Every Artist Should Have Their Own Website

Hello hello! 

I've been curious about technology ever since I was a little girl and after college I worked at a tech startup for two years. Over the past couple of months, I've been trying to learn more about economics and business in order to understand myself as a business owner and to participate in discourse with deeper knowledge. 

Spending a couple of months in Europe was helpful to get an outside perspective on American influence and Globalization through technology. I think about that Vonnegut quote a lot about how we're dancing animals and when I look around at white collar work I'm struck by how stagnant it is, especially post-COVID. This brilliant French journalist and photographer I met on a plane showed me a photo he took in New York of a man on his laptop in a gorgeous park, pointing out the absurdity of it. 

And the Acquired Podcast, which I've been binge-listening too talks about how screens are over-saturated in our society as it stands. They also acknowledge the VC-funded model and how it's created economic and cultural extraction from local communities (I consult with tech companies on pouring back into local communities and economies so reach out if this is you). 

If I had to hedge my bets considering the state of tech and the layoffs happening around AI, having a trade job and then doing art/having creative and people skills could be the future. That and/or local stores, communities, etc. I'm doubling down on this after talking to another man on another flight who was visiting a trade school in Hutchinson, Kansas. He said it was lovely and he was Midwestern nice, my favorite kind. We talked about the weather. And Halloween. 

Instagram used to be a place where you looked at your friends photos. Now it seems that the algorithm is becoming more and more specific, local, and favoring events (like a bulletin board). The rise of apps like partiful, luma, and new life behind eventbrite would suggest the same. People want to be outside, with other people. People like having things to go to. 

Long term, I also think audio devices are the future for tech. Like when your server at a restaurant takes your order, they will speak into something that sends it directly into the kitchen. Or audiobooks, podcasts, etc etc. 

The last media memory swimming in this thought loop in my mind is a David Bowie interview where he imagines a day where you can get a Jeff Koons at the grocery store with your eggs. While I like the idea of that, I think a future where each artist has an E-commerce site (hello shopify) is much more likely for the near future. 

My website is here. It's nice to have a place to put things. 

Contrary to popular belief, I don't hate the internet. 

I really like it, I think it's fun. 

I just don't want to have it with me all of the time. 

But I do like to be able to reach my loved ones at any point. Phones phones phones. 

Everything is something to do.

Here is a guide on building local community and income as an artist