im writing now?
this switch to writing, or rather expansion into writing, is a surprising one for me. I’ve always considered myself someone who cannot write. And I’ve always been an extremely visual person, obsessed with painting, really abstract painting, photography, 3D graphics, video games, these are the things that really made up my world. But writing? No. And so when I think about what has brought me to writing right now, it’s really the realization that I need to strengthen my consciousness, strengthen the bond between my conscious understanding of who I am and my interests and the subconscious layers that exist in my software and my DNA. And so for me, Writing is equal to thinking, and writing is equal to learning. And if I need to sharpen my artistic and creative vision, then I need to write. There isn’t a world where you don’t need to explain your work or write through it. Doesn’t mean it has to be public and available. But writing is a critical process to understanding the subconscious. And it is really a connection between feeling/expressing and critical thought. I have over indexed, or maybe properly indexed in the feeling, in the emotional, in the improvisational. And that is a muscle I will not stop growing. But I now need to over index in the critical thought capacity of my work so that I can really draw a through line. They will both strengthen each other. And I think about what’s gotten me to this point. Is it AI? Is it the fact that in the proliferation of AI and technology, I’ve recognized the importance of writing and humanity through writing? The one medium that really pierces through history is writing. And so…words are important. And I know my focus on James Baldwin over the last year has definitely influenced the way that I am approaching my work. my work on using AI to create a Chatbot that delivers you quotes from James Baldwin has invigorated inside me a deep appreciation, recognition and admiration of words. And so…thank you, James Baldwin.
