#41 - I have nothing to say + DGM Typeset
Forever in progress
I am not one to have faith in much, but effort and believing in your craft always pay off. Look at Doechii, 10 years later, iconic, beautiful and finally getting the recognition she deserves.
I’m here for women believing in their voice, their power, their art. In the face of adversity, you’re always one against the world.
As a creative, a lot of people compare themselves and struggle with not matching their own standards - or the standards of others. I am not here to offer any solution, just to highlight how these thoughts are bounding us to hardship and despair. I want to be happy and I want to create while in a state of richness, of fullness. I want to believe what I do is meaningful to me and can serve me and help me live a life I’ve dreamt of.
The more you dig into any industry, the more you’re faced with what the industry revolves around, the cliques and gangs and who’s cool and who’s not – the unspoken rules and rulers. But that’s not the only way to be, and I want to be an example of that. There’s no shame in saying I want to be great, I want success and I want recognition. I want all of it at my terms and at my pace.
And I want all that knowing that when you don’t fit into a specific box, a predefined system or pathway, eyebrows will raise, doors will not always open and the support will feel scarce, isolating even. Access will feel prohibited, conditional at best.
But oh darling how much better every little win tastes. How sweet, how juicy.
This goes nowhere, but in a day where we should uplift and celebrate women, I want to remind whoever is reading that you’re valid and you’re great and you can do whatever you want if you let yourself.
I am moving out of a city that gave me so much, maybe it’s spring maybe i’m just feeling sentimental, maybe it was my birthday and that’s always a moment of regrouping and evaluating, looking back while dreaming forward. I “quit” my other job to go all in into this new life I’ve carved out. With letters, how silly does it feel sometimes, but here we are.
And what’s the best way to nudge this more? Make more!
Ive been working on a typewriter-ish typeface for a while, and I think it will be ready soon, so here’s a preview for you.
