Day of Nymphs

"Daughter of Flowers" - by Rassouli

Today's draw is for Day of Nymphs, which emphasizes the best way for one to connect with her inner child/playful nature. The card I drew is Three of Fire - Venus, which has caught me completely off guard because it's all about love and/or attraction. There's nothing light and fluffy about this card at all, so in terms of connecting with the inner child.. maybe it's just a straightforward way of saying I need more love in my life: love for self, love for others. I have been a bit serious when it comes to other people (mainly my family), because for some reason, I've been very withdrawn and antisocial lately, and I keep pushing people away. So I can accept this card's message.

I woke up a bit later than I would've liked this morning (8:40), but I did recall my most recent dream, which had me picking up an acquaintance at the airport and using the restroom there (more details in the Burrow, self). Typical standard dream material it seems. Hmm. 

I've been doing more thinking about the whole identity/art/writing thing and decided that yes, I will split identities. P.R. will be the identity associated with headworlds/novels and the art associated with it. Real name will be for whatever professional jobs I may acquire in the future (although I'll be very stubborn about it). E.R. is my "spiritual" identity to cover psychic art and blogging. And a fourth identity for the miscellaneous art that I would like to produce but which does not fall under any other category. 

So now, my biggest question is: is it wise to post art relating to a headworld/novel that hasn't yet been published (or even completely written, for that matter)? I would go around and ask, but I fear that those who have experience in this matter are either too busy or uninterested to give me a reply. I know plenty of people who have done this, but at the same time, most of them haven't actually published. One such person is Adele Lorienne (known better by her dA username, Saimain), although she isn't the best example because she still makes money off of her headworld through art books and the like. But still - she hasn't actually written or published the story in novel format. I believe she tried, only to have it be too time-consuming. 

I do know others, though, like one of my idols, known as Dreyse on dA. He consistently posts illustrations, conceptual work, and character designs from novels he has in progress, but he hasn't actually revealed much of the story at all. However, on his tumblr, he went in-depth about the characters and was even answering questions about his headworld and what the story was about. Sooo... 

Hm. I would think that it'd be a good marketing technique - a way to gain exposure and interest. You know... people would see the art, be interested in the story, want to know where to find it, etc., etc., and you find yourself with a whole line of people wanting to read it, whether it be in comic or novel form. Thousands upon thousands of people post their characters and stories online for the world to see. But do many of them actually get published? I don't think so. They always have ambitions of being published, though.

I would ask about this on dA but the problem about that is the people who prowl the forum are usually very rude, critical, or arrogant. 

Pah. 

In other news, I've been meaning to clean my room, but now that I have a little over a week left before I start school, the motivation has dropped to zero. I've been wanting to clean/reorganize/redo my altar because it's now become another surface on which to store things. I wanted to get a new cloth for it (the current one has melted candle wax on it) and a Shiva statue, etc... but this probably won't happen for a while.

Time for some productivity, I hope.