~Fugiri-Shi Dec 4, 2012

*hug* And after all, you are a beautiful person. I am glad and honored I know you.
But really... maybe snoops could use a wash or two? XD
Be the best you can be every day, and your world will not want.

~ravenshield Dec 4, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

*hug* I'm honored to have you in my life too, B. I couldn't have been luckier than to have gotten the chance to get to know you. C :
And who knows - maybe Snoop will get a rinse, but hey - probably not. C X

~Fugiri-Shi Dec 4, 2012

LMAO!

~Armadria Dec 3, 2012 Student Digital Artist

It takes a lot of strength and self-realization to write something like this and share it with the world. I've always wanted to do something like this, and now that I've finally seen one after so long, I might get started on one. Thanks for sharing, and hopefully you feel stronger because of it.

~ravenshield Dec 4, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Thank you, and I really do encourage others to work up the heart to try it themselves. It's a very revealing process - sitting there and simultaneously figuring the deep sentiment of the words, alongside their compositional appearance. They start turning into figures, instead of words. The longer you look at them - deciding their shape, colour, place - the more you realize you really see them. Facing it all written down and giving it substance is hard on the heart. That's why I wanted to break it up with positive notions. It reminded me that this was about recognizing myself as a whole person, not just the worn down parts. In the end of it, I looked it over and felt like I couldn't have done it any better and I can keep looking at it without being embarrassed or as nervous as I was while making it. It's a really liberating kind of self-realization and it definitely helped me reestablish my Zen tonight. =u=
If you choose to create one, I wish you luck on your journey in to you. If you make one and decide to share it with us, well - I'll be keeping my eyes open. C :

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