I’m sure you’ve noticed…
(especially if you’ve followed the Mandyland ride over the past two decades)
That I’ve never really cared about how others online perceive me, or what I post, or what I make, or how I think, or what I do
That I’ve never factored in the audience because that’s not what art and truth and self-expression is about
That I fly with any and every idea that arises because I don’t have internal judgements when it comes to my own expression, and I don’t need things to be perfect or to last or to become something more or to even be understood or validated — I just need truth expressed and I’ll refine or build upon it after the fact if I want or need to
That in the area of creative self-expression, I am free of doubt / hesitation / comparison / shame — it’s just fun / essential / natural / ME
That I never stopped posting an insane amount despite the criticism and mockery (especially in the early years) when that’s just how fast things move through me — and why the fuck would I put the brakes on ME?
And that despite my online following dwindling year after year as I went deeper and higher into my work — which inevitably positioned me further on the periphery — it didn’t stop me from doing said work out loud because I’m here to do what the fuck I’m here to do, with or without an audience.
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