Vent Art
a poem
There was a time where when something bad happened, I’d tweet about it, a habit of the past.
In a way, it helped at the beginning because internet validation is a strong phenomena; yet, as I met more people, the more questionable answers I got.
Sometimes people centered themselves and tried to reason out why it’s okay to be racist, yet others took this as an opportunity to dump their life story and make it my responsibility to soothe both mine and their emotions.
I’ve learned, though attractive at first, internet validation is a wormhole that can take you to the right universe, a comforting universe, but just as likely whip you to some dark, dark world, with no return trip.
So now I create vent art.
In a way, beyond expressing an emotion or telling a story, I get to process it to, whether in the structure of a poem or what analogies I use; or in the calming process of lines, colouring and choosing symbols to represent non-object experiences.
When I’m angry, sad, frustrated, now I no longer turn to tweeting, but rather, to vent art, as a way to cope.
Inviting Ashlea Morgan | Ema Dumitru | Coco Joan | Zach Klebaner | Suman Sandhu| Laurie Perez | Reanna Szeszol | Assumpta Nalubowa | Fathiyah Zb| Mil H. | if you’re up to it and anyone else interested to smash that writer’s block, join in on this tiny challenge and write a response, wherever it takes you! It can be a tiny poem, a shortform piece or an essay — whatever comes into that brain noodle!
How does the concept of “vent art” show up in your life, allowing “art” to be loosely defined? How would you like it to show up?
Submit it to The Brain is a Noodle or be sure to tag me in your response if you publish elsewhere, so I can read it and share it with the world!
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Hi I’m Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) and finding vent art, whether through writing or doodling on my tablet or crocheting has been such a change for the better.
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^ by Caroline de Braganza