Pain Propaganda

Anti-Fascist, Anti-Ableist, Pro-LGBTQ+, fucking weird art by WFL

In case you're new here:

Pain Propaganda isn't just alliteration.

A glitch-style portrait of Will Leffert with blacked out eye makeup, wearing a black plate carrier with a pride flag patch and an "I Voted" sticker

I am Will: someone who lives in constant, unceasing physical pain. Pain that has limited me in so many ways; preventing me from pursuing my creativity the way I used to.

I also recognize a world full of pain. Fascism, ignorance and general hate surround us, causing a different kind of pain.

Studies show that swearing can actually reduce the impact of pain.. And as a music instructor once told me: Better to be vulgar than non-existent. That's a Bev Hensen quote, by the way.

I spread my own brand of vulgarity across the world, and share it with all of you, hoping you find your own relief in what I create. I may not have the more well-refined technique of my peers, but I stopped caring about that long ago.

If I had to nail down the motivation of my pain propaganda, it'd be this:

I don't create for the masses. I create for my fellow spoonies. My fellow LGBTQ+ folk. My fellow anti-fascists. My fellow fucking weirdos..

..But ultimately, as all art should be, I create for me.

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Saying "Fuck Trump" in as many ways as I can

Propaganda, Resistance and finding motivation

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You might say we have a "plethora" of spoonie shirts, stickers and more

The state of Pain Propaganda: New Merch!

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The Broken Samurai

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My Survivor Anthem

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Pain Propaganda is a source for alternative art by an alternative artist.

Pain Propganda is me taking my creative pursuits that I have developed over numerous years and sharing them with you, in the hopes that you'll spend a little money and buy something out of the menagerie of creativity that I have produced in various mediums.. And sometimes, that shit is "Fucking Weird".

This is from my piece "Live With Coal / Plan For Diamonds"