Technology and marketing changes so fast now that the person I was ten years ago is no longer relevant. I’m having to re-make myself (not my personality) but how I exist in time, space and work. Trying to keep up with new social media platforms and their ever-changing algorithms is a source of stress, at least for me. Every system in our house is now computerized, my banking system is constantly changing, my car thinks for itself. I live by reading manuals. My days are loaded with learning how to use everything I buy or use. Then there’s the changing world of art marketing - more to learn and do. It’s difficult to get my mind to relax enough to get into the zone of making art. Not complaining… just a totally different world; requiring me to think and act differently.
And then begins the long and painful process of unmaking ourselves...
Technology and marketing changes so fast now that the person I was ten years ago is no longer relevant. I’m having to re-make myself (not my personality) but how I exist in time, space and work. Trying to keep up with new social media platforms and their ever-changing algorithms is a source of stress, at least for me. Every system in our house is now computerized, my banking system is constantly changing, my car thinks for itself. I live by reading manuals. My days are loaded with learning how to use everything I buy or use. Then there’s the changing world of art marketing - more to learn and do. It’s difficult to get my mind to relax enough to get into the zone of making art. Not complaining… just a totally different world; requiring me to think and act differently.