{"id":2979,"date":"2025-06-09T14:50:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darkopavic.art\/?page_id=2979"},"modified":"2025-07-29T15:28:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:28:00","slug":"no-need-to-be-good","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/darkopavic.art\/?page_id=2979","title":{"rendered":"No need to be good"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2979\" class=\"elementor elementor-2979\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ccca6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31ccca6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-184a2a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"184a2a3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa08df4 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aa08df4\" 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elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_tabs_horizontal\" data-id=\"4668cb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_tabs_horizontal.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-tabs-horizontal qodef-qi-clear qodef-layout--simple qodef-title-hover--underline-draw qodef-title-underline-from-left\">\n\t<ul class=\"qodef-tabs-horizontal-navigation\">\n\t\t<li>\n\t<h5 class=\"qodef-tab-title\" role=\"tab\">\n\t\t<a href=\"#qodef-tab-ed7de8c\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"q-text\">\n\t\t\t\tDeutsch\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t<h5 class=\"qodef-tab-title\" role=\"tab\">\n\t\t<a href=\"#qodef-tab-1939d97\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"q-text\">\n\t\t\t\tEnglish\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<div class=\"qodef-tabs-horizontal-content\" id=\"qodef-tab-ed7de8c\">\n\t<p><strong>\"No need to be good\"<\/strong><br \/>2024<br \/>\u00d6lpastell auf Papier<\/p><p>Es gibt diese Augenblicke im Leben, in denen etwas in uns leise, aber unwiderruflich kippt. In denen wir erkennen, dass der gr\u00f6\u00dfte Druck, der schwerste Anspruch, die lauteste Kritik aus uns selbst kommt.<\/p><p><strong>\u201eNo need to be good\u201c<\/strong> ist genauso ein Moment.<br \/>Ein Moment, in dem ich realisierte:<br \/>Niemand \u2013 wirklich niemand \u2013 erwartet von mir die perfekte Aussprache.<br \/>Niemand verlangt fehlerfreie Grammatik, l\u00fcckenloses Wissen oder ein makelloses Auftreten.<br \/>Das alles war ich \u2013 meine eigenen, stillen Erwartungen an mich selbst.<\/p><p>Die Zeichnung ist Ausdruck dieses Moments.<br \/>Reduziert. Direkt. Roh.<br \/>Ein R\u00fccken, eine Haltung \u2013 nicht glatt und nicht idealisiert. Sondern menschlich.<br \/>Vielleicht auch verletzlich. Aber vor allem: ehrlich.<\/p><p>Diese Arbeit ist eine Einladung an dich.<br \/>An all jene, die sich selbst zu oft \u00fcberfordern.<br \/>Die das Gef\u00fchl kennen, immer noch \u201ebesser\u201c, \u201erichtiger\u201c oder \u201emehr\u201c sein zu m\u00fcssen.<br \/>Die sich selbst das Leben schwer machen mit einem Bild von sich, das nie ganz zu erreichen ist.<\/p><p>Vielleicht erkennst du dich in der Figur, vielleicht in der Geste, vielleicht nur in der Stimmung.<br \/>Aber vielleicht sp\u00fcrst du beim Betrachten auch ein St\u00fcck Erleichterung \u2013<br \/>und den Mut, dich selbst ein wenig liebevoller zu sehen.<\/p><p>Denn wahre Sch\u00f6nheit liegt nicht im Perfekten.<br \/>Sondern im Unvollkommenen.<br \/>Im Echten.<br \/>Im Eigenen.<\/p><p><strong>No need to be good.<\/strong><b><br \/><strong>Just be.<\/strong><\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"qodef-tabs-horizontal-content\" id=\"qodef-tab-1939d97\">\n\t<p>\u00a0<strong>\"No Need to Be Good\"<\/strong><br \/>2024<br \/>Oil pastel on paper<\/p><p>There are moments in life when something inside us quietly, yet irreversibly, shifts. Moments when we realize that the greatest pressure, the harshest expectations, and the loudest criticism come from within.<\/p><p><em>\"No Need to Be Good\"<\/em> captures one of those moments.<br \/>A moment when I realized:<br \/>No one\u2014truly no one\u2014expects perfect pronunciation from me.<br \/>No one demands flawless grammar, complete knowledge, or a polished appearance.<br \/>It was all me\u2014my own quiet expectations, weighing heavily on myself.<\/p><p>This drawing is an expression of that realization.<br \/>Minimal. Direct. Raw.<br \/>A back, a posture\u2014not smooth, not idealized. But human.<br \/>Perhaps even vulnerable. But above all: honest.<\/p><p>This piece is an invitation.<br \/>To you.<br \/>To all who push themselves too hard.<br \/>To those who know the feeling of always needing to be \u201cbetter,\u201d \u201cmore correct,\u201d or simply \u201cmore.\u201d<br \/>To those who burden themselves with an image of who they think they <em>should<\/em> be.<\/p><p>Maybe you\u2019ll recognize yourself in the figure, the gesture, or maybe just in the mood.<br \/>And maybe, while looking at it, you\u2019ll feel a sense of relief\u2014<br \/>and the courage to view yourself with a little more kindness.<\/p><p>Because true beauty isn\u2019t found in perfection.<br \/>But in the imperfect.<br \/>The real.<br \/>The deeply personal.<\/p><p><strong>No need to be good.<br \/>Just be.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96fb399 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"96fb399\" 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