Rinny Perkins is a firm believer that we are all still works in progress.
Rinny Perry on Cultivating Confidence
Her new book. Not everyone will like youPerkins says that she was inspired by “a lifetime of pleasing people” to write about cultivating confidence. She shares that, even after its release, she still uses the advice to boost her own self-esteem.
It’s still a work in process. Some days I’m up. Some days I’m down. … It’s art, [that] “We’re never static, we’re always learning,” she told Sonia Baghdady from Advocate Now.
Perkins’ “illustratedManifesto” documents her experiences of being a Black queer woman and features her own artwork. She claims that her style was inspired by Black artists of the 1960s and 1970s. According to Perkins, this “marked the first time in the history” when black people could autonomously represent themselves through media and culture.
“So many marginalized identity don’t have the chance to be heard or seen.” Perkins says, “I just wanted to create an area where I could express my voice.” “And then, I just started creating artwork that really focused on celebrating the personhood people who looked like me, people fit into those identities…
