I have been burnt out for a bit and im trying to get outside a bit more. from seeing friends, going to museums, and just hanging out more. I finished the fundraiser, but now i have no idea as to what i should do. besides job applications.
I’ve been watching whats happening in Palestine, and it keeps me up at night. I haven’t been able to sleep as much the past few weeks. Its definitely effected my own mental health fs, but I’ve been able to stay more or less sane.If anything, i feel more grateful for what i have.
im grateful for being able to speak up and create a space to come together
im grateful for being able to create art about what I am passionate about
im grateful for being able to stay with my family as I am looking for whats next in my life
im grateful for my dog for getting me outside to take a walk, even if his microchip is a product of the surveillance state😌
im grateful for my parents for being there to talk to
im grateful for my ability to be outside, breathe open air, sightsee, travel, try new things, live, laugh, love, and express myself
im grateful for my friends where we can have some giggles and sobs
im grateful for myLaptopEvenThoughTheSpacebarDoesntWork
im grateful for ArtForBeingTheWayForMeToConnectToPeople
im grateful for TheCommunityAroundMeWhoHaveSupportedMeInDevelopingMyVoiceAndMyArt
im grateful for BurritoDao, and all the assistance from critiques, showing my artworks, and being some of the first artists I met irl outside of college
im grateful for various internet microcosms that supported me throughout the past few years
im grateful for my art collectors, yall r the homies fr<3
im grateful for SocialMediaForLettingMeShareMyArt,AndInformMeOfWhatIsHappeningInTheWorld
im grateful for TheCopyAndPasteCommands
im grateful for myFoodOnTheTable,AndDrinksInTheFridge.AndTheStoresAndCafesThatLetMeWorkInPeace
im grateful for CompressedAirCanistersThatCanFixMyKeyboardPlsOnceIGetIt
im grateful for HaleyCometAstrologyForLettingMeBingewatchHerYoutubeForAstrologyStuff
im grateful for TheTrees,Rubber,Clay,Paper,AndMaterialsICanUseInMyArt
im grateful for TheAbilityToBeAPlatformForPeopleThroughoutTheWorld
im grateful for myToolsOfDailyLife,Car,Phone,Shoes,Clothes,Chargers,Laptop,Time
im grateful for myBooks,Journals,Tea,Comforts,Anime,Music,AndTimeForLettingMeBreatheABit
im grateful for myPeopleInMyLifeWhoHaveTaughtMeLessonsAndShowedMeTheWorld
im grateful for me
im grateful for YallWhoHaveSupportedMeThroughoutMyJourney.ThankYou<3
I could go on, but i am punching my key board to make this spacebar work. I’ll be applying to more jobs, but I have a stopmotion series lined up. I wanna see how I can make video content for ig soon too. My spacebar works again yayyyy. I think I’ll go sketching in public? free followers fr :). Ill share abt the fundraiser’s finale next time(may even have a fundraiser for another topic soon too), and i still need to talk abt my show at the iranian american gallery, aka the Gaggening.
Alas, We Persist.
Free Palestine
Gratefully
Faraz
ps. after its been sitting on my shelf for years I’m finally reading Freedom Is A Constant Struggle. I think that since I was reading articles and books on more specific topics, I felt that I kinda knew everything already, or that it was too basic. Yet again, I overestimated myself. After reading, passively absorbing from social media, and learning about more specific issues related to theBLM movement, Black liberation, Palestinian liberation, and other liberation movements, I thought I was good. But this rly tied the lose ends together into a single conversation. This has been called a “seminal Text” in terms of activism, and im happy to finally getting to read it
pss. Books have been my go to gift for the holidays and now I need to figure out what the fam wants to read. I want more lighthearted stuff for my mom, maybe something sigma for my sister (shes in her hustle era), and my dad wants something abt AI - if yall have any recs def dm or leave a comment xoxo