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Freedom's avatar

Showed this one to my daughter- a super creative kid with a raging hater monkey stopping her from sharing her genius. She smiled in recognition as she read your post- you indeed made someone smile, and you also shared a deeper wisdom that might just make people more brave. 😊

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E. Sjule's avatar

Wow, thank you so much for sharing! The hater monkey is also usually perfectionism. If it helps your daughter to hear I still experience self-doubt anytime I share my art-- the only difference is that I allow myself to be imperfect and publicly awkward now. I promise you, it pays off to share your imperfect, "bad" art. Anytime I'm scared to share my art I remind myself that I'm being brave by sharing myself with the world. It's a deeply vulnerable position to put yourself in and that's why it's so powerful. I believe in your daughter. I send her all the love!

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Lauren Spicer's avatar

This is 100% accurate and I loove how you’ve explained it ❤️

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Bear a Damned Good Dawg's avatar

Another good one Erika. This one made me nod my head in agreement.

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Max McCoomb's avatar

I miss 2022 21 20 2019 18 17 lol

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E. Sjule's avatar

Not 2016? lol, jk. This reminds me of how anytime someone tells me they're some age younger than me I always think, "that was a good year". But then I'll never think about how I could possibly be currently living a good year. IMPOSSIBLE!

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Max McCoomb's avatar

I’m confused lol

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E. Sjule's avatar

it's my bad, i'm responding to a comment of yours that's quite old.

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Eben Mannell's avatar

Reminds me of Robert Mitchum’s “Love vs. Hate” routine in The Night of the Hunter, though I don’t think you’re a serial killer.

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Ben Smith's avatar

100%

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Christine Ahh's avatar

MONKEY BIZNESS

I'm so glad I discovered you and your Monkeys today 🙈 🐵 I like the dual simplicity of yours. Mine come in infinite flavors (I'm making a graphic novel / short film, "Meet Your Monkeys: Make Friends with the Meanies and Imps that Rule Your Mind.") So we're singing a similar song...love it!

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E. Sjule's avatar

Oh, wow, I love that! I'm also working on a graphic novel, but instead of monkeys it's about motherhood. I'm curious, are you making a GN and a short film? How are the two combining that sounds very interesting.

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Christine Ahh's avatar

Thanks! I began the GN collaborating with my nibling (non-binary niece), who is no longer available. As a former filmmaker, I wonder if a short film (or tiktok video series?) might be more engaging for my audience: tweens-YA who survived Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)

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Jonathan's avatar

Love this! Exploring grammar defiance is the best!

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E. Sjule's avatar

Right?! No one's gonna put me in a grammatical box!

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