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“Sometimes we lay aside our own troubles when we wipe away another's tears.”
—Seneca










By techgnotic


Apart...
Is no longer alone

T


his life is not easy; a winding, sometimes whimsical, sometimes tragic journey that ultimately finds terminus in the same common destination for each of us. No matter the brave, fierce constructs we build and serve that would have us believe we are each one of us all alone as we make this journey, we make our way toward the end of all things side-by-side in our community of the living each day defying death.  Our paths may be wildly divergent—the way of the hungry and impoverished traveling the same timeline with the grotesquely indulgent, the very best of us side-by-side with the most evil of us; but all headed for the same fate: dust. Every one hundred years or so, tribes of all new people roam the Earthsphere, trying to figure it out one more time from the handful of clues, many just recycled, left by those having come and gone before.









The Sleeping House III
by AlexanderJansson








Forgotten Castle
by Anuk







Until there were written records, the clues were all visual; a handprint on a cave wall and then a foot cast in dried silica turned to fossil; maybe a drawing of an animal; maybe a group of stones that is now incomprehensible but undeniably sculptural. Only recently do we humans use writing at all or keep things in books. Museums are only a couple of hundred years old.  Public ones are mostly younger than a hundred.  And now we collect clues in digits in quantities and scope unparalleled in the past with the vain glorious hope that our collective records will last for all ages and transmit out to other universes; when of course the reality may be that a single electrical blip, perhaps a sizeable solar flare, could wipe those digits clean in an instant.  It is the here and now that matters. It is the collection in front of our eyes that draws meaning. It is the art you make now that expresses your soul and reflects all that has come before worth knowing and projects forward all that will be forever.









People Of Papua
by momoclax








Colors the Day
by Oer-Wout








San Francisco City
by tt83x







It has always been easy to imagine ourselves, and truly believe ourselves, to be all alone in our journey through life.  For some of us this perceived loneliness is too much for a human being to bear, especially at the Holidays. But this cannot be.


In this new millennium, the spirit of the cyber-Magi, ghosts riding the world web, have brought us a gift of connectivity and global community such has never existed before.  The phantom of aloneness is finally disintegrating and blowing away amidst wave after wave of millions upon millions of web citizens linking with each other.









Porto Waterfront
by AustriaAngloAlliance










Snowfall
by Reluin








Asakusa
by Pajunen







Communities like deviantART and others that have formed with the advent of the web have suddenly given us the opportunity to move past the confines of our own geographical “villages” and allowed a connection and sometimes, more aptly, a collision, of diverse humanity to connect and jack in to the collective Anima Mundi.


We feel alone with our personal problems, secrets, burdens, and self-destructive obstructive thoughts—suffocating thoughts that sometimes seem to be slowly killing the soul. Such are our thoughts of absolute isolation when confronting our hidden things that are too much for one person to handle.







But sharing our pain begins our healing.


And beyond that: Shared pain often leads to shared healing.









Colorful India
by poraschaudhary










9 meter per second
by Chaerul-Umam







I have read so many deeply moving journals over the years with story after story of support and friendship both on the site between artists of every stage of development and off site between friends, colleagues, lovers, co-workers, activists, and everything in between. Deeply important connections shared with each other sparked by an initial passion for art years before. The deviantART community has proven to me again and again that at core it operates on a currency of love—love for art and love for other community members.









Doctor Blumenauer
by AlexanderJansson








Cyberpunk baghdad concept
by fateline-alpha










Empire City
by TylerEdlinArt







Since finding the deviantART community I have made friends and shared burdens with people on deviantART that were not shared in real life. Many burdens require just such a community of others who have endured similar fire or experiences, as they sometimes are the only healing waters that can extinguish tormenting flames. At some point I will write about my experience and I will share pivotal moments of peace I found at critical junctures through connecting with others around the world within the deviantART community. It should be no surprise that the deviantART community should provide such a source of regenerative person-to-person healing.







Many online communities are capable of providing loving curative support to worldwide members. But deviantART, for me, with the message of the special powers of ART at its core, is a massive supernova-strength engine for global as well as personal peer-to-peer communication and healing. The very idea, intention, comprehension, gift, and nature of art can be a powerful form of communal and personal healing. A community of millions with an art intention can heal multitudes.









The Three Shepherds
by poraschaudhary








Poem of umbrellas
by Piroshki-Photography










Colors of Mexico XII
by azizamaheen








indian take away
by suerdas










178 - The front row
by AusRock87








Neo-Shinjuku
by JonasDeRo








Don’t believe the depressing hype.




It may just be you all by your lonesome, warming your bones by your fireplace yule log (or like me renting a video of a fireplace and watching it burn and flicker on a TV set), as the snow piles up outside… But you are not alone. If you are reading this Holiday Message it means that you have 24/7 access and instantaneous worldwide reach at your fingertips.





We’re on our way into 2014—and we’re going in shoulder-to-shoulder, side-by-side, connected and jacked into our worldwide community’s future.





The sum of our Karma will one day free the Universe (so enough with the too-hip-for-the-room grumpy Scrooge vibe).




Onward, to the next artful steps on our path.

















  • Have you ever had a secret you feared would alienate your friends, but only strengthened your friendship when it was revealed?

  • Do the holidays make you want to retreat or explode?

  • Are the arts or the making of art a pathway to getting you through tough times?

  • How have you used the deviantART community to connect during the holidays?








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    Comments: 3505

    Sanactras In reply to ??? [2014-01-15 01:42:48 +0000 UTC]

    ^J^ Goodie!

    Rough, scary, tough, but merry.

    uwu

    KEEP TRYING.

    TO THE HATERS: KEEP HATIN. YA'LL ARE USELESS ANYWAYS XD

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    Killjoy-Detective In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 03:21:35 +0000 UTC]

    Yes to all of them

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    kolson98 In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 03:18:37 +0000 UTC]

    1) Yes.....not telling what it is though.

    2) Sometimes mainly because I do't like the fighting that happens around them. I hide in my room or stay at home to avoid conflict and harassment from people.

    3) Yes I use this method to relieve stress and embody the things that I'm fighting with mentally.

    4) No not really

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    affant In reply to kolson98 [2014-01-02 03:28:20 +0000 UTC]

    May be you same with me, but in same case to be alone in your room might be wrong.Legend told me that  we can't stay in our corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to us, we have to go to them sometimes


    I know sometimes life is not fair, but don't.Life is a journey right???And each trip sometimes we stumble.

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    kolson98 In reply to affant [2014-01-02 04:03:18 +0000 UTC]

    Yeah I know and I'm working on getting out of my shell

    👍: 0 ⏩: 0

    CreativeCountryGirl5 In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 03:14:58 +0000 UTC]

    1 yes, sharing past relationship bumps with my present  boyfriend only made our relationship stronger instead of me fearing that it would break us apart,


    2. Yes I usually want to explode when the holidays come because so many terrible things have happened as soon as the weather grew cold including losing loved ones


    3.art is a form of escape for me, as soon as pencil hits paper or stylus hits tablet I'm lost in another world away from reality.


    4

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    GinGinCosplay In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 03:14:08 +0000 UTC]

    This truly is a grand piece, made me want to cry.

    1. Yes, but truth is always the key.

    2. Explode, I get so excited but I do want to retreat at times just to have an adventure.

    3. Art is! Mostly cosplay photos.

    4. No

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    kingmicky101 In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 03:11:04 +0000 UTC]

    1) i haven't revealed it, i'm still to scared of their opinions to share it

    2)i always retreat into my room not to sociable

    3)yer sometimes 

    4)i haven't really done anything here over the holiday

    👍: 0 ⏩: 0

    Girlydeadlox In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 03:08:36 +0000 UTC]

    That was beautiful ;w;

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    TLW216 In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 03:06:13 +0000 UTC]

    Trust me Im alone.

    👍: 0 ⏩: 0

    PandaHeroBases In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 03:03:56 +0000 UTC]

    ah thanks for this- great timing, I needed this ;U;

    👍: 0 ⏩: 0

    ChrisWeidman In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 03:02:56 +0000 UTC]

    I freaking cried. It's so beautiful. Often times I find myself depressed & alone. This healed me from all of that. Thank you very much.

    👍: 0 ⏩: 0

    PandaHeroBases In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 03:02:52 +0000 UTC]

    1. Yes

    2. I want to retreat away 

    3. Art always keep me away from tough time's, it's like a distraction, and a way to get your emotion out through the piece.

    4. ...Not really?

    👍: 0 ⏩: 0

    slowdog294 In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 03:02:49 +0000 UTC]

    1. Yes.


    2. No.


    3. Yes.


    4. By reading troubled thoughts and calming frayed nerves when my watchers and friends were in need.

    👍: 0 ⏩: 0

    Wolfshinobi In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 03:00:28 +0000 UTC]

    Sometimes alone is all we can feel. This reminded me that even when you're alone, you're not the only one, and there's a certain togetherness in that resonance. So here's to being alone together!

    👍: 0 ⏩: 0

    1nvaderTek In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 02:57:18 +0000 UTC]

    1. Not really.

    2. Nope! I love holidays a bunch~!

    3. Yes. SO much yes.

    4. Making holiday themed art and chatting with my best friends~ X3

    👍: 0 ⏩: 0

    RimComics In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 02:56:47 +0000 UTC]

    What's that font called?

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    JadedFae24 [2014-01-02 02:51:37 +0000 UTC]

    absolutely beautiful words and loved all the visuals from around the world too! I will say my writing has helped me through some of the darkest and depressing times in my life, and I have connected to artists of all kinds from all over the world through deviant art. and am so blessed that I was introduced to it...

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    EatenRibs [2014-01-02 02:50:49 +0000 UTC]

  • yes

  • yes

  • yes

  • I didn connect at all i wanted to be just with myself

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    KasiLeCheetahFeralHe [2014-01-02 02:48:29 +0000 UTC]

     I am alone and always will be.

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    shiver148 [2014-01-02 02:47:29 +0000 UTC]

    1.) No not really..

    2.)nope I love holidays!

    3.) yes!!

    4.)Drawing gifts for other~ making others happy

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    GoddessOfEvilandPain [2014-01-02 02:47:21 +0000 UTC]

    1) Yes.
    2) Retreat because I always seem to have a bad time around the holidays
    3) Sometimes, sometimes they aren't. It is both good and bad, but Art can be used to express oneself or help one through troubling times. Some are on happy times, times that are spent enjoying with friends and family. Others are out of anger and a way to get it out in a way that wouldn't be harmful to others.
    4) I have spent time enjoying it with friends and those I care about on here. It is a wonderful time in order to get closer to my friends here.

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    Arrietytale [2014-01-02 02:47:14 +0000 UTC]

    Hermoso

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    LGa1ntwhoI4m [2014-01-02 02:45:51 +0000 UTC]

    Beautiful.

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    Kaliko08 [2014-01-02 02:41:11 +0000 UTC]

    Pure poetry, my friend  

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    scratchisthebest In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 02:38:28 +0000 UTC]

    I love you

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    TheMeekWarrior In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 02:37:39 +0000 UTC]

    This is truly an encouraging piece of work. Thank you so much for the inspiration and warmth in spirit that needs to be shared more often.

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    Blackwolf283 In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 02:33:20 +0000 UTC]

    Wow

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    scarletnight25 [2014-01-02 02:31:24 +0000 UTC]

    1) no
    2) retreat
    3) yes
    4)yes

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    Cosmeows [2014-01-02 02:28:09 +0000 UTC]

    1. I think you mean that I hate myself sometimes and that I an reaaaaally dependent, but I'm really not alone wow!! Lots of my friends, in reality and on the internet, share the same problems as I do!


    2. No, I like them. I love giving so I find it lovely to be able to have friendship during the late parts of the year.


    3. Oh yes, I make vent art all the time!


    4. By my reader x homestuck fanfictions, people love reading them, I love writing them!!

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    Stevie12312312 In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 02:27:51 +0000 UTC]

    1. Yes!
    2.Never!
    3.Sometimes, yes.
    4.I might...

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    Morethanclay In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 02:27:15 +0000 UTC]

    Thanks. This was thoughtful and genuine.

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    WolfNightV4X1 In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 02:26:44 +0000 UTC]

    I think the "You're not alone" tab really drew me in because I often think I am, quite often actually. So thanks to techgnoic and DA for that

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    WolfNightV4X1 In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 02:25:24 +0000 UTC]

    Deviantart is probably my outlet to feeling a little less alone, I have 'friends', but we're not really alike. I miss my old friends, but since they're not around I have the community here on DA to cope. It lets me be myself when I can't even do that on facebook or with people I know in real life.

    If anyone wants to rant or talk to me I'm here, and I'm more than happy to talk to you If we share interests then we must absolutely discuss them I implore you ^__^

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    jollyfrenchfry In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 02:18:17 +0000 UTC]

    1. yes, when I was depressed, I finally told them, and it turns out they'd been going through rough times too! We were able to get stuff off our chests and begin healing.
    2. I guess retreat maybe, but on my mom's side, I have cousins around my age and we're really close.
    3. absolutely!
    4. unfortunately no, I've been neglecting my account.

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    MarsiaMS In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 02:13:54 +0000 UTC]

    I have found some amazing people on DA.
    Now to the questions:

    1. I had such secret, and it did alienate some people. It didn't the others.

    2. Not sure, a bit of both. My time belongs to me. I normally do what I please during the holidays, as my family is far away.

    3. Not really. I do art in good and bad times.

    4. I sent a card through the holiday card project.

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    XTheThiefOfShadowsX In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 02:11:57 +0000 UTC]

    Anwer to 3:

    Art has really changed my perspective on life. I can remember a time where art was all I had. You see, my family is quite spread out. By that, I mean I've never known my father, or, really, half my family. He left when I was really little; not even a year old. Then my mom became abusive of me, and married that horrid man I'm sad to call my stepfather. And in those years, I had only 2 friends in the world, and the only family that ever cared for me were my grandparents. But I could never see them, as I was not allowed to, and my friends were always telling me not to worry.


    But how could I not worry, when every day I'd come home to people who hated me?


    Then I remembered; that day in kindergarten. I remember that day well. We were doing a project, one where we drew a living room (don't ask). I drew the basic things, and before the teacher came to pick them up, I drew little lines to show light coming from the lamp. And the teachers loved it! I couldnt believe it. I had found what I was good at.


    And from that day forth, I've been drawing; constantly improving and constantly challenging myself to draw better. And I've almost forgotten those sad times when my mother and step dad taunted and teased me, telling me not to wwaste my time at something useless that wouldn't get me anywhere in life. But she was wrong. Art has gotten me far; far away from those years of pain.


    And I'm very grateful for that.

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    puppisama In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 02:11:52 +0000 UTC]

    1- I haven't found I friend I could share this kind of secrets with, I prefer to keep it for myself after all not all secrets have to be known.

     

    2-Sometimes I feel like exploding in Holidays, because I see all people having fun together and I'm just alone like a dead shell in the beach, but luckily those thoughts get lost when all my family comes to visit us.

     

    3-When I feel stressed or san I draw something, even if it is awful or looks depressing it makes me feel more relieved.

     

    4-I haven't used dA during holidays at all. Im too unorganized ><', I wish I could use dA more and meet friends tru this site but I feel a lil' afraid of what they would think of me.

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    AreRosesRed In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 02:11:15 +0000 UTC]

    Thank you! :')

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    MizNygma [2014-01-02 02:04:24 +0000 UTC]

    1) Yes, and I am never going to do something like that ever again. I nearly lost my bff because of it.
    2) I want to retreat. They're just another reminder that my family is falling even further apart from each other when we used to be so close...
    3) Heck yes! Even if it's not through physically-drawn or digitally-coloured art, I always make sure to have some form of music on me to help keep me calm through the troubles life brings me.
    4) I have used the community to keep in touch with my friends when nothing else can.

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    antony15828 In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 02:04:02 +0000 UTC]

    Thank you....


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    ihearthikie [2014-01-02 02:00:36 +0000 UTC]

    1. yes...when i was in a bad part of life i had a drug addiction but i found that by telling my friends they were able to help me get through it and start over with a clean slate :3

    2. sometimes.. but only if its a holiday away from home

    3.definitly... when my best friend nora moved (she is the superstar who taught me how to draw) i was devastated but i found her on DA and was able to share my growing skills with her!

    4. yep.... its nice to let all my friends and fans know I'm thinking about them on the holidays!! 

    thanks for this... its pretty damn kool!!! 


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    Missponydrawer [2014-01-02 01:59:18 +0000 UTC]

    This is amazing....

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    Ziphos123 In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 01:59:11 +0000 UTC]

    1. Yes, but it was a while ago when I was a bit more sheltered.

    2. Nope

    3. Nah, its just a fun way to relax for me.

    4. In no way whatsoever.

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    DreamAReality [2014-01-02 01:59:04 +0000 UTC]

    In response to Q 3#- To me art, or specifically drawing, is what you could say my retreat. Somehow, as soon as I'm drawing, everything I've been worried and stressed about disappears and I'm only focused on what's underneath my pencil. All outside noises are muted and I'm in my own little world.


    And that satisfactory feeling I get when I sit back and see what I've accomplished, and how it was possible for me to do smooths out some of those bumps making everything else a little less horrible.


    Not that my life isn't good, but we all have our ups and downs, some more than others, and some less. Art is what helps me when the ups go down.

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    DreamAReality In reply to DreamAReality [2014-01-02 02:00:59 +0000 UTC]

    Also, the "you're not alone" tab that came down warmed my heart and even though I don't know anyone here, it's still nice ok.

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    mbad2002 [2014-01-02 01:57:20 +0000 UTC]

    thank you for the warm welcome...anyone is aloud to add me. i am a crochet geek by heart. i love to admire the works of others. it makes my heart sing to know there is still honest emotion in this world...thank you all again for what you do

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    AloeVeraKills [2014-01-02 01:52:40 +0000 UTC]

  • Have you ever had a secret you feared would alienate your friends, but only strengthened your friendship when it was revealed?
    I have felt weird about bringing up a topic with friends before - but I chose not to keep friends I can't talk openly with. From kink to cute kitties, the friends I keep are wonderful, open minded people. I'm very thankful that I found them, and that they like me.

  • Do the holidays make you want to retreat or explode?
    Sometimes, but that has more to do with wanting to make sure I see everyone. In recent years, it's because my one year old niece died December 18th, we had her funeral December 22nd... That was four years ago, but it isn't something anyone is able to set aside... My sister is as insistent that we get together regardless, because being together feels a whole lot better then being alone.

  • Are the arts or the making of art a pathway to getting you through tough times?
    Sometimes it's writing, sometimes painting, most of the time lately it's been going out on hikes with my camera. Those times alone in the woods is such a wonderful thing, well.. Me and my dog Linoux. We go for hours, I take photos of all the little things that capture my attention, and the physical effort and the focus on next to nothing, or super focus on a simple little thing, is usually what puts me into a meditative state of mind. It has healing powers for me, to be able to explore and express what my eye sees when I'm out and about like that.

  • How have you used the deviantART community to connect during the holidays?

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    AloeVeraKills In reply to AloeVeraKills [2014-01-02 01:55:21 +0000 UTC]

    I accidently hit "submit"!! Lol.

    4. I have been on deviantArt for a while - and found this past year I am connecting with more people then I ever have before.

    I've known about deviant art for ... oh god, a long time. Maybe about 14 years. My sister used to go on all the time because she loved all the drawings of fairys and cats, hehe.

    But I've been enjoying the community at large a lot more - and I'm hoping to delve into the smaller groups at some point or another.. I'm just the type of person to sit back and watch, so for me it's about seeing things like this, that is totally awesome and uplifting.

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    islovedmuch In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 01:52:25 +0000 UTC]

    This.. this is great.

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