JA WestenbergThe biggest mistake I have made as a creator is letting my ego, my ambition, and the shallowness of social media convince me that I had an “Audience” instead of a network.
Coreyartus Imagery@Daojoan Wow, this hits deep. I’ve always struggled to articulate why I dislike artists who try to post to every possible platform and just end up Art-spamming their work. Now I know why. Thank you, Joan!
As an artist, if I’m not clearly present and engaging (and on Mastodon that’s probably easier to determine than on a lot of other platforms) I might as well be generative AI.
Tomorrow’s art world will be entirely about relationships—that’s the only thing that will make it different than AI.
keeps vis.social running@Coreyartus @Daojoan I've been creating art with code for decades. But since the whole AI Hype thing and the ongoing failure of capitalistic socials, I've been creating more and more with a glass dipping pen and ink. And when I show my work in public, folks gravitate more to my hand drawn pieces...but also to my chemistry inspired code-created pieces.
At the same time, my 'network' of fellow #SciArt artists has kept in touch here and there. Some are here on mastodon, but so many are not.
@Coreyartus @Daojoan That last post might seem disconnected, but in my brain it's on topic. I'm just so tired right now, and not expressing my thoughts well.
@kristinHenry @Coreyartus I like this thought. A lot.
@Coreyartus @Daojoan It seems like we are in the middle of a drawn out inflection point, and I can't tell which way the curve will turn...so I'm trying not to think about it much.
Rather, I try to work in ways that improve my mental health. Meditative slow drawing, or debugging code that gives me big dopamine and endorphin feedback when I solve the puzzle and get a beautiful image.
Is it marketable? Maybe.
But I'm happier.