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if you don't consider work made for free or not for profit as worthwhile because it's "devaluing the space" for more "serious" career artists, i don't know what to say to you. that is a completely irresponsible position to have in this day and age and throws a ton of great art under the bus
December 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
if you don't consider work made for free or not for profit as worthwhile because it's "devaluing the space" for more "serious" career artists, i don't know what to say to you. that is a completely irresponsible position to have in this day and age and throws a ton of great art under the bus
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also a lot of the supposed "middle class dilettantes" in this category are people on the fringes and barely scraping by. and besides, middle class "dilettantes" have made some of our greatest art anyway - see the work of Charles Ives, insurance salesman.
December 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
also a lot of the supposed "middle class dilettantes" in this category are people on the fringes and barely scraping by. and besides, middle class "dilettantes" have made some of our greatest art anyway - see the work of Charles Ives, insurance salesman.
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my feelings on this
a) the idea that you can't make a living off art is sad because it reflects a world where art has been devalued to a massive degree
b) the idea that work made as part of a creative industry is the only kind of real worthwhile or consequential art is totally ridiculous and false
a) the idea that you can't make a living off art is sad because it reflects a world where art has been devalued to a massive degree
b) the idea that work made as part of a creative industry is the only kind of real worthwhile or consequential art is totally ridiculous and false
If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
December 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
my feelings on this
a) the idea that you can't make a living off art is sad because it reflects a world where art has been devalued to a massive degree
b) the idea that work made as part of a creative industry is the only kind of real worthwhile or consequential art is totally ridiculous and false
a) the idea that you can't make a living off art is sad because it reflects a world where art has been devalued to a massive degree
b) the idea that work made as part of a creative industry is the only kind of real worthwhile or consequential art is totally ridiculous and false
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Here's a very short clip to sort of show you what I mean. Just gorgeous. And appropriately creepy as heck, but gorgeous.
December 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Here's a very short clip to sort of show you what I mean. Just gorgeous. And appropriately creepy as heck, but gorgeous.
FUCK now I've been made to think about formalism in videogames again. Damn I might as well go fully back in time and start gleefully retweeting Anna Anthropy and believing in things again
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
FUCK now I've been made to think about formalism in videogames again. Damn I might as well go fully back in time and start gleefully retweeting Anna Anthropy and believing in things again
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I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment.
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
I Hope You Get To Live Your Entire Life As A Human
I thought this was going to be a review of my time with Santa Ragione's Horses, the controversial art game recently banned from Steam and the Epic Store. To some extent, this will be that but after...
transgamerthoughts.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment.
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
A lot of people do not understand the concept of pastiche.
December 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A lot of people do not understand the concept of pastiche.
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
I am fascinated by Congo, which is why I have never watched it. The sacred notion I have of it in my head is too perfect to profane. Just seems like the perfect alignment of so many regrettable 90s movie trends.
December 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I am fascinated by Congo, which is why I have never watched it. The sacred notion I have of it in my head is too perfect to profane. Just seems like the perfect alignment of so many regrettable 90s movie trends.
Lol Michael Crichton left the production of the movie Congo because he was outraged that they didn't want to use a real gorilla for the friendly gorilla character. I dunno why, but that really amuses me.
December 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Lol Michael Crichton left the production of the movie Congo because he was outraged that they didn't want to use a real gorilla for the friendly gorilla character. I dunno why, but that really amuses me.
Deeply embarrassed that I accidentally shared an ai generated video. Ew. Did not know it was ai and should have noticed that the ice agents uniform said "pice" lol
December 7, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Deeply embarrassed that I accidentally shared an ai generated video. Ew. Did not know it was ai and should have noticed that the ice agents uniform said "pice" lol
Bad tarantino takes are like a lone lightbulb in the dark, attracting swarms of people with bad movie takes like mosquitos
December 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Bad tarantino takes are like a lone lightbulb in the dark, attracting swarms of people with bad movie takes like mosquitos
I love the bad acting in face/off. "It's like looking in a mirror, but... not!"
December 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I love the bad acting in face/off. "It's like looking in a mirror, but... not!"
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Futuristic city, drew a pseudo Akira pixel art bike and it just ballooned from there lol. It's on Reddit now too. www.reddit.com/r/PixelArt/c...
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Futuristic city, drew a pseudo Akira pixel art bike and it just ballooned from there lol. It's on Reddit now too. www.reddit.com/r/PixelArt/c...
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I also went from very low confidence in drawing to doing this
That was pretty neat
That was pretty neat
November 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I also went from very low confidence in drawing to doing this
That was pretty neat
That was pretty neat
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One of the best things I've done yet, I think.
November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
One of the best things I've done yet, I think.
I was listening to Willie nelson not long ago, love him so much. Anyway he was singing a song about how the autumn has taken all of the other leaves on the tree and he's the last one left, fucking gutted me. Imagine, all those friends and collaborators gone.
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I was listening to Willie nelson not long ago, love him so much. Anyway he was singing a song about how the autumn has taken all of the other leaves on the tree and he's the last one left, fucking gutted me. Imagine, all those friends and collaborators gone.
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
Listen I'm gonna piss a lot of you off, but fuck it, eating your own shit should be normalized, come at me
December 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Listen I'm gonna piss a lot of you off, but fuck it, eating your own shit should be normalized, come at me
Gosh I am loving moonring. It's an ultima I can actually make headway in!
December 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Gosh I am loving moonring. It's an ultima I can actually make headway in!
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Futuristic city, drew a pseudo Akira pixel art bike and it just ballooned from there lol. It's on Reddit now too. www.reddit.com/r/PixelArt/c...
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Futuristic city, drew a pseudo Akira pixel art bike and it just ballooned from there lol. It's on Reddit now too. www.reddit.com/r/PixelArt/c...
I can admit my initial "who cares" take about Horses was wrong and misguided.
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I can admit my initial "who cares" take about Horses was wrong and misguided.
Hilary, reading about Palestine protestors: "fuck them kids"
Bill, remembering Epstein Island: "yeah... fuck them kids"
Bill, remembering Epstein Island: "yeah... fuck them kids"
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Hilary, reading about Palestine protestors: "fuck them kids"
Bill, remembering Epstein Island: "yeah... fuck them kids"
Bill, remembering Epstein Island: "yeah... fuck them kids"
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Was able to draw a little before I had to stop cause it hurt
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Was able to draw a little before I had to stop cause it hurt