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I am an One who left DA and came back!
the-felix
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got style and power
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This is the place where you can personalize your profile!
But, how?
By moving, adding and personalizing widgets.
You can drag and drop to rearrange.
You can edit widgets to customize them.
The left side has widgets you can add!
Some widgets you can only access when you get a premium membership.
Some widgets have options that are only available when you get a premium membership.
We've split the page into zones!
Certain widgets can only be added to certain zones.
"Why," you ask? Because we want profile pages to have freedom of customization, but also to have some consistency. This way, when anyone visits a deviant, they know they can always find the art in the top left, and personal info in the top right.
Don't forget, restraints can bring out the creativity in you!
Now go forth and astound us all with your devious profiles!
Just read a book called Sway, a psychological treaties regarding why we as people make illogical and counter-productive choices. Even choices that effect our entire lives.
In order to make life easier on ourselves, we create shortcuts to deciding what kind of things merit our attention and consideration. We assign values to things.
In the art community, we assign value to art based on cues surrounding the art. The artist himself, and the kinds of people who are already giving the artist attention are such cues. If I suddenly posted photography of the quality we see among the geniuses in this community, it would not receive the same kind of attention. Just take a look at my cues. How much of my art is already outstanding? How many of the people with whom I communicate on dA are already outstanding? I simply do not fit the part. Rather than think, "Wow, this guy is a diamond in the rough, why has no one noticed this before?", it far easier for us to think, "Oh, look at how he writes journals, his forums posts, his page views, and the kinds of comments people leave on his page. Nothing too special, his art must therefore be nothing special either".
Yes, it's unfair. That is however, just how we have come to think and process information - it saves us time and effort when sifting through the myriad of terrible people and their terrible works of art.
While reading the book, I was reminded instantly of Kafka's short story "The Hunger Artist". It's a humorous and bitter portrayal of how our perception of the artist is necessary for our perception of his art.
tl;dr - Your art is great. Everyone else is just too busy and presumptuous to let you know.
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There is no emotion; there is peace.
There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.
There is no passion; there is serenity.
There is no death; there is the Force.
i wrote it. so its more like an autobiography and a glorified homage to you.
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There is no emotion; there is peace.
There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.
There is no passion; there is serenity.
There is no death; there is the Force.
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theodore3.com | the cover up
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theodore3.com | the cover up
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Become aware of that which is not obvious.
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theodore3.com | the cover up
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Become aware of that which is not obvious.
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theodore3.com | the cover up
youre going to watch this movie with me.
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There is no emotion; there is peace.
There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.
There is no passion; there is serenity.
There is no death; there is the Force.
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Become aware of that which is not obvious.
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There is no emotion; there is peace.
There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.
There is no passion; there is serenity.
There is no death; there is the Force.
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