I think I used the phrase "the worst people in the world" like five times between talking about the challenges facing an art career

A more serious gripe is how much AI slop I'm seeing - both on shirts attendees are wearing and at other booths

I'm giving a talk tomorrow on "turning passion for nature into an art career" and I wonder how they'll receive the part when I say that AI slop is a real problem

Words fail! Damn Julio

I am just killing time. These are not terrible hardships. Just the weird stuff one might encounter as a traveling artist.

The neighboring booth is one of those super salesy type booths, lovely folks but I'm hearing their spiel A LOT and they have a digital screen playing video with loud, super twee piano-ukelele-whistling music on an infinite loop. I've just entered hour 8 of this

I had to use The Facilities. As I was did my business, I heard a knock and someone call "house keeping!"

"Sorry, I'm in here!" I reply

They let out the most tortured SIIIIIGGGHHHHH I've heard from a grown person

When I exit, she is just GLARING at me.

Put up a sign, wtf!

One customer said they wanted a tote bag with one of the art from one of our stickers on it - fair enough, get these requests all the time. "Noted!" I say cheerily.

"No. Not noted. I WANT IT." they reply.

Yikes okay