things I need to remember – A Middleground

inkskinned:

hey man it’s good to have a Bullshit Meter but when young or new artists are trying out edginess … just let them be, man. let them write fake-deep. let them draw OC’s that are half-demons tortured with their love of a person. let them sing songs about cigarettes and cold hands. let them be. it’s okay. you don’t need to police them, they’re just having fun exploring what it means to be an artist. it’s better to let them practice and get better than to stop them in their tracks because you want to be cool and funny. i don’t know. a lot of times young kids are working out real problems, and even if they weren’t? they’re just learning, man. let it be.