This is really beautiful to read, dear Hive account@hivewatchers - I am an old-school art-ist and co-creator, and am really really uncomfortable at how effortlessly sooo many folks are pulled into using AI to make images and then present them as 'art' or 'self expression' - completely missing what ART IS - as in, the ongoing and expansive evolution of our inner world expressed in mastery of a material/s.

Putting tech in-between us and our 'art' is like putting pharmaceuticals between us and our body: we are distorting our natural capacity to express, which is core to our true identity and key to our vital power.

Our hands are connected to our heart and moving from our core can bring profound insight of not just what has been occulted within us, but of our collective, interconnected beingness - without Real Art, we lose track even more of where we are, what we are, and what our Purpose is.

Get back to real life folks! Feet on the earth, hands expressively improvising, making and creating and being alive!

painting in oil, oil pastel and pencil on card, 2022