When you feel scared and have hella imposter syndrome, remember that you are infinitely more relevant and skilled than ANY fucker who uses gen"AI" to create. You are beautiful and real. Keep drawing, painting, sculpting, writing, sewing - doing whatever real thing gets you giddy and excited. <3

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.

This could be you.

Making art is not all joy and fungus reanimated bunnies! That’s okay. That’s normal. That’s part of why art is important and also why artists and writers need to be paid for their work. If you keep dragging yourself back even when it’s hard, you’re doing fine.

Hallmark has done every plot, so it is time for the apotheosis of Christmas movies: a big city lawyer returns to her small hometown and falls in love with an actual Christmas tree. After a series of missteps, they get married and have tree/human babies. Their hybrid spawn scream in endless torment 🎄

Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better