For many artists, a universal distinctive memory is getting comments like, “You have such a talent at such a young age!” or, “Wow! I can barely even draw a stick figure” from peers, family, and even friends. Besides those comments being unhelpful, and even somewhat backhanded, they are never truly accepted. Immediately the comments are deemed as deceitful, trying to hand off false confidence or to compare a child's work to a master's. Confidence in my art was something I believed I needed to achieve, I saw it as a competition that I barely had a head start at. Comparing art with other artists isn’t something new for us, in ways, it's even been a massive help for furthering our skills. Getting comments that guilt you about your skills early on though, sends a message to young artists about the art they should be making. I have struggled tremendously through simply trying to find a reason for why I draw, rather than searching for why my art could be acceptable to the paying masses. Picking up a crayon at two years old to scribble in my ‘Hello Kitty’ coloring book, to selling commissions for an audience on my Twitter at twenty. Something along the way that led to the disconnect was, how social media in the art world directly grooms you to view your art as a possible ‘slab of meat’. Being the producer, you are to get better consistently, to produce your products faster, at a better speed, and with better visuals than before. I slowly found myself resenting a medium that once brought me such peace. No longer did I want to draw or paint simply because I was inspired, or needed a coping outlet, but I found myself conforming my artwork to what an algorithm deemed to be sellable. My artwork does not conform, and will never, to normative boundaries. I have never wanted my pieces to be viewed and contorted by someone with an up-turned nose. I choose to change how my followers, how my commissioners and patrons, view my art and artists alike. My art changes my followers' views on the treatment of artists worldwide, and I specifically choose to draw how I feel--whenever. Artists are not creativity machines to bend to every imaginative whim. I do not follow deadlines, and I refuse to be a part of the problem for artists.