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What if we're not as bad as we think we are? Is it okay to feel sad or angry? What will your dog bark at next? Do we just imagine all of our problems, or do they really exist? These, and other questions about life and general existence are tough to answer, but it seems that Grace Miceli has an answer to most of these important and not-so-important questions. And she does it in a way that's very amusing and sometimes even very funny. I don't know why, but there's just something funny about seeing a cereal box with a message of existential horror. Grace sheds a colorful light onto these existential moments in her own unique style and brightens our often grim and anxious modern reality.
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Carmen Sandiego 4 years ago (edited)
Write to your grandma, people! And you might be small but you are significant (in a good way) (if you want) (no pressure).
Ксения Петровская 4 years ago
I can't write to my grandma anymore, and I wish I could see her one last time.
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Night Owl 4 years ago
The last one: "Go outside and stare into the sky and remember that you are a small, insignificant speck of a unlimited, uncaring, cold universe" ... OK, that's not comforting, maybe remember that you're made of stardust or that everything and everyone (including you) is connected?
Shawn Steinfeger 4 years ago
Reach out to your elderly relatives. It'll make their day and yours too. I cherished the times when mine were alive.
It's somewhat easy and very difficult to describe Grace's art style. At first glance it's very simple: rough outlines, primitive coloring with a marker or something similar, some insights here and there. But on the other hand, the simplicity reveals the complexity of a person's life, the discoveries they make, as well as the absurdity and the difficulty with which one treads through their everyday existence.
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Queen Jackson. 4 years ago
Please explain it? Sorry it’s reminds me of kids bop or something, I’m out of the loop
Load More Replies... Carmen Sandiego 4 years ago (edited)
Spread it! But then what do those people do with that awareness?
Night Owl 4 years ago
Maybe if they share it too and enough people get that awareness, the world will be slightly better? Or we'll all just continue to enjoy the beauty of existence (thanks, boredpanDaman)
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HoneyBun Arts 4 years ago (edited)
Camera is too true.. but i was taking a picture of some landscaping and in the background i got my lovely doodle pooping. So yes. Literally anything
Though the range of forms and themes through which the artist conveys her message is extremely diverse, there are three main types that can be seen here today. The first and the most eye-catching are her illustrations that mix common household items and grocery product designs with some existentially charged thoughts, like "why do we have to suffer?," etc. These are my personal favorites. Another type of illustration that she likes to use is a sort of a list where she offers some solutions to a simple "how to" problem, or gives some alternatives for a certain behavior. And last but not least, there are some comic strip style illustrations that are sometimes done with seemingly unrelated freely associated images, like a sort of visual poetry.
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psycho pandas panda 4 years ago (edited)
did...did they just sum up my entire life...? darn you P.A.N.D.A.S. (note:not the animal. love the animal. I'm talking about a mental illness.)
Marsha Fredell 4 years ago
The past is the past - you dont live there anymore. Let it go. As far as the future- if it's not going to matter in a week or so so, let it go. Dont stress yourself about thing you can't change. Live for today. Tomorrow isn't here yet.
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Shelby P 4 years ago
exactly! what if it's just that I don't fit neatly into societal norms and I'm just being labeled as having a problem and at the same time being chastised for not being able to 'fix' that non-existent problem...
Dark Pearl 4 years ago
WHAT IF there IS something wrong with me, but it's gotten better over time?
Bob Belcher 4 years ago
What if it's just the world hasn't caught up with me because I'm ahead of my time. I know it seems self serving to say, but what if.
Rustyn Birch 4 years ago
We live in a very "sick" society and trying to fit into it is making us miserable. It's only "working" for the ultra rich...
Aroace tiger (any pronouns) 4 years ago (edited)
Haha yea right. If not why does almost everyone hate me?
Carmen Sandiego 4 years ago
I don't know your condition, so all I can do is show empathy. I am speaking based on your previous interactions, literally no one on BP hates you, no one who should matter, that is.
Load More Replies...If you've fallen in love with the author's work, she has plenty more to offer. For example, she successfully published a book called "How to deal: with fear, failure, and other daily dreads." The title is pretty self-descriptive, and we recommend you check it out. If you love her artwork, she has something in store for you, quite literally. So check out her store here for some cool and beautifully illustrated merch. And as always, support the artist by following her on her social media!
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Shine Caramia 4 years ago
Please don't cast your hands in plaster! It's a good way to get severe burns and possibly amputations.
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago (edited)
"I tried the one about moving to the woods...result was not what I expected" - Ted K, ADX Florence, Colorado
Marsha Fredell 4 years ago
Disconnect from technology for a while and enjoy the world in which we live. People were much happier and healthier before technology. Go visit someone face to face, write a letter, shoot some hoops, take a walk......
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If you'd like to see more similar posts, there's more coming your way. Liana Finck's illustrations, though unique in her own way, talk about very similar issues that Grace Miceli touches upon. Giulia J. Rosa gives a more combative stance while talking about the issues that women have to face today, and shares an even more critical outlook on life. And if you want to see the everyday existence of an artist, but from a completely different perspective, here are some drawings made by Annada Menon.
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Marsha Fredell 4 years ago
One should never hold back there emotions. Let it out, if not to another person , to a tree, a pillow, in a journal, just something. You'll feel much better . I promise
Bob Belcher 4 years ago
Yup. I often here the people that joke the most are the sadist inside. I'm a f*****g riot to be around.
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Ксения Петровская 4 years ago
Too bad, seems like you'll never really get to know yourself.
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Mobey Drunk 4 years ago
Instead of writing in a journal, I write songs. It's true and it's real. Sometimes it's hard puting it out there, but someone may get comfort in learning their not alone. I've felt this from various bands. If it helps someone get through a hard time, it's worth it.
Dark Pearl 4 years ago
I can't meditate. Literally can't. We were told to meditate as part of an activity in my after-school club and I started crying from the stress.
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Carmen Sandiego 4 years ago
To anyone who is feeling lonely, this probably won't help, but I support whatever you are doing as long as it is ethical.
Paradise 4 years ago (edited)
Alone-nobody around Lonely-people can be around but you still feel alone.
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Marsha Fredell 4 years ago
What is to be gained by holding on the anger? Nothing! It just makes you miserable. Do something to change it, be the bigger person or let it go.
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Marsha Fredell 4 years ago
Seems to me that it means you're stuck in a rut but I may be wrong.
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Dark Pearl 4 years ago
Especially sadness. If you keep in your tears for too long, next time they spill over, they'll never stop.
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Mshauri Mazuri 4 years ago
If you held your fart for too long, it'll smell really bad and it'll sound really loud.😂
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Maren Gärtner 4 years ago
I feel better but checking my bank account is causing me anxiety and I try to avoid it
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Bettie-Jean Neal 4 years ago
My friend had this theory. If you can't stand someone, for no real reason, usually if you look, you'll see in them something you dislike about yourself.
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Marsha Fredell 4 years ago
This makes me think about my past drug addiction. You think it can solve every problem you have by numbing yourself only to find out that that when you come down the problem is still there, maybe even worse. Lie, nothing but lies. You cant find live or happiness in material things. It comes from within
Auntriarch 4 years ago
If it's pop tarts you just end up miserable but worse still your clothes no longer fit
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Carmen Sandiego 4 years ago
I'm the opposite, I have so many ideas and I have no idea how to express them.
Beatrice Multhaupt 4 years ago
You're going to think this is totally whacko but..... ideas have a life of their own. They gravitate towards whoever is most likely to turn them into actions. You NEVER ''run out of'' ideas because they are not generated by your brain. I can't prove any of this, but if you act on it, you will experience serious relief.
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Dark Pearl 4 years ago
Reminds me of a TikTok I saw: They say 'shake what your mama gave you', but I don't know how to shake trust issues.
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ThoughtsAreNotFacts 4 years ago
Hahaha seasonal depression is def not funny, but this imaging with that message is gold!
Marsha Fredell 4 years ago
Make changes in your life. If you know it's a depressive time each year for you, do something different.
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Marsha Fredell 4 years ago
You should do your best in all that you do. That's all one can ask for.
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Anthony Mann 4 years ago
Can we make this into a greeting card? There are a few people I need to send this to...
Paradise 4 years ago
yeah...someone sends it to me and I would break down.
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Dark Pearl 4 years ago
In the words of the little girl from Free Birds: 'That's Marcia. She eats her feelings.'
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Astrid Manthej 4 years ago
That's sooo annoying! And so are unsolicited opinions. I once went grocery shopping, buying the milk I always got when some random dude I had never seen before told me not to get the milk because he hated it. I mean wtf dude? I like the milk and literally didn't ask for your opinion?
Marsha Fredell 4 years ago
It not always advise someone is asking for. Sometimes it's just an ear to listen.
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Rustyn Birch 4 years ago
My thoughts tell me that I am a burden to everyone else and I should not be around anymore. :/
Marsha Fredell 4 years ago
You need to cover your house in positive affirmations. You are loved. You are worthy. You do matter. You are perfect in your own way.
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Marsha Fredell 4 years ago
Someone will always be better at something than you are. It's ok. It doesn't define you.
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Carmen Sandiego 4 years ago (edited)
"Meet friends who live far away" Boy, do I have a story about that, and no I'm not talking about Player.
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ThoughtsAreNotFacts 4 years ago
Yup and so is every other feeling. Cherish the good and know the bad cannot and will not last forever
Marsha Fredell 4 years ago
Happiness comes from within. Be thankful for the good times and learn from the bad.
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Marsha Fredell 4 years ago
Guess that depends on where you're going in the afterlife. I'm walking with God
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righttoopinion 4 years ago
I hate when I don't get a text back. It's just mean and rude!!!!! They even have "ready to send" emojis where you don't even have to think of anything but press a button. Seriously..........
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