My final journal for the day before I pass into the nether. You like a piece of art? Comment! You have thoughts you want to share about it? Comment! Did it touch you in any way? Comment!!!

Comments are the driving force behind any social platform, and a compliment can boost any artist's confidence and well-being, big or small, but especially small. It's the best thing you can do for any artist with a small follower count, and even medium sized ones.

It's why I try to leave a comment on any piece that touched or evoked a decent amount of feeling or emotion from me, regardless of how small it is! It's especially important for a platform like Sheezy, where personal connections and networking are far more important.

This isn't Twitter, Tumblr, Bsky, or Insta. Artists are going to get significantly less engagement here than they do on any other platform, and it can be incredibly discouraging. New artists stop posting, or just leave all together.

So we have to flex what unique benefits we have, and that is artist to artist communication! Longer form discussions you can't have on social media! These are the key reasons why it's one of my favorite places to be as a creative. You just can't get this type of discussion anywhere else.

Did I motivate you enough? Good! Now go, my young comment apprentice! Comment on so much art that your fingers start to melt off!