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I was feeling pretty down the other day so I made myself a little painting. It’s related to my turtle hand puppet but is less societal in nature; usually when I make these little pieces that are simply fueled by emotion I keep them to myself but sometimes they seem to strike a chord in others, and also since you guys know the context behind the turtle etc. I thought I’d share. Maybe more will be posted if anyone is interested, and I’d love to see sketchdoodles that belong to any of you.

As you can probably tell by now, I really am quite fond of turtles, so maybe it's not that much of a suprise that the crit last week made me think of these lovely chelonians.

It's not that I am just always thinking of turtles (cause that's weird) but what I find fascinating about them are the ways their species' relate to ours: as a shy person, I am utterly jealous of that protective shell that they can just hide away in whenever they feel like it. I cherish art so much because it's my most valuable tool in expressing that which I'm passionate about, but the crit made me realize how difficult it can be to talk about certain issues even through art -- even though most of us care greatly about climate change, it seemed like for a lot of us (myself included), it was a hard topic to make art about, and I think that forcing ourselves to talk about an important but overdone issue in a new way that was relevant to us as artists was wonderful; in other words, as people with privilege, as residents of America, as those few lucky enough to get this kind of education, and especially as artists, it's our responsibility to talk about these things rather than hide from or avoid them because it's easier.

I'm tired of letting convenience keep me quiet, I hope that these little scraps of felt will become turtle hand puppets that help me to remember that.

hellooooo

Hi, my name is Mary, I'm very quiet and I look like I'm fourteen.
I like kittens, French toast at IHOP, drawing penises, and long walks on the beach; I'm fascinated by most anything, especially societal privilege, evolution, and watching ducks eat.

I'm new to all this so I'm not quite sure what to say. Silly things inspire me so this will probably be full of them. I hope to get some sketches or artings or ramblings of some sort up soon.