Comments on: Vulnerability isn’t a “pity party”: it might find you new work https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/27-31-march-2023/vulnerability-freelance-design/ Fri, 31 Mar 2023 18:25:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Michael Grills https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/27-31-march-2023/vulnerability-freelance-design/comment-page-1/#comment-170528 Fri, 31 Mar 2023 18:25:24 +0000 https://www.designweek.co.uk/?p=292038#comment-170528 I’ve never been good at the vulnerability of being an artist—especially public expeditions of it online. I come from a history of not being allowed to be a burden on anybody except my loving wife. So she gets that part of me while the rest of the world sees either strength and success or nothing.

But I’ve been working on it. I went into the studio to work on my personal art and shed a bit of the illustration (maybe someday I’ll go back to it), as right now, my curiosity has taken me to other places.

I’ve never wanted to talk about feelings. Just create. But I’m learning, as you stated here that it might not be enough.

My biggest fear was that It would be a “pity party.” But as I get wiser I’m realizing, I don’t want to tell my stories of vulnerability for people to worry about me, even consider me, but to help others through their own struggles. I’m hoping over the second part of 2023 that I’m able to start doing that. In fact, I look forward to it.

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