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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
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.
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
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
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
178 - The front row
by AusRock87
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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1. Dependant.
2. A bit of both! The relaxation of having less responsibilities but the excitement of the events.
3.Mm! It makes the moments of which are most unproductive and unsettling fade away like the hours I take to do art. xD If you call my work art.
4. Pfft. Of course! ^^' Even on Christmas for a short while. ^^'
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As an answer to #3;
All the time. I know I'm just a little, naive teenager, but life still can stress me out. I find that many adults in my life can't understand that young people feel tired sometimes too. When I say highschool is like a job, I'm not kidding.
I stay away from drama. I absolutely hate it. So compared to many of the other kids at my school, I don't have much reason to be upset.
But when I am upset, even though it doesn't happen often, I just draw.
It started in Elementary school. I was the girl who didn't have any friends. Zero. No, it wasn't for any common reason like I was dorky, or ugly, or dumb. Actually, I was very smart. I even take college courses in the 9th grade now. No, it was because I didn't like people. I was mean, or at least quite dismissive and judgemental for a small child. Once I realized I was alone, I wanted to make friends, but realized I didn't know what having a friend was like. For the first time, I started getting bullied for wearing big glasses, and walking funny, and most of all, being friendless. Unlikable. The only thing that made me endlessly happy was simply drawing. I drew stuff everyday. I drew things for my teachers, my bus drivers, even my doctor. Lucky for me, having that little spark of talent made others notice me.
Late in the 6th grade, I started making some friends. And somehow, I'm quite popular now. (Can you believe it? Cuz' I can't. )
Within my trusty purse, I carry a small journal, a red pen, a blue pen, and a black pen, at every moment of the day. If I'm going somewhere that might have a challenge, I bring my small pack of pens in every color.
The second I get the chance; be it after I get all of my classwork done, if I finish my lunch before it's time to go back to class, or whenever the school bus stops for a few precious seconds at a stop light, I pull out my little journal and start to draw.
It may sound a bit antisocial (after all, in most situations, I'm free to talk to someone near me), but it's almost become an instinct. Now, I don't just draw because it makes me feel better. I draw because it makes me feel great.
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1 -. Not.
2. -Not.
3. -Yeah
4.- Some some...
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You are wonderful. This is a heart warming gift you have given everyone at dA!
And question number one...yes!!! It was the best thing I have ever done by telling a friend.
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1. yes
2. no
3. yes
4. yes i use the deviantART community to connect during the holidays with cards and messages.
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Deviantart is fucking great, it allows me to share what i make with others.
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1. Yes, and when it was I felt so relieved that didn't judge me
2. No, even there are times when I, or someone else didn't want to participate in the hurried festivities, I couldn't never hate the time when my family feels closest to me
3. Yes, when I feel flustered and I normally don't want to anyone about; so instead, I talk to the paper
4. I wish everyone the happiest holidays, and that they wished for a gift that doesn't comes wrapped neatly in a box
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Know that you comforted a very sad person... Thank you.
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There is a saying. The more people around you, the more alone you feel. We live in this age of technology where people can talk face to face trow there are 5000km in between. But, trow this is posible the irony is today is even harder to find someone special at the end of the line. And I am not talking about just lovers. I am talking about friends and so on. I don't want to be the one that ruins the moment but no matter how many post or people I meet on a web page at the end of the day when I go to sleep I will not feel any less alone if you get what I am saying. Sorry for my english.
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1. No 
2. Explode 
3. Drawing is my dream, but I feel like I have to have more passion...sometimes I guess
4. ^-^" I wasn't really on for the holidays, but I did spend my time with my family
Happy New Years
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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?
Reatreating would mean that I have given up and exploding would kill me , sooo... none of them
Are the arts or the making of art a pathway to getting you through tough times?
Kinda, at least it leads away from the thoughts of being alone.
How have you used the deviantART community to connect during the holidays?
not much , because my Internet is most of the time.
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1. Yes. Even though it was not a real secret, not everyone knew it, which made it almost unbearable for me to live. My friends were, contrary to my former belief, loving and supporting.
2. Holidays always had a tendency of bringing out the best in me and my family, but this year it was a bit different. There was just a silent cry within, while everyone stayed completely still. Yes, I would say I wanted to explode at some point.
3. A picture paints a thousand words. Everything I create is an expression of what I feel at that exact moment. Serenity, love, hate, anger, sadness. These are all just parts of me.
3. I have used this journal to see how many people are feeling something at the exact same time. While I am writing this, there are 2 887 comment and more are coming in every second. I feel that I am not alone.
Thank you.
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1.yes
2. retreat and implode
3. 50% of the time. Sometimes art inspires me, sometimes in bad ways, but mostly in good ways.
4. I was in the meh. dimension for the holidays :/. Couldn't connect at all :c
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This just made my day. Thank you very much
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It's a great thing you did by writing this, its a MASSIVE boost for people who are depressed or saddened this time of year by those kind of thoughts. Really, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
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1. Yes, I have lost a few friends but the ones that stay are now like family to me.
2. Some times, it depends on who I'm with or what's going on.
3. Yes, sometimes that's the only way for me to express what I'm feeling. Sometimes it's just something to get my mind off of what is going on.
4. No, but I have thought about it.
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Thank you for that, it's good to be reminded of those things. Haven't found my path to healing yet, but it's nice to be given hope, and to be reminded your troubles don't mean the end of the world
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1. Yes
2. It depends. . . but as long as I am with whom I love at the end, the Chaos does not matter.
3. Very, VERY much so. . .
4. Honestly, I use the deviantART community to connect whenever I can. . . My friends and fans here are always, ALWAYS there for me
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Thanks
-Spunks
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Have you ever had a secret you feared would alienate your friends, but only strengthened your friendship when it was revealed?' yES
Do the holidays make you want to retreat or explode? yES
Are the arts or the making of art a pathway to getting you through tough times? yES
How have you used the deviantART community to connect during the holidays? nO
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Yes, when I told a friend I love her... she loves me, too. c:
Well... dunno. Sometimes?
Sometimes, but sometimes I'm stressed, bcause I still have to draw so much...
Yep. c:
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1. yes
2. yes
3. no
4. no
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1. not that I know of
2. retreat- prefer a quiet holiday as apposed to a loud and crowded one
3.yes
4. I haven't
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1. Have you ever had a secret you feared would alienate your friends, but only strengthened your friendship when it was revealed?
I think there was one thing that I was somewhat afraid to say to my friends growing up. I was born in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and I grew up in the bible belt of the United States. I remember a few times when I was in elementary school that other students would pick on me and say I would go to hell for believing in the Book of Mormon or that I was a bigot because I was Mormon, and it was always a bit difficult telling people what I believe because of that. However, after moving to Austin, Texas, I started making friends that were much more accepting of me and what I believe, despite them being mainstream Christians, atheists or Muslims, straight or gay, and it helped me enjoy high school a lot more than I had before.
2. Do the holidays make you want to retreat or explode?
Neither, they make me want to be with my family, I've realised. I never noticed before, but after living away from them for even just a few years has made me cherish the moments that I get to see them, like the holidays.
3. Are the arts or the making of art a pathway to getting you through tough times?
I'm not sure if they're a pathway. I think they are a way for me to empty my mind. I'm not one to talk very often but I always have my mind moving at what feels like 1000 miles per hour, so it often feels bogged down with all the different things I'm thinking of, arguments, character ideas, emotional issues, psychological analyses of every single person that I see, etc... So, sitting down and drawing an idea or someone that I thought looks particularly interesting or sitting at a piano and playing helps me to release all of what's happening in my head. In a way it helps I suppose.
4. How have you used the deviantART community to connect during the holidays?
I used to, but I haven't used the deviantART social tools in a while. I mostly use Facebook now because I have a lot of friends from out of the country now that don't use deviantART.
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It's best to use Facebook instead of this site for friends, that is, if you want true friends.
This site is full of anti-Mormon, anti-God, and anti-American creeps. And I'm being nice when I say that.
Being Mormon is your great and amazing pearl that you might want to be careful (as you currently doing) not to throw in front of the dirty swine on this site.
I know you Mormons are not shy about being Mormon and I admire that about you, however, the trash on this site can make you regret being too open about it.
Not saying that you should stop, mind you, just that you're correct in not looking to this site in particular for true friendships and true family ties.
By the way, if I ever was to join a church, it would be LDS. I actually have always believed in the same doctrinal issues as your faith does.
I know that God lives. I know that Jesus is the Christ and he was resurrected and will judge us. I believe that the Godhead is 3 individuals, separate in physical form but one in purpose. I read 1st Corinthians 15, and know that proxy baptisms were the norm in the original Church of Jesus Christ. No other church does proxy baptisms except for the Mormon faith.
Now please don't go trying to send missionaries to my home, I already have taken all the lessons several times. I'm one of those guys that is too rebellious to behave and will not step into the waters of baptism without being truly repented of all my sins. Now isn't the time. But hey, you guys have made an impression upon me. I see all other denominations as lacking truths that are needed for the redemption of man.
Someday I will repent and be baptized, just not today.
God bless you buddy.
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1. No.
2. I don't know. It's all about how I feel
3. Yes.
4. No.
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Yeah, I have about like 3 close friends atm, so this sorta helped, thanks
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Ok my question is : How do you get 180,000 views? What's the secret?
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1. No.
2. A mixture of both.
3. Yes.
4. Not really.
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Yes, I kept from my friends for years that I was transgendered, but it turned out to be something they were all curious and willing to support me in. I did lose some friends, but today, the friends that stuck around are some of the best I have.
Retreat. I dislike all of the attention, I don't particularly like gifts or people and all of this "MERRY CHRIST-- Oh, you don't celebrate Christmas? Well, shame on you, SCROOGE!" is really, really annoying. So I prefer to hide in my little apartment with my chosen family and enjoy a nice glass of champagne, cuddle my babies (my two cats) and kiss my fiance while my adopted big sister kills things on her game.
Writing has always helped me escape. Though most don't consider it art, I feel the need to argue and share that libraries have become some of our greatest museums, an example being the Alexandrian Library (though I believe it burned down several years ago and remain unaware as to whether it was rebuilt)
I can say one thing honestly - I haven't. I was on hiatus, and the little connection I did have was so regular, so day-to-day, that I can't even consider it "Holiday Connection".
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1. to be honest, there hasnt really been anything on the sort in this quesiton. when ever i tell a secret to someone now , they either laugh at me , or leave.
2: i tend to sleep alot in holidays. im happier in my sleep..
3. i draw because it is fun , but now it does help me when i feel emotional. but sometimes, i cant draw what i think.
4. i dont know.
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1. In a way, sort of. I was infatuated with one of my friends, and when he finally found out, although it did cause me quite a lot of heartbreak and grief, he's now my closest and dearest friend. I trust him with everything, and the feeling is mutual.
2. Retreat, but to a safe haven with all of my beloved friends and family.
3. Originally, the only reason why I drew was to convey emotions and expressions that I was either too prideful to make, or too reserved to do. When I was little, I never cried out loud or screamed even though I wanted to, and I was raised to be very conservative and old-fashioned, so I often drew provocative women and futuristic technology or just... "noise." I still use the arts to convey my emotions, so yes.
4. To be honest, I haven't used it at all. I've expanded to other social media and I've been more social in my outside world, but without DeviantART, I think I wouldn't have developed such courage to do so.
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