Art literally saved my life, after being diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer my mental health took a nose dive to the point were I was seriously thinking of taking my own life as opposed to allowing the cancer to take its inevitable course. One day I just decided to paint, something I hadn't done since I was in high school. It was just a generic Bob Ross style mountain scene and was not very good but what it did was calm my mind and focus on the present while not thinking about the hell I was in. All feelings of suicide seemed to leave me and after an extremely talented surgeon cut away my lung and lymphoid gland which saved my life I decided to carry on exploring my artistic side and after being diagnosed a further four times with cancer it became just as much a necessity to keep my sanity as much as a hobby to pass the time. I can't afford to go to art school and even if I could my body is so badly damaged the simple act of leaving the house is too much to bare. Instead of going to school I taught myself through hours upon hours of videos online and instrucional pdfs from artists like Andrew loomis. I love art, just when I thought there was nothing more to learn I find something new to challenge me. My art gave me a vocabulary I couldn't find to describe how my feelings and the challenges of having cancer, I tried so hard to put into words how I was feeling to my wife but no matter how hard I tried I couldn't make her understand but through my art she has a clear understanding now. I still have cancer but now my focus is on portraits and finding the beauty in life I once took for granted.

@leesvision

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing, thats pretty epic much love bro❤❤❤ keep going

@nemo9540

2 жыл бұрын

@@leesvision thanks Lee.

@ageofechochambers9469

Жыл бұрын

Convert to Islam, that is what saved me

@nemo9540

Жыл бұрын

@@ageofechochambers9469 I'm really genuinely glad that you found something that works for you and I appreciate your advice, you took a moment out of your life to think of me and type your comment and I cannot thank you enough however for me personally I don't find comfort or guidance in my life through any faith or religion. I wish I could, my life could be so much easier if I had faith in a higher power but the cruelty and pain I've sustained since way back when I was a kid kicked that idea out of me for life.

@bluelady2374

Жыл бұрын

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This didn't feel like a VICE video. More like advertisment.

12:25 The emirates? As in, uae hired vice to help soften the country's image? No no no no no no no

@theplutonimus

2 жыл бұрын

Lol they did, the Hypocrisy of Vice

@BenDover-gg4ku

2 жыл бұрын

Whoever is reading this, I hope you have a great day! Here is some artist inspiration for you 🎨 ✨ kzread.info/dash/bejne/gauF2NSJka-aqqw.html

What Vice calls "official art" we call artificial.

This will realized to those who didn't appreciate and give deeper understanding towards art , that art is powerful than we think.

Vice is doing ads now. Interesting.

@saumitrachakravarty

2 жыл бұрын

Let me get this straight. UAE is now "promoting art" so that the rich folks around the world can find a new outlet to launder their money and evade taxes legally all the while the Emirates can garner reputation as "open and culturally diverse" as opposed to a restrictive theocratic regime. They have paid Vice to cover it in the guise of "unpaid promotion". Talk about having your own cake and eating it! Correct me if I am wrong.

@ethancramer1175

2 жыл бұрын

Art isn’t really a vector for money laundering. You may see artworks sell for egregious sums because it’s being sold to the highest bidder. It’s an investment for many collectors.

@friendformationbot

2 жыл бұрын

@@ethancramer1175 it is absolutely a money laundering vector lol

@theplutonimus

2 жыл бұрын

@@saumitrachakravarty Absolutely correct. The Hypocrisy of Vice

The “uncertified”artist really be the best!!!!

I LOVE ART, I have depresión and anxiety and to paint it’s getting me through this

Love the story and cinematography:)

Glad I found this video. It's another part of the question I've been rolling around with for awhile. Art, identity, expression of inspiration v.s art as the expression of the person as the filter. Art becomming the person or does the person become art. I'm pondering this because the answer hopefully will make things make sense.

Lovely life stories 💛

More art talk please!!

Art is an expression of the human spirit - a communication from the human spirit to the human spirit, and to the divine. Only people with numbed human spirits, who exist in the survivalist part of the brain, question the usefulness of art. If art is an expression of the ego, created in pursuit of fame and money, then it is an abuse of the human spirit. There has been a lot of abuse in the past 100 years.

@smackyourlocalfrauditor9767

2 жыл бұрын

"Only people with numbed human spirits, who exist in the survivalist part of the brain, question the usefulness of art" daaaamn, that hit. That explains so much.

@mohamada2177

2 жыл бұрын

@@smackyourlocalfrauditor9767 dont believe these clowns, there is nothing wrong with living in the survivalist part of your brain if that keeps you far away from this overrated ness.. there is no art like the art of the world, helping people, doing good, that is art. painting some bs is no art and making a weird sculpture isnt art either. 'if i can assosiate the emerates with anything then its the future.' wild secularism, wild suspect.. progressive ness to the extremes. Walahi a man that stands for nothing falls for anything and its clear to see. you are wanting to look more european i reckon? mingle with their ugly modern art?

Excellent video!

it’s true, the father was correct to think she was joking. She’s not a famous artist

Within the hearts

Propaganda, Advertisements, Creative Bliss, Hot Sand, and Men's Rights: UAE living. But really, art is something you need to do if you even have an inkling of a want to do it. No medium can limit you, and you can't limit yourself to one.

This channel was one of the inspirations for me making mini documentaries on my own channel.

@goatpepperherbaltea7895

2 жыл бұрын

Keep it up you got clickable thumbnails

@conjuredcreatives

2 жыл бұрын

@@goatpepperherbaltea7895 thank you! I'm trying to learn :)

Hmm title seems to be exactly the same as a pretty famous book….

❤️❤️❤️

Great video. Interesting hearing the perspectives of emerging artists in a community that is still establishing it's identity.

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I think it's good for the artists to be seen but I don't know how one of the artists can say the Emirates has a blank script there when they actually have a dark one. I would have rather heard about artists there who recognize this.

Is this about art or the Emirates? Art will never thrive under a dictatorship. Notice how none of the artists have any controversial work, very few of their works were even shown. The only thing I've seen is abstract works with uninspired neon color palettes. The skeletons were kind of cool, but even then she talks about how she had to make it seems more positive for better mass appeal. Everything said was just some generic motivational speech garbage that's been rehashed trillions of times.

@atrpntime

2 жыл бұрын

the emirates are a luxury simulation it is imported from somwhere else, the architecture, the fashion, the cars everything. peak of global modernity everything and nothing.

@atrpntime

2 жыл бұрын

i think the best part is when the talk about emirates being the future, the whole future of that nation relies on fragile global trade infrastructure and the unprecedented levels of peace had in recent times. of course there is no talk of the wastefulness of their society, opulence without purpose. basically national dickmeasuring contest all because the west funds their resource extraction.

@Hobo613

Жыл бұрын

@The Escape Project although the video never mentions the full out 100% origins of the artists (i don’t care as artists are artists) if you don’t think that this Emirates paid for this spot thru Vice, your delusional as any journalistic integrity is abcet, which is completely a conflict of interest. journalists are supposed to report on the news, not create it, pay for it or take money to create content

wait so we're going to talk about human rights in the Emirates but we're only going to focus on art?? you guys might be burying the lead here...

"L'art pour l'art" Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (1811-1872)

Art is everything. Everything is art. KZread is art. Vice is art. Documentary is art. Even this comment is art. Even you is art

@Emir-hu5gy

2 жыл бұрын

Art = art

@whatisitthesedays

2 жыл бұрын

You've made an art out of making nonsensical statements.

@ricardor8256

2 жыл бұрын

talking nonsense is art too, its called neo-socialmediacomment-surrealism, aka "I need to talk positive shi* and validate everything and everyone so they dont cry"...

@ianwimbles1440

2 жыл бұрын

Right on my brother!

I love Vice

the ocean does not submerge with raindrops.

Vice fr

مبدعين

All I see, I Love, for All is I 🙏❤️☀️ @iamloveiam 🎨

Did vice get new dubai investors?

medika diaries: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZWGKzMOLgLytmtI.html

She looks like a Young Ant May.

Vice can I show you my paintings?

Thé Guy is using epoxy resin with no mask, really dangerous. I’m not aware of a safe epoxy resin for art, you definitely need a mask

#wroughtinmindz

No views?

I liked the skeleton artwork series

Bruh

i am boycotting the emirates now, if you need a news channel to advertise your country then something is going wrong there and no one should go for their own safety.

I was the 6 to like the video :)

Hahaha nie wierzę xD

Artistic freedom my arse! Je suis Charlie...

@boarbot7829

2 жыл бұрын

What’s that supposed to mean?

@robnecronomicon1570

2 жыл бұрын

@@boarbot7829 There is no free thought or art in Islam.

@boarbot7829

2 жыл бұрын

@@robnecronomicon1570 okkkkkkkkkkkkk

@robnecronomicon1570

2 жыл бұрын

@@boarbot7829 Try drawing a picture of Muhammad, and post it on FB then let me know how it goes for you. You might want a bullet proof vest, however. :)

#ad……..

Building Identity Through Art ( unless you are LGBTQ+ )

@LynneSanchezFries

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. This video is upsetting in what it leaves out.

This is an ad. This isnt a doco of any sort

Just wanted to say “FIRST”, but I wasn’t

Another puff piece, aka "Vice piece"

what they do is a waste of time

fART

Damn what a waste of money this video was look at them statistics!

what are you doing vice…?

god i miss the old thumbs down button

Switched off when the Muslim woman talks about freedom. Yeah right, she is free and not culturally oppressed. She can't even show the viewers her neckline.

@skid6252

2 жыл бұрын

Im sure showing you her neckline is the epitome of freedom. I suggest you watch some Cardi B Music Videos if that’s what you’re after.

@stella-vu8vh

2 жыл бұрын

What are you trying to say? Something about hijabs being oppressive?

Why can't they take in refugees....

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Bring back old vice. Not this.

If there's no mastery of a craft w talent , than you are not a artist. Talent matters. It's not up for interpretation or your bs sophistry

Boring.

Vice probably says black skinned people created art,….. and rock music .. 🤣

@riccrion718

2 жыл бұрын

Did you even watch the video?

@BAMA-1986

2 жыл бұрын

@@riccrion718 Who, Me ?