#dadaism

Les Larmes, 1932 & Lydia et Mannequins, 1926

of course, regardless of the tool i use, solo work such as writing will still connect me to myself, and my tool will still connects me to the labor, ideas and influence of thousands of people, which i stand upon.

still. i can ask myself: do i need to roleplay with someone else because it fulfills an emotional need, or because i want words on my screen? similarly, by producing a hundred images effortlessly, i can determine if what i wanted was to "own" or "have" a depiction of something, or a specific person's work. and when coding, by getting some or all of a program generated for me rather than making it myself as i normally would, i can understand whether i was seeking a functional result or something more, like a challenge or opportunity to practice my skills.

by essentially stripping my creative process down to the minimum, i understand what i was getting out of it. i've always enjoyed giving up creative control, for example by trusting dice and procedural generation, i consider this a form of expression anyway. but now that i can delegate almost all creative tasks in this way, i can truly see which ones i absolutely don't want to delegate, the ones i'm particular about.