General Discussions => Hobbies => Painting and Drawing => Topic started by: KyleeKrow on April 23, 2015, 02:42:10 PM Return to Full Version
Title: venting dysphoria
Post by: KyleeKrow on April 23, 2015, 02:42:10 PM
Post by: KyleeKrow on April 23, 2015, 02:42:10 PM
i tend to get my emotions out through art a lot, both positive and negative, and for a while that's how i dealt with gender dysphoria i guess.. so i did a bunch of pieces about it. this one is my favorite out of those, though.
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2912/14235485837_458d767d8f_b.jpg)
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2912/14235485837_458d767d8f_b.jpg)
Title: Re: venting dysphoria
Post by: Mayor Mare on May 09, 2015, 11:34:16 PM
Post by: Mayor Mare on May 09, 2015, 11:34:16 PM
Very nice. I'm not very good at my art yet, but it really helps me to be able to express what I feel in a way that doesn't risk me being outed before I'm ready.
Title: Re: venting dysphoria
Post by: Kellam on May 10, 2015, 12:58:21 AM
Post by: Kellam on May 10, 2015, 12:58:21 AM
An artist is all I ever wanted to be but in the closet my work became so much about my confusion and dysphoria. I was in such deep denial though that I couldn't understand let alone explain my own work. I recently went through a huge purge of my male belongings and a lot of artwork was part of it. Most of the painful and dysphoric stuff went to the trash and recycling.
I am still patiently waiting for the spark of inspiration to return. I'm excited to see what I will be making, what media I will be employing. It will be fun to develop an honest practice and body of work and I can't wait to head back to exhibition.
Without creative outlets I would not be alive today. Sometimes a pen is the best wound to bleed from.
I am still patiently waiting for the spark of inspiration to return. I'm excited to see what I will be making, what media I will be employing. It will be fun to develop an honest practice and body of work and I can't wait to head back to exhibition.
Without creative outlets I would not be alive today. Sometimes a pen is the best wound to bleed from.
Title: Re: venting dysphoria
Post by: Lady Smith on May 10, 2015, 01:43:59 AM
Post by: Lady Smith on May 10, 2015, 01:43:59 AM
Not being able to draw for toffee it was writing that served me as my safety valve against dysphoria.
That is one powerful ink drawing by the way.
That is one powerful ink drawing by the way.
Title: Re: venting dysphoria
Post by: Kylo on December 18, 2016, 11:24:45 PM
Post by: Kylo on December 18, 2016, 11:24:45 PM
Art has always been one of my escapes.
I just don't get the time to do it for that reason now.
Using it to express dysphoria is cathartic for sure. Maybe not as much as we would like but I think it helps. Putting the pain into a drawing or painting or something can feel like you drained it from your system for a while. And you can do whatever you want with the result, keep it, destroy it, etc.
I just don't get the time to do it for that reason now.
Using it to express dysphoria is cathartic for sure. Maybe not as much as we would like but I think it helps. Putting the pain into a drawing or painting or something can feel like you drained it from your system for a while. And you can do whatever you want with the result, keep it, destroy it, etc.