This post is not about Brexit. Yes, I'm mad, but at the same time, I'm tired of complaining about it and I want to move on! It's done. It's happened! We just have to work our way around another obstacle. We've done it before, we can do it again (I know that sounds insensitive but yeah okay).
This post is about creative people in Britain. Sometimes I feel that the UK is second in the creative process. Like, first it's America, and then it's the UK. You don't really see things popping out from the UK until later on, or, you have to dig really deep to find them. And then when you're trying to find creating POCs in the UK it's even harder. I don't know, I just feel we don't get coverage, and it's not because I feel America is stealing anything, I just feel that it isn't shouted out about as much. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's just where I live and what I'm seen (or not seen), correct me please!
Another things that's been troubling me is my life. I want to write things and make things and have shops and businesses and just live a creative life, but the way the world is going it seems that my goals are becoming more and more unattainable. Or, I'll just finally achieve them when I'm like, 65. You need an online presence, a substantial amount of followers, good looks, etc and sometimes ... sometimes I feel that if I don't gain any of that quickly I won't make it.
I know it's kind of foolish to think that in a way, since many people achieve their goals without having a major following count online. Social media isn't the only way, but it does seem to be the way in which many want to go.
Another thing, is that I feel that more and more people are reading less. I know that people will always read, but it's kind of hit me, that I am going into something, that is losing more and more popularity. The groans and moans I hear when people are asked to read disheartens me, and the idea of never holding a physical book again frightens me. Endless projects, ours and ours wasted, when I could have done something more secure instead.
I have all these fears, all of these worries and try to imagine myself being an American, rich, white girl living in LA who wants to be a mechanical engineer, or a doctor and it makes me kind of cringe. Not that these types of girls are awful, they're not. But me, doing science, and ... just ... no. I am who I am and I am happy that way, even though my future isn't as solid as it could be.
I've touched on so many things in this, but whatever, I'm a jumpy person. I've just been thinking a lot in the dark and this is what I came up with.
