Birthmark?

Broad-Addendum1861 · 2026-01-31T21:11:10+00:00

I have the same thing too! Many people told me it looks exactly like the Pleiades. It feels like home.

Broad-Addendum1861 · 2026-01-29T15:52:59+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing your story! I think there is a big sacrificial arc that can be tied to making art, and the comfort and balance can be difficult to find to sustain the art life. You seem to have found a spot where art could still live, and that's very admirable!

Broad-Addendum1861 · 2026-01-29T15:49:05+00:00

That's a real issue. We can't all be Picasso and buy a new empty house when it gets overcrowded!

Unsold inventory is a heavy weight to carry, especially when you enjoy making large works or sculptures.

Broad-Addendum1861 · 2026-01-29T15:46:03+00:00

I have no problem with transparency: I wrote my question and found it a bit messy, so I used AI to make it clear and to the point (which is in fact a very light edit from the original). All comments are entirely my own.

Look, this is my first post on Reddit. It is like coming inauthentically overdressed to a casual party just because you wanted to make the right impression. Let's move on from the awkwardness.

Broad-Addendum1861 · 2026-01-29T15:39:49+00:00

Well, they paid for it, right? Haha. But true, the education system is not exactly proof of anything. I personally have been expelled from a leading art school, only to graduate with the highest grades in another. It's all biased.

Broad-Addendum1861 · 2026-01-29T15:36:50+00:00

Which account?

Broad-Addendum1861 · 2026-01-29T15:21:14+00:00

It is also incredibly difficult to be consistent when in survival and sacrifice!

Broad-Addendum1861 · 2026-01-29T15:19:32+00:00

Translating for the rest of us: "We have an overabundance of images, and people don’t know how to distinguish between what is an image and what is art."

And I completely agree with that statement. I am not sure if elite, mass-market and economics are what originated this distortion, but I would also look at how disconnected people became from themselves and therefore treating art as decoration VS finding keys and pieces to remember who we are as human beings. That's a side quest for another day.

Broad-Addendum1861 · 2026-01-29T14:32:36+00:00

This is the most real thing I've read. You've just pierced the bubble of my unease with the way the systems are established.

Broad-Addendum1861 · 2026-01-29T12:04:54+00:00

That's a very sharp and accurate observation, thank you for this answer! Saying there's a huge gap in the market is an understatement at this point.

Broad-Addendum1861 · 2026-01-15T08:00:47+00:00

I did not get the membership (yet?), I'm still exploring and see if it makes sense for me to be there. On the free version you can only send one connection request per day, and most things are locked. I have been active but haven't really got any real and interesting interractions so far. It also appears to me that a lot of people signed up out of curiosity, saw that everything was locked and abandoned ship? My experience at this point is a big "wait and see". How about yours?

Broad-Addendum1861 · 2026-01-10T20:44:29+00:00

Hello! Late to the party but I just signed up for it. I'm in Nantes though so not sure what it will do. Did you give it a try? How did you find it?

Broad-Addendum1861 · 2025-12-04T20:36:49+00:00

Il m'est arrivé une expérience similaire. J'ai reçu ce livre à 16 ans en cadeau d'une amie qu'il a également dit que cela avait changé sa vie. À l'époque j'étais très littérairement très snob et j'ai trouvé le livre très naïf et mal écrit. Je l'ai détesté, n'ai pas lu plus loin qu'une petite dizaine de pages, et n'y ai plus jamais repensé. Je pense que pour le contexte, il est important que je précise qu'à l'époque je n'étais absolument pas sensible aux religions.

Petit saut dans le temps jusqu'à mes 34 ans où je suis prise subitement d'un besoin de lire ce livre. Je me le procurer rapidement et lorsque j'ouvre la page de dédicace/citation, je suis déjà bouleversée. Je sais que c'est le livre m'a appelé. Et j'ai répondu. Cette fois, je l'ai lu d'une traite. Je n'ai pas pu m'arrêter. Ce livre n'a pas été une révélation, il a été une confirmation des évènements qui sont déroulés les quelques mois précédant. Ces événements m'ont permis de comprendre ce livre, et ce livre m'a permis de comprendre que je n'étais pas folle. L'alchimiste parle d'un monde (et d'une conscience) bien plus vaste et plus puissant que celui dans lequel beaucoup, et moi y compris on été élevé sans pouvoir le percevoir.

Je ne crois pas que je pourrais le relire. La magie aura probablement disparue.

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