There’s something that, once it really hits you, changes how you see everything you do.
"Art is born from emotional crime."
It’s simple: You see the world your way, and you tell it just how it spills out of you. And when it’s real, people lose their minds.
That’s it. No secret there.
But being yourself—fully, without asking for permission—can scare the hell out of you.
Tons of artists get stuck in a destructive loop.
Chasing applause from folks who are just as lost as they are.
Repeating, copying, looking over their shoulders.
And they end up cheering each other’s insecurities.
They paint like they’re scared of being disliked.
They create like they’re afraid it won’t sell.
Most artists are trapped in that echo chamber of doubt.
Using their talent to hide the fact they’re terrified.
Every time they try to be someone else, they’re really saying:
“I don’t deserve to be seen.”
“They’re better than me.”
“I wish I was like them.”
And that sticks like glue.
It stains their work.
It rats them out.
Because art vibrates at the same frequency as your betrayal.
Art is born from an emotional crime.
The crime of not needing to be liked.
The crime of saying:
“I’m not here to please. Not even myself.”
Ever notice how the harder you try to impress, the worse things get?
If you’re hiding something out of fear, it will shine through in your art.
Like someone begging for permission to be real.
So what are you hiding when you paint?
Look there. Right there—where you didn’t dare to go.
That’s where your real work was.
Here’s the twist—The artists who blow our minds...
aren’t trying to blow our minds.
Maybe you need a push to break out of that loop of needing to be liked.
We’ve built an island for that.
And it’s full of fellow criminals—artists who stopped obeying:
JAW Cooper
Vincent Desiderio
Ruprecht von Kaufmann
Laurie Lipton
Edward Povey
Tania Rivilis
and Yasha Young.
They were lost too.
They saw what you’re seeing now.
And they’ll help you commit the crime: betray what’s expected of you.
Maybe this all sounds like a fairy tale.
Or maybe it hits home.
If it does, here’s the deal:
P.S. — This program isn’t made to fit in, to please you. It’s a one-of-a-kind pact—like a true work of art. It won’t happen again. Over half of the spots are already taken. If this is your time, hit the red line 🤘
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