| | As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am a grad student. In a few months,
I will (hopefully) receive my MFA in Painting and that is gonna feel
damn good!
I try not to let my Eggplant Curse affect my art or
how people experience my art. I want to make good art...not gay art. I
don't want to get labelled or pigeon-holed or marginalized or anything
of the sort. I am not a victim. I do not want to be treated differently. I want to stand on my own two feet.
My art is about universal experiences.
So...I
tend not to tell my colleagues that I am gay. I am sure they have
assumptions and guesses and the like. I don't really hide it
necessarily but I definitely don't talk about it. I have a friend who
isvery gay
and all his art is about being gay and even the art that he makes that
isn't about being gay people assume is and so they write it off in a
way
I think. I really really really don't want that to happen to me and my
art. I think some of my gay friends think that I need to"own it," you
know? Maybe they even get angry that I don't address gay issues in my
art. I am a good artist so maybe they want to claim me for their team
or
something.
I am not defined by my Eggplant Curse. It is a part of me but I cannot let it take over, you know?
I don't need rainbows.
I
just live my life in the way I see fit without infringing on
the individual rights of anyone and try to be a role model for others.
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