bibbleskit (n):
[bɪ-bəɫ-skɪt]
- Me. Andre. bibs. bibble. My name. My pseudonym. My nom de plume. Always spelled with lowercase.
Origin:
When I was but a wee child, way back around 2000 or so, my mother told me I can have my very own eMail address. I was about 6 years old and had no idea what an eMail address was but it sounded official. I was a bit worried about the responsibility.
I asked my mother, “What do I have to do?”
“Pick a name,” she said.
“What do I pick?” I prodded.
“Anything you want,” she said, patiently.
“Anything? Even gibberish like… bibbleskit?” I poked, using a new big word I learned recently.
“Even gibberish like bibbleskit,” she laughed.
I sat and thought for a while but I ended up keeping bibbleskit.
Anyway
I don’t know how to talk about myself. Even less so now, after a few identity crises. I’m an artist (drawing/painting) mostly now, but I never thought of myself as one in the past. Even though I always made art growing up. I more-so thought of myself as a musician. Or a programmer when I felt bad about my music. Back to musician when I felt bad about my programming. A person who just plays video games at the worst of times, haha.
But, even though it’s hard to say confidently, I’m an artist. I draw, I write, I play music, I make programs and video games. I consume and absorb media. Art, in the general sense of the word, is important to me. It’s taken many years to settle on that, and it likely would have taken way longer without the amazing support of my wife and a few friends along the way.
Thank you, everyone.
