One of my greatest fears has always been being normal. I fear being normal - it’s the last thing I want to be... 😱 I grew up in a very normal place, with a normal family. I dressed like everyone else. I looked like everyone else. I went to church on Sunday and played soccer with friends after school. All that. Normal... What I wanted always, was to be special. Exceptional. Different. And if I was normal, how could I be different? I began getting tattoos and wearing black. I changed my hair and wore eyeliner. I pierced my face and ears. I painted my nails. I was different, I was free- free from normalcy. But now, I was just as normal as all the other people who had black clothes and eyeliner. It was just a new normal... 🤔😕 ——— I have grown out of my fear of normalcy now, and I have come to understand it. I am normal. I am just a regular guy who wants to be loved. And you know what? Normal is no longer scary. It’s comfortable. It’s safe, and I am safe. I don’t need eyeliner to stand out because in my safe place over here, I can instead, do work that is special. I can paint pictures that are different... and create letter forms and color schemes that maybe aren’t so normal. And that’s what makes me special. I will take my art to the edge of the earth and back but in my heart, I am just a normal guy, with a normal life. And that... is good enough for me. 🤷🏻♂️🕺🏻🏠❤️ ➖➖➖ This post is my entry for @goodtype #goodtypetuesday prompt, “what is your greatest fear?” #goodtype #fear #overcomefear 🖤🤘🏻✨ Art by Jason Naylor
