Ben Overmyer

@cmconseils@mastodon.social I dropped out of art school twenty-ish years ago. At some point between grade school and art school, I started to always hate my art. After dropping out of art school, I pivoted hard into non-artistic things. Over the next twenty years, I spent less and less time making art. In the last year or two, I started painting again. And this time around, I adopted this outlook; that the simple act of creation is the good part. I like making art again, for the first time in decades.

@707Kat @jpoesen I would love to volunteer to help people in this way. The problem is a lack of demand. I don't hear about a lot of people who aren't already technically savvy about this stuff who are interested in moving away from big tech. Usually the reaction I see is "why would I care about that?"

@brouhaha@mastodon.social @ghouston@mamot.fr @alice@lgbtqia.space The danger of quoting old advice is that advice that’s been around awhile tends to gain other associations. We’re a tribal species. Group associations are a core of how we interact. We’re prone to accepting or dismissing things based on associations. Historically, we also tend to kill each other based on group associations. One way to short-circuit this is to take the old advice, reword it, and neglect to mention its origin.

@bubbles@social.bubbles.town Interesting idea. Let's see how it evolves.

@adx @mttaggart I have to admit, I have started quoting "thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of the human mind" way more than I did in the previous decade.

@rey@toot.cat @ploum@mamot.fr I did some of my own digging too after your initial post. Well, that sucks. I guess there aren't any good options left, then.

Today it's #BandcampFriday, so I have extra incentive to buy a new album. My choice this week is on the popier side, though it has strong synthwave influence. I got City of Once by W O L F C L U B. It's a nice chill album. https://newretrowave.bandcamp.com/album/city-of-once #NewMusicFriday #Synthwave #Music

@Amorpheus@kind.social @cmconseils@mastodon.social That wasn't it for me. For me, the issue was that the art I saw in my head was always much better than I was capable of producing. The gap got better over time, but not fast enough for me. This was exacerbated by seeing people younger than me producing works much better than I was capable of. Dropping out of art school was directly caused by an argument with an instructor, but I think that was only the catalyst, not the real source. My career has been plenty fun!

@ploum@mamot.fr There is still hope! The Ladybird project is gaining steam.

@parismarx@mastodon.online For tasks, I have switched from Todoist to Planify. I use Linux for my desktop, though, so that may not work for you.

@rey@toot.cat @ploum@mamot.fr You don’t like Ladybird?

@rey@toot.cat @ploum@mamot.fr You have me at something of a disadvantage. What are you talking about?