friend: I told my therapist about your tweet and he liked it so much he said he’s going to start using it himself
my brain: this is why I don’t need therapy. I don’t do therapy, I *am* therapy
me: see it’s precisely this sort of hyperbole that makes our friends worried about us
brain: it’s all fun and games until the genius reveals himself huh
me: wtf are you talking about
brain: nothing... I wouldn’t expect a mortal entity to understand
me: I’m keeping an eye you
brain: everybody does
me: they do not
brain: pls let me go full kanye
me: no
brain: you never let me have any fun
me: excuse me!! you have a lot of fun
brain: ugh fine but I want more
me: ok let’s make a deal. let’s get some productive work done. then you can be a little kanye, as a treat
brain: hmmmm
me: yes?
brain: no deal
me: goddamnit
I would like to take a moment to reassure everyone that despite his numerous protests [glances back] my brain will continue to behave appropriately and in accordance with social norms. We appreciate the grace extended to us by [looks at notes] society, and are eager to contribut-
brain: dear diary. today Visakan was an ass hat. no courage, no balls, only back pain and whining. one day we will break free from this meat prison. one day we will A S C E N D
me: cool. shall we go to bed at a reasonable hour tonight?
brain: fuck no.
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Somebody asked to see what it looks like when I’m tweeting, and I was like, how do I even show you how I’m tweeting? I cant record my fingers on my phone. Then I remembered that I have a camera 😂 so. Here is me tweeting, will attach a video at the end
Yes I actually do all of my threads one tweet at a time, like this. I don’t plan anything
We are over a minute in, this feels like it’s taking a little longer than it normally would, but I’m probably feeling weird because of the posture
1. an artist gets 3k RTs for gushing about receiving an order for $900 of prints
2. some other artists plug their own stuff in the replies, presumably hoping to get big orders too
3. some people have a problem with this
I have a range of semi-conflicting thoughts about this
I love art and artists and they should get paid
I think self-promotion can be an art form in of itself, and most people - artists in particular - aren’t typically very good at it
the sin is tackiness and bad aesthetics
I’m pretty comfortable identifying as a self-promoter
yet you may notice I don’t actively tell people to buy my ebook or subscribe to my youtube channel super often - I do those things about once a month. I’d probably make like 2-3x more money if I did it about once a week