let me reassure you further: i absolutely DESPISE gen AI in all its forms for a variety of reasons (environmental cost, but also and mostly the impoverishment of creativity and thinking it rewards + exploitative nature)

That is where the joy is for me. I LIKE thinking, i like putting bits of myself and my emotions into my art. I like sharing that with people, I like seeing us feel the same things and relate to one another and I like building community around that.

generative AI goes against everything I believe in, it’s a product of a deeply capitalistic mindset that focuses on output over anything else and delivers soulless slop born from stealing from actual creatives (even their likeness sometimes in the case of deepfakes?). It cannot replicate what i find most important about art: its humanity.

Landry and Agissons Ensemble recently visited Linda Orphanage in Goma, where they prepared food for the children. These things are only made possible by the help of generous contributors supporting Agissons Ensemble. Landry and his team of volunteers are working tirelessly to provide displaced communities with food, shelter, and medical aid. Landry puts extra effort into creating joyful moments for the children, such as arts and crafts or even small holiday celebrations.

Landry's own family has been impacted by displacement. He is supporting his parents, his sister, and her children. His individual fundraiser goes towards his family's needs. He also uses the extra funds to help others in need, like Ezechiel. Landry met Ezechiel and his mother through his volunteer work and learned that the young boy was suffering from a serious skin infection. Landry was able to use some of the money he raised to take Ezechiel to the doctor's and get him medication to treat his infection.

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