Frostine Shake: Social Media vs. Your Creativity (in a private post accessible if you sub to her newsletter):
As algorithms continue to feed our every thought. I think it’s important to protect your brain and protect your creativity. So how do you do that? How do you protect yourself and your creativity on and off online? In my opinion, I think it starts with a healthy balance of both online and offline activities. You can both exist on social media, but also not allow it to dictate how or when you create things. Last year I really pushed myself to only shoot on film no matter how many rolls of film didn’t turn out conventionally “good”. I’ll create things whether anyone sees them or not. it’s special to have artwork or photos that are just for yourself, no peering eyes, no stealing, no judgement, just you and the act of creating something with any result, even if no one sees it.
Molly Crabapple: The Infernal Machine. I suspect I would love this post. Crabapple created Dr. Sketchy’s which I have been a fan of for years and miss very much. But the Substack paid gateway has stopped me. I saw the promise of getting a free post but unfortunately I’m a loop of trying to download the app to “Claim my free post.” I’m hoping that this post eventually shows up on her excellent website mollycrabapple.com.
I think sorting out how creators can create good social media alternatives is important. And I think newsletters will be an important part of that mix. It is frustrating to see software impediments making this more difficult.
