It's one of the best I've ever seen, I really wish I could have gotten a better picture

Right, pronouns are not important data to capture for this matter anyway, so why not just remove it entirely from the form? I have to put in my legal name and address, why do they need my pronouns in the first place? I just want to submit the thing without that, that was my request after all :3

We saw so many meteors (100s) the camera didn't pick up, it was totally worth the effort to find clear dark skies. I think next year I'll only plan for the Perseids and the Geminids. I learned some principals of photography from the experience, and I think it's gonna help me with other shots too 🖤

Wanted to do this, but I can't submit it without misgendering myself! Nonbinary people want to help wolves too. Please remove the title requirement or make it optional so I, and other people like me, can submit the form!

And that's not even touching the respect I have for skills/execution/craftsmanship! The time and effort one has to do to develop the skills to make it happen demands so much respect! I just love human made art because a human made it, and wrought a little bit of their will manifest in the universe 🌌

They used their precious limited time alive to make a thing that was worth it for them and I can't help but to love that! Risking failure and judgment and ridicule and rejection to share what they made, that's courage to me. I might not always be the target audience, but that brings me joy 🖤

Learning to draw can help you overcome that kind of discomfort. It helped me realize early on in my life that it was no big deal. I can just try again until i get it right. Drawing taught me how to be persistent, because it taught me that frustration is a fragile barrier that can be broken through.

adult beginner artists struggle to overcome, is the frustration barrier. The self-shame of doing something "incorrectly" or "unsuccessfully" just so completely takes them out. We are so adverse to feeling that sort of discomfort, that giving up (or not trying at all) is the "better" option.

Just really hope that what I do is real enough to help heal me, too. It's all I can do at this point. Otherwise I might as well embrace the depersonalization and just make things I can't have myself for others as a means of making some positive vibes in the universe somehow, even if I never know it.

I hope it's worth the effort and vulnerability, but it's the last best effort I have to have a view of self I can share. I already have no sense of ownership of my reflection in the mirror or in pictures. Depersonalization is my gender. I miss dysphoria at this point.

This year has altered me.

So, nothing left to lose. Either it'll help, or not. Done trying to impress anyone, or giving a shit what they think of me. I do not fucking care anymore. Sad fat dog is good enough and always was.

At this point, I'm what remains. Take it or leave it. You can't hurt me more than I've been.

Haven't had another suit since (10yrs). Made characters to live up to the expectations of others, but they were never good enough, and I eventually chose a generic mascot for myself so I wouldn't be so hurt. Well, after what I've learned this year, I can't even stand thinking of myself like that.