Holy Shit. 30. 30 MothaFuckin' Notifications. Don't Mean to Drone On 'Bout It, but I've Spent Years Preparing to Enter the Creative Ring Now; and it's been a Helluva Productive Few Months. I Won't Lie, These Reviews Have Been a Way to both Practice My Analytical/Writing Skills and See How People Respond To My Personality; Basically Testin' the Water's as I Get Final Preparations Done (Acquiring A Decent Copier/Printer, Practicing Illustration And Other Creative Bullshit) for a Long Career Ahead. But, I Hadn't Anticipated that the Thoughts I've Shared would be So Willingly Accepted. I've Kept Some Cards Close to My Chest, as any Creator Does At First, but Damn; It Feels Good to Finally Get Started on the Hustle. As I've Made Painfully Clear at this Point, This Year has been One Huge Shake-Up After Another; Some Amazing, Some Awful. We've Been the Spectators to One Drama After Another in All Media It Seems, People I Know Vaguely and Closely have had the Hardest Times of Their Lives along with Their Best (Myself Included), and it's Clear as Day That Major Changes are Afoot. I'd be Lying if I Said I Weren't Scared, I've Seen Some Shit in My Time; and My Time's Barely That Long. The Only Difference Between The Child I Was Not Very Long Ago, and The Man I'm Forging Myself Into Now; is I've Accepted the Fear and Danger Even This Relatively "Tame" Lifestyle Offers. I Live for the Creativity Humanity is Born With, and Complete Freedom in Expressing That Creativity. So it's 'Bout Goddamn Time I Show Somethin' For It! 'Member the Printer I Mentioned? It's Perfect for Copying My Illustrations to a Digital Format!! I Want to Explore Digital Art at Some Point, but I'm a Traditional Artist by Nature; Though I Guess Everyone Is...That Aside, I'ma Start Uploading My Stuff Reaaally Soon. Possibly Tonight! Before I Do That Though, I Wanted to Clarify Something. I Called Myself a Psychopathic Sycophant for a Reason. I Love Appraising People's Work, but I Do Worry That I'm Sticking My Nose into People's Creative Process; or Worse, I'm Acting Too Friendly or like Too Much of a Yes Man. I Am Trying to Test the Waters on the Reactions People Have With My Words, but I Ain't Brownnosin' Anyone. On Purpose, at least. I'm a Man Who Desires Fueling Passion, both My Own and Others. I Like Seein' People Bein' Their True Self, and Feelin' the Desire to Gain Mastery of Their Passion. I Ain't Gonna Tell Ya What To Do, but I'll Tell Ya if I Got a Problem with Somethin' or if I Think a Fix Can Be Made. That Bein' Said, Feel Free to Tell Me to Fuck Off. I Don't Wanna Cause People Trouble, or Pick Fights Where They're Not Needed; but I'm a Man who Believes Completely in Free Will. Even if It Ain't Total, That Small Ounce is Enough to Tell Me This: As Long as You're Not Harming People Who Don't Want It, Causing Purposeless Destruction, or Tryin' to Control Others' Free Will to Your Own Ends; I Believe Humans Should Be Free to Explore Any Route to Find Purpose and Passion. The Quote from Deadpool Comes To Mind Here: "Four or Five Moments...That's All It Takes to Become a Hero. Everyone Thinks it's a Full-Time Job...Over a Lifetime There are Only Four or Five Moments that really Matter. Moments Where You're Offered a Choice To Make a Sacrifice, Conquer a Flaw, Save a Friend. Spare an Enemy." Humans are Chaotic Beasts. Driven by Whatever Purpose Our Minds' Become Most Infatuated With. It's Meaningless to Deny the Darkest Parts of Our Natures, but We Don't Need to Let Those Desires Control Us. We Always Have The Power to Make Positive and Negative Outcomes in All Aspects of Our Lives. Change and Grow Further Towards The You You're Dreamin' To Be, Channel Our Darkness Into Arts/Actions that Help Others Drownin' in the Same Darkness, or Dedicate Our Lives to Makin' This Existence Grand for One and All. I've only Got Aspirations for Art, but By God I'm Gonna Go As Far With It as I Possibly Can 'Fore I Move On. I'm Gonna Carve My Own Path Toward My Destiny, and Slash Through It if it Ain't Suiting My Needs. I Live for the Fires of Passion and Creation, Absolute and Unreserved. I Have Limits to What I Can Stomach, as Surprising as That May Be; but I Want to Explore Everything We as Humans can Offer to Creation and Story-Telling. To Embrace and Reign Over the Evil We're Born With, to Build a Bigger Future for Our Descendants. Hopefully the Remaining Generations Among the Living Will Solve the Conflicts and Questions We're Still Tackling, so that Those Who'll Inherit Our Lives and Labors can Conquer Greater Conflicts. Surpassing All Of Us. In the Meantime, Forgive Me if This is Literal Virtue-Signalling, We've Got a Mutual Responsibility to Live Life to the Fullest; Through Passion, Creativity, and Conquest. I Believe We're Closer Than Ever to a Utopia of Creative Conquest. But if We're to Solve the Sins of Our Fathers, and Conquer The Evil Within to Dominate it's Power; People Need to be Willing to Adapt and Thrive while Stayin' True to Their Nature, or Even Reforge That Nature if Need Be to Keep the Essentials. This is a Dangerous Mind Set, I Ain't Gonna Lie. It's Naturally a Flexible Creed, and is Easily Corruptible. But What is Human Nature Other Than the Ability to Become One With Rationale and Urges to Achieve Greater Aspirations? To Deny an Urge is Foolish, to Reject and Reforge It for the Better is Humanity. This Will Mean Very Different Things for Very Different People. To Me it Means Utter Creative Freedom. To Some it Means Policing Thought for Safety, From Wildly Different Perspectives. To Others it Means Giving in to Darkness Rather Than Controlling It, Consequences Be Damned. There's Many Objective Truths Out There, but That Doesn't Mean We're Unable to Try an' Change 'Em!! Humanity is the Definition of Strength through Weakness; Our Mortality Drives Us to Make a Lasting Mark on Life Itself. And Life is Always Ready to Retaliate. It's the Longest Short Road We'll Ever Walk, but it's Always Quality Over Quantity. Fight for as Long as You Can, but Make That Fight Worth Somethin'!!! On a Closing Note...I've Gotta Thank Everyone Who's Interacted With Me. Whether it was a Short Comment, Words of Advice, a Good Laugh to Share, or Criticisms of My Words and Action. I'm Not Gonna Promise I'll Be Around Always or Remember Everything; but I Can Say I Appreciate All of the Interactions to an Extent. Whether it's Words of Encouragement, Criticisms and Jokes of My Faults, or even Statements I Can't Comprehend Yet Intrigue Me. To Anyone Reading This: Whether We're to Become Close Comrades, Bitter Enemies, or Anything Inbetween; I Appreciate and Thank You for the Growth You've Helped Me Cultivate. I Hope Every Artist Who's Inspired Me Can See This at Some Point, again Even If We're to Become Antagonists Eventually. Life's a Series of Trails: Some Pleasant, Some Harrowing, It's Better to Accept That and Appreciate the Struggle; Corny as Fuck That May Sound. So I'll Always Appreciate an Interaction, even if it's Simply for the Chance to Grow from Failure/Conquest. To That Note, if by Some Strange Chance Ya've Read This to the End; Hope Ya Have the Strength to Achieve Your Goals, As Long as Those Goals Contribute to People rather than Take Away. And Have a Good One!! I'll Try Not to Bleed my Heart All Over My News for a While.