I've never been one to make new year resolutions, I think at least partly because my situation until recently seemed pretty immutable. I still lived so close to my parents that changing myself seemed almost impossible somehow. But my life has completely changed in 2024 - I graduated college, got a new job, and moved 1000 miles away to a new apartment with my partner. It feels more possible than ever to improve myself.
I want to get better at art. I draw entirely for enjoyment, but I specifically want to get better at having fun with art. I currently have a huge perfectionism problem with art. I also require large uninterrupted blocks of time in order to draw so that I can hyperfocus on drawing. Both of these issues lead to me drawing way less than I would like to, and having less to show for it too!
That's why I'm resolving to draw something every day of 2025. It doesn't have to be big, it can even just be a tiny doodle, but I want to create something every single day. I'm doing the classic artist challenge, and hopefully by the end, I'll have improved my relationship with the process of creating art, be able to draw a lot more, and have fun in the process.
I've never been one to make new year resolutions, I think at least partly because my situation until recently seemed pretty immutable. I still lived so close to my parents that changing myself seemed almost impossible somehow. But my life has completely changed in 2024 - I graduated college, got a new job, and moved 1000 miles away to a new apartment with my partner. It feels more possible than ever to improve myself.
I want to get better at art. I draw entirely for enjoyment, but I specifically want to get better at having fun with art. I currently have a huge perfectionism problem with art. I also require large uninterrupted blocks of time in order to draw so that I can hyperfocus on drawing. Both of these issues lead to me drawing way less than I would like to, and having less to show for it too!
That's why I'm resolving to draw something every day of 2025. It doesn't have to be big, it can even just be a tiny doodle, but I want to create something every single day. I'm doing the classic artist challenge, and hopefully by the end, I'll have improved my relationship with the process of creating art, be able to draw a lot more, and have fun in the process.
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At its heart, Telegram is little more than a messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal. But it also offers open channels that enable a single user, or a group of users, to communicate with large numbers in a method similar to a Twitter account. This has proven to be both a blessing and a curse for Telegram and its users, since these channels can be used for both good and ill. Right now, as Wired reports, the app is a key way for Ukrainians to receive updates from the government during the invasion. "Russians are really disconnected from the reality of what happening to their country," Andrey said. "So Telegram has become essential for understanding what's going on to the Russian-speaking world." "There are several million Russians who can lift their head up from propaganda and try to look for other sources, and I'd say that most look for it on Telegram," he said. In the United States, Telegram's lower public profile has helped it mostly avoid high level scrutiny from Congress, but it has not gone unnoticed. On February 27th, Durov posted that Channels were becoming a source of unverified information and that the company lacks the ability to check on their veracity. He urged users to be mistrustful of the things shared on Channels, and initially threatened to block the feature in the countries involved for the length of the war, saying that he didn’t want Telegram to be used to aggravate conflict or incite ethnic hatred. He did, however, walk back this plan when it became clear that they had also become a vital communications tool for Ukrainian officials and citizens to help coordinate their resistance and evacuations.
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