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All That I Value: A Love Letter to Atelier Ryza

Have you ever tried to describe your values in art before? I write about art as a hobby, and have taken part in various communities for years, and although a few common words pop up when I describe my favorites, I find it difficult to really describe my values. Art is too complicated and nuanced, and people even more so, to fit something so vague so neatly into human verbiage. It's the sort of thing I feel like I can do nothing but point to and say "that, that is what I value." And most people won't really get it, unless they've shared my experiences they'll need explanation to make sense of things and empathize with my perspective. Full of Bias is a place to fulfill that, but it's hard to talk about art in that sort of detail, to be evocative enough even for those who have experienced the piece I'm talking about. I'm a "thought dumper" of a writer; it's a strength and a weakness, but it's the only way I ever feel like I'm com