I really hate to do this, but there comes a time in everyone's life where a choice must be made. And here I face some of the biggest choices imaginable: what college to go to, what I want to do with my life, etc.
But the most important one is: What should be prioritized, and what should be left by the wayside?
At this point, I choose to prioritize self-realization and getting to a point where I will be happy with my life and to where I will be unafraid to hide anything potentially... controversial.
If I must keep hiding the anthropomorphic life I live on DeviantArt, then it is surely not worth living. This has bothered me since I began drawing anthro and submitting it to various websites. It also began when people I had never met in real life began to talk to me, and I to them. I have no doubt in my mind that I have made some good friends this way, but I see no point in talking to a person whom I have never actually met in reality... too many things remain ambiguous. It all seems to have come included within living life attached to an anthro-addiction.
I need to lose my attachments, and focus on the more important things in my life, so I will therefore be closing all communications on DeviantArt. I will submit my work to a PhotoBucket webpage, where people can still enjoy my work, for I believe that it would be cruel to all of you if I didn't let you look at my art anymore.
Save for a few key contacts, I will discontinue IM communication between most people I've met on here. I will give up Role-Playing, for that is part of the addiction that I want to efface. It is starting to get to me. I will exist for art and art only, yet if you absolutely must say something about my work, I will have set up an email account specifically for that.
It does hurt me to do this, but I (regrettably and somewhat reluctantly) feel that this is necessary for my well-being and for my social life. I must move on. My last post on here will contain my new art address and my new email which you can send urgent and periodic comments to.
It has been fun, but the ride has to stop somewhere.