Hanakotoba refers to the ancient art of assigning meanings to flowers.
In the Japanese culture, presenting flowers to another is not limited to women, and is not done lightly.
The underlying meaning of the flower determines the message sent to the recipient. This allows one to communicate feelings and emotions without words.
What is this zine about?
This zine is about using the concept of Hanakotoba and creating pieces of artwork based on the meaning of different kinds of flowers.
We hope to accept around 50 artists, all creating original (not associated with any fandoms, shows, bands, etc) artwork based on the flowers of their choosing. If possible then we would also like to accept merch artists on to this project.
If this type of project interests you then please spread the word, comment, or heart this post!
do you ever just think how men are allowed to look like shit at every second of the day. teenage boys are just allowed to have acne, old men are just allowed to have wrinkles. men can just go outside as they are and be attractive, women do it and they’re ‘sporting a natural look’
imagine if ed sheeran was a woman. he wouldn’t have a career
From
an early age, Asian artists are taught to erase ourselves and other
people of color. But self-love puts us back in the picture.
It’s easy to beat ourselves up for centering/privileging whiteness—which
I’ve done in my previous works. But it’s not mutually exclusive to be
proud of those works, and still recognize our failings and limitations that we need to work on.
It’s not wholly incumbent on creators of color to dismantle racist
institutions on our own (the responsibility lies primarily with the
white people who built them), but we can and should do our best to push
back on these systems whenever possible.
(Please don’t repost or edit my work. Reblogs are always appreciated)
I love this so much
i relate to this so much! i still find it hard for me to draw someone of another race because of how ingrained drawing caucasian people is in me
