we are creatures of society,
it shapes & build us, it hones us or breaks us.
society in itself has a fragile fabric,
family, even though is extremely strong,
it’s also very tense
it is thin, rigid, & dense in our country.
mine is the same way,
me & my brother are both artistic
remember the monkey hanging in the HC Verma books,
well, we doodled a whole world around it, & us with it,
one day, a popcorn bucket changed things for me,
I created doodles on it, related to rock, it went viral -
& a person offered to buy it,
the money I got was used to buy equipment to do more.
If you are an artist you’d know -
that our worlds are limitless,
Mine was too, limitless, and magical,
& unfortunately imagined,
It all came crashing down on -
the tensed bonds of family,
When complaints reached home of my art, well -
art is misunderstood, this creativity of mine -
Is used to express things, emotions, ideals,
Maybe a story of power, or one of pain, & yes, sometimes even lust,
But they saw only one thing -
‘lust, desire’ or to them, ‘anti societal’,
Giving up on art is never an option,
so I evolved -
Evolved to adapt my artwork to the times, to express & not enrage,
Don’t think it of as compromise, it wasn’t -
it gave complexity, yes,
The story still continues to this day,
you can join my story too -
I did jobs, and am learning digital art,
art is about growth, & I am always growing.
@blackdolldahlia
