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Gemini Mood Board , the Shadow Artist, + Imposter Syndrome

This is a new space.

The old space is gone, and it’s not coming back. I’m not sure what this space will be or where it is going, but I know that it will be something.

I’ve been reading about the Shadow Artist, someone who aligns themself close to artists but doesn’t know how to become one themself, and it triggers thoughts about imposter syndrome of yourself: looking back on old work and trying to remember how you did it, what made it happen or where the confidence to share it came from and where it went. Where did the new pressure of picking the right image or caption or post come from, and why is stepping out of your own shadow so daunting?

And then I was given amazing advice:

Inspire yourself with yourself.

Go back through what you used to do and love, and just go do that. Instead of fearing it, be inspired by it. I realized I didn’t have to replicate it, it has had its moment and now it can grow.

Why have I been afraid to share my art / my thoughts / my interests when I made it for me, so it doesn’t matter if it gets liked or engaged?

I love photo dumps and what’s in my bag, I love seeing what people are reading and watching and where they are visiting. I love snippets of people’s lives and I love high fashion and art. I love that I have a new space to build into something that is entirely focused on what I want to see, and that could be anything. There is enough highly curated content out there already, I don’t need to create another part of that.

Think of this as my Gemini mood board.

some photos I took of the woods in the snow last month, something new to me.