Day 71

[tripperfunster]

So ... My step- father was asking a bit about my art, and I had only brought a brand new art pad with me, (with a porntastic ghey tony/Steve as the one and only art in there!) so I grabbed the iPad and brought up a couple of pics.

I show him and my mother my Avengers banana art, and my mother's only comment?

"So, you ruined an entire bunch of bananas?"

*sigh*

Why do I even bother?

My step-dad was much more complimentary btw.

Comments

[jcase.livejournal.com]

Maybe if you told her you made banana bread she would have understood. *rolls eyes* She sounds just like my aunt -- if things aren't "useful" (for her tiny tiny definition of the word) they have no purpose.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

The only question that BOTH of my parents ask about my art is if I can sell it. Do I sell it? Why don't I sell it? I should sell it! *grumble*

I have a job! It's not like anyone pays my mother to watch tv or my dad to spend thousands of hours on the golf course. Why is my hobby only legit if I make money from it?

This my dad who says this btw, not my step-dad.

[pinkelephant42.livejournal.com]

My family does this all the time. Like I'm not supposed to draw something for myself or just for fun.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Exactly! And they can't see how THEIR hobbies don't make them any money. (and they shouldn't ... that's why they're called HOBBIES.)