/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3601281
I don't get to show my sketchbook to a lot of people outside of my family and a few friends. They give the usual compliments and not a lot of critique. A person I use to show my sketchbook to was my therapist. Whenever I brought my sketchbook to draw in the waiting room, I would take it with me to the session. He would always ask to see what I drew. He would say how I should be a professional and all that other crap. Sometimes he would ask what all my drawings mean, how they relate to one another, or where I come up with them. One time I made a bunch of random doodles on one page. One of them was a poorly drawn nude woman woman putting on a cybernetic arm. He looked at with clear distraught and asked me what was going through my head when making this. I kept responding by saying they're just drawings I like to make and that they have no meaning. I had a feeling of fight-or-flight as if I was being personally attacked. I stopped showing him my sketchbook after that. It's not that I'm afraid of people saying my drawings are bad. I know you have to be willing to grow thick skin and put up with that. I just don't want people to build up mental profiles of me based on a few pieces of paper and use that to describe and judge my entire life and personality. It's bad when the internet does that and it's worse when people you know do the same. It kind of reminds of The Beginner's Guide and how Davey assumed his friend's feelings and personality based on his/her minimalist "games". Recently, my therapist asked me why I stopped bringing in my sketchbook. I told him how I felt and that his input was of no value to me at all (That's obviously a lie). He said he was sorry for offending me and that he meant no ill will. I'm thinking about bringing my book with me again. Was I being an oversensitive bitch? I guess I should stop worrying about what others think of me. Maybe that is my problem.

>>3601407