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Understanding Art For Beginners

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Art is something that is actually very simple yet gets complicated. Art is whatever you want it to be and that is why it gets so confusing. Understanding what art is can be made easier through experimentation of different mediums (mediums are art supplies you use to produce e.g different types of paint, pencils, pens etc.) with enough practice you'll figure out which mediums you like to use and eventually you'll discover your own art style.  Everyone's art style is different a bit like handwriting it's unique to you, it may be similar to others but it won't have the exact same mistakes. Why art can be whatever you want is because we don't all have the same preferences but we can find commonalities between peoples styles; this would be things like Portraiture, Landscapes, Realism, Abstract, Expressionism etc. Now it's okay if some of these words make no sense to you, it's just a way of describing what type of style you produce. Within the type of style yo...

Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Learn

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One of the most life changing pieces of advice I’ve ever been given is “life is like a heartbeat, it goes up and down”. Basically sometimes you win everything is on the up and then sometimes you lose or as I prefer to say you sometimes learn through the downs; everything in life can be taken as a lesson. Reflection is important for successfully learning the lesson and things might not make sense till years later after experiencing other things, not necessarily all losses…it’s a madness how life works. My advice is to ride the wave of life, do what you can each day and try not to let the setbacks destroy you, aim to become resilient by learning from the experiences you’re having/had. Remember not all losses are a bad thing sometimes it’s the universe having other plans for you or protection.  I also believe in karma which could be an explanation to why we win and lose. That’s only partially responsible though, we all have lessons to learn no matter how good of a person you try be so...