Welcome to the Tinderitis blog!
Let me explain what is going on here.
Open 12/28-12/30 10am-7pm
As an artist I am fascinated by the different social constructs that make up our daily lives and am in constant awe of humanity and how we function, why we do what we do, what everyone's passions are, etc. I really enjoy thinking about what home, community, knowledge, friendship and love mean to different people and find so much joy in hearing people's thoughts about anything they're willing to share about. Humans are beautiful and the act of sharing thoughts with another human is a very special thing that I think people take for granted. I believe there is beauty to be found in every situation even the ones that leave you speechless, tearless, breathless, and broken.
So. The project. I realized that since I am now a college graduate I guess I can officially call the art that I make "pieces" and not "projects." It's hard to break old habits though. Bear with me if there is an inconsistency with my wordage? So Tinder. Why art about Tinder? Well I'm so glad you asked. My experience visiting the Sketchbook Project was running parallel to my introduction to the Tinder universe and after purchasing a blank sketchbook with the purpose of filling it and returning it to the collection, I was realizing that my very brief Tinder experience was filled with a comical collection of screenshots of profiles that made me either actually LOL or shake my head in disgust yet still took a screenshot because of how ridiculous they were. I thought, "man it would be so fun to do little illustrations of some of these and make some kind of artistic piece about what I've found on here." Then it dawned on me. The Sketchbook. I could make a journal that illustrated not just my own experience with Tinder but the thoughts and opinions of the other users that I match with and come into contact with.
I will be using this blog as a space to process my thoughts about different topics that Tinder has sparked as well as share conversations that I've had with others about these topics. If you care to share, please do! I don't want this to become a battlefield of any kind but rather a place where thoughts and ideas can be shared in a neutral way, respectful way. Don't like what I'm saying? I would be interested in hearing your opinion as well and am open to looking at things in a different perspective but let's all be respectful of each other's thoughts. I'm not interested in changing anyone's mind, just am interested in analyzing different situations and hope to share a bit about the way I think about things.
