The Blog of Satierf

Balance between work and life is truly a beautiful concept! The idea that work never gets in the way of your life, your family and your personal time and that you can accomplish both in a perfect balance is appealing! However, after being through college and currently my career with what many people consider pretty good time-management skills, I can tell you for sure that this utopian concept does not exist. At least, not in the way you think. Now, I am not here defending the idea that you should ditch your personal life, friends and beloved ones and work your ass off, covering inhuman hours in a single week. That would be hypocritical of me, a person that usually starts my working day at the usual 9am-10am and clocks out at the end of the day, doing something else unrelated afterwards. However, I've seen close friends and people within my social circle with a distorted understanding of what a balance between work and life is. An understanding that actually makes your life more str...

Ah, if only I got a nickel for every time somebody asked this question! I would be a very wealthy man. Every artist, usually when they're in the early days of their journey, asks themselves and the world this question.  "How to find your Art Style?" Of course, several more experienced artists will see that as a form of capitalization and will exploit these poor souls' incessant search to get some views and, consequently, make some bucks. The reality is that seeking your art style is a huge waste of time. In fact, it is the wrong question to be asked, especially early on. In the middle of a bunch of artist-influencers selling you the secrets to become the next Yoji Shinkawa*, I come here in my humble blog to tell you why you shouldn't be focusing - or worrying - so much about it. Insta-Ending Your Search Since you were a small kid, all the way back to elementary school, you know how to write. At least, if you're reading this blog post right now, I am sure that...

These days I came across a tweet made by an ex-follower of mine that drew my attention. I sometimes check who followed and who unfollowed me on Twitter to gauge the kind of profile that usually loses interest in what I have to share and also out of sheer curiosity. Luckily for me, I have been receiving more new followers than unfollowers, so the list was pretty short. While checking some of their profiles, this specific person had tweeted the reason why they had unfollowed not only me but several other people: This hooked me because it hits sorta close to home. In a few ways, I can relate to this person! Being constantly online seeing people's edited lives where we see all their successes without knowing the failures they had to go through, constantly comparing ourselves to seemingly flawless artists that apparently draw hit after hit with no exhaustion. The impotence that strikes, the feeling of worthlessness and the inability of competing, of reaching this unrealistic standard es...