It's back! With the goal of bringing a little cheer to patients in the hospital during the holiday season, the deviantART Holiday Card Project connects deviants from around the world and applies their tremendous artistic abilities in designing and creating uplifting holiday cards.
In past years, the Project has received more than 5,000 cards sent in by more than 1,000 deviants from 50 different countries/political regions. Cards were then divvied up and distributed in-person by deviantART members to local Los Angeles, CA hospitals, with additional cards given to various hospitals in the U.S. and abroad for hospital staff members to hand out
The Hatred In My Wings by Cinnamonzebra, literature
Literature
The Hatred In My Wings
There's another bird across the corridor,
One just like me,
Locked up in a cage,
Waiting to be freed.
There's another bird across the corridor,
She looks sad today,
I feel that way to,
I miss the open plains.
There's another bird across the corridor,
She's been here as long as me,
We share long stares,
At each others scared beaks.
There's another bird across the corridor,
She copies and mocks me,
I don't know why,
I hate her and she hates me.
But finally I realize,
That my self hatred is haunting,
And I hate her,
Because I hate me.
Learn art while you're young, trust me. I mean while you're still in school, preferably grade school. It's just easier to learn without all the pressures of an adult life; having to pay the bills puts you in a tough position. Will you pick up a part-time job? It'll cut time out of your practice, and probably more than you think. Maybe, you think, if I simply copy a popular style then I'll get more work. I'll just take on lots of little jobs; it's like getting paid to practice, right? Wrong, trust me, commissions are no substitute for REAL study, especially when you're getting paid $2.00/hr and you're hauling a dozen-or-more jobs in queue.