Green-Day28

so i'm kind of secretly plotting something that may or may not ("not" is arguably more likely, but whatevs. I can dream ) actually happen so

someone blocks you to make it look like they "won" an argument?

This has nothing to do with DeviantArt. Or my art. This is just me semi-ranting and attempting to be more active on here. Heh...

(That last journal was still a thing though! And when it comes to DA, much more relevant to... things... Just sayin )

Okay so yes. Religion.

I don't care what religion anyone is. It has nothing to do with who they are as a person. I honestly wouldn't care if you idolized a head of cabbage, as long as you weren't hurting anybody. This journal isn't about that. Instead, it's about people's stereotypical interpretations of different religions, particularly Agnosticism and Satanism. These things just really bug me.


First, Agnosticism, because I feel like I have a greater understanding of how it works than Satanism, which I know of pretty much entirely through observation.
Before I say anything else, I want to make it clear that Agnosticism is not Atheism! Agnosticism is just as far away from Atheism as it is from Christianity. On that note, someone religiously undecided is not an Atheist. An Atheist principally believes that there is no god. The people themselves may differ, but the religion itself has little to no room for uncertainty there.
Agnosticism, on the other hand, chiefly consists of the belief that the existence of a god cannot be proven. Considering Agnostics as religiously neutral individuals wouldn't be inherently incorrect, but Agnosticism isn't always that simple. Of course, Agnostics (like participants in any other "religion") are always individuals. They hold their own perspectives and beliefs, including philosophical conceptions and religious bias.
In my own experiences with Agnosticism, I've come to believe that religion itself is sort of irrelevant to my lifestyle, and that the only thing that matters about religion in a person is how it affects their own lifestyles. If any system of faith causes someone to view someone else with significant discriminatory bias (and if they acted upon that bias), then I would have an issue with that person's interpretation of that religion. Any religion has the potential for good, much like any religion has the potential for bad.
Then again, ideas of "good" and "bad" also have a lot to do with religion, and philosophy. I suppose that if someone was doing something I viewed as terrible, but if they sincerely believed that their actions were good, then I shouldn't be able to disrespect their own perspective.
That's kind of part of the reason I like the neutrality of Agnosticism. It substitutes a relative "lack of faith" with removal of faith-related bias. Pros and Cons, I suppose.


Right. Satanism. This part's less thoughtful and just. Yeah.
Guys we need to have a talk. We need to consider the fact that views produced by Western culture aren't. Factual. Not always, at least.
So yeah. This would be one of those times.
See. I see the connotations there. Cause. Cause Satan is usually a bad. Thing. But, see. That connotation there is kind of where the whole thing began. Because Satan in Christianity is this. This bad thing. (I'm generalizing a lot here, guys. Can you tell? Yeah.) But the thing with Satanism is that it doesn't. Really have much to do with Satan. Well, not always, at least. Satanism's actually a really broad term for a ton of systems of faiths. The problem really is pop culture. Because social interpretation of Satanism nowadays basically consists of images of cults and pentagrams and cloaked figures and things like that.
(The main principles of a lot of branches of it kind of remind me of a more thoughtful form of this. (I'm having fun with that linking thing. Can you tell?))



Also I really hope I didn't offend anyone with this. Any corrections in any derp thing I might've said are welcome. xD

Ah. It's been so, so long since my last genuine journal entry. Sorry about that, and the lethargy in my gallery. I've been trying to pick that up, lately, really - I've just been super busy with school (and that's really not going to change next year, especially because four AP classes ew). Second finals day is tomorrow. So far, they've been going fairly well. I don't anticipate there'll be too much trouble with them. Praise Satan: onto Summer!

...Well... Summer school's a thing, too... I need to take it this year and next year... fill up those totally unnecessary grad requirements (Health/Tech, second year of PE, Vocational Ed)... But honestly Health/Tech will be so easy wow.

And because of that (and that I want to live up this friggin Summer because WOW I'm going to have no time to live [or breathe also] next year) I've been thinking about things.

I'm not too confident in my art, and specifically because I'm lazy in that I've never really studied art. I've never taken a legit art class (though if my schedule wasn't cramped as it was, I probably would), and never taken too much of an initiative to srs study anatomy/perspective/miscellaneousstudiousartthingslikethat. It's kind of just a casual fun thing, and I'm fine with that. Buut I've also been thinkingg...

About three years ago I tried to open up commissions. I had a vague idea that my drawings weren't very good, but I kind of just went with it anyway and the whole thing silently crashed and burned. So I have to say, even though I'm not exactly happy with where it is now, my drawings have certainly come a long way from when I started this thing. I mean, comparisons of stuff like this green-day28.deviantart.com/art… to stuff like this green-day28.deviantart.com/art… in just one year's time are kind of cool to consider. So. I've just been thinking...


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What would you guys think of it if I reopened point commissions? I think it'd be cool to take this whole account a bit more seriously (starting with that darn username XD), and I think working on stuff like this would get me a little closer to it. If I did, it would only be during the Summer. Maybe, if all goes well, it would continue to other breaks and things, but school's a major priority. And that means orchestra, too (...especially orchestra XD).

But... yeah. If it dies, it's totes cool. I mean, I already have a few draws planned (and they aren't exactly small projects, either!), but I think it would be kind of cool to have something else to work on. Also, if you guys have any opinions on this, recommendations on price ranges would be extremely helpful, too. I'm kinda new to this... xD

Thanks! Sorry this got so dastardly long.

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