THE GOBLIN NEWSLETTER 94
Added 2024-09-27 17:14:22 +0000 UTCI used to have a hard time with people comparing my work to other people’s work. Every observatory comment felt like an attempt to box me in, limit my horizons. The number of times people have said Robert Crumb or S. Clay Wilson is insane. Especially when my horizons felt more unknown. Eventually I realized that this was not what these people were trying to do, they were just trying to find a way to talk about my work in a way that they understood. Most people don’t know how to talk about art, about the emotions it brings up in you, but most people are able to engage with basic observations of what they find similar to other things. What I’ve learned is the chip on my shoulder doesn’t imply other people’s intentions. This is harder than consciously stating this, I’ve got emotions that run on automatic underneath the surface. These emotions go to “fuck you” way too quickly, frequently out of something assumed & assumed incorrectly. I have to remind that same strain in me that I have survived, my vision is distinct & I only compromised a bit. I’ve been working on this “Sean against the world” emotional remainder with my therapist because it really doesn’t serve me & it’s also just not my situation in life & hasn’t been for a while.
