It is good that how you lived your life makes no difference at the end. I totally gave up on big, fancy dreams and understood there is no point of proving yourself. At the end we all turn to dust. And we all get forgotten.

Don't let it kill your passion or vision. Traditional paintings are still bought alongside digital art, and no matter how hard people seem to be trying lately, the human will never be made into a machine.

Art is probably the last thing AI will destroy. Partly because it is hard to understand, partly because art doesn't have a secret algorithm. I would worry about AI if I was a pilot or a taxi driver or maybe even an accountant, but if I was a professional artist I wouldn't worry too much about it for now. Any person with eyes prefers real art to copycat AI creation.

Fortunately I do art for fun, but big changes are coming to the art industry with the rise of AI artists. I wouldn't underestimate the ability of an AI to mimic a human artist given enough training data.

The problem is that such a dream is possible in a not insignificant percentage of workplaces, but you will always have either bosses who despise seeing their employees idle or employees who do their best to look busy, making everyone else pick up their load. It's the workplace prisoner's dilemma.

Damn, dude.

I love this style, very lovely colors as well. It is so satisfying to look at.

Art doesn't need to be shared indeed. I love drawing as well and looking at stuff I created. It is the best feeling in the world. I lost most of my old drawings and destroyed some with my own hands. It is the joy of creating something that matters, not the result. Sometimes feedback you get from people can be counterproductive even.

Jeez, it's hard to have faith in humanity's ability to not completely wreck the biosphere. Apparently many "carbon offsets" often are just conservation projects for existing forests. People basically pay to not have a forest get cut down and say it's compensating for their emissions.

A lot of carbon offsets are scams. Not all of them, but a lot are very scammy. This was a recent case here: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/2/24/malaysian-states-top-lawyer-declares-borneo-carbon-deal-dead

I enjoyed reading this. Also realized how I didn't eat durian before. I onlyheard about it a couple times. Very good observation on politics. It is very easy to paint whatever picture you want. People are gonna buy it.