Last week, I mentioned that I’m taking an Instagram break after Meta’s announcement that you would soon be able to create AI-generated images in Instagram. It’s no secret that I consider AI-generated content a form of blatant theft (of both creative intellectual property and creative labor) and taking a break from Instagram was a chance …
I’ll be honest. This isn’t really a post about Instagram. It’s a post about AI. If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I’m strongly opposed to AI. I know that for many, there are elements of AI that feel like a blessing, but for me, it’s a hard no. AI is created by …
I want to talk about the recent Supreme Court copyright case involving the photographer Lynn Goldsmith. You might have heard of it, especially if you run in more artistic circles, but you probably read all about it from the perspective of the work of its more famous plaintiff, Andy Warhol. In an opinion piece in …
This morning, I took a nap on the couch during what is usually my most productive part of the day. There were several reasons for this. The first was that I was up at 4 AM to take the high school cross country team I coach to a cross-training workout at our local pool. (A …
As a teacher, I get nervous when other artists and makers want to follow my exact business strategy. It’s not because I feel it’s proprietary in any way. (If I did, I wouldn’t be teaching it.) Rather, it’s because I have a multifaceted business that varies, sometimes based on necessity and sometimes based on mood. …