In Highschool, Art class is the only class without the pressure to perform.

Typically for art class, all we have to do is show up. Unlike math, where poor performance is sequentially met with punishment under the hierarchical rules of the institution. Art is free, everyone gets an A!

Throughout history, artists have rarely argued against plagiarism or theft—Unlike patents, which are theatrical ways of "proving someone thought of something first", historical art-theft is just colonization.

• In 1897, British soldiers raided the Kingdom of Benin (in modern-day Nigeria), looting thousands of intricately cast bronze plaques and sculptures. These pieces now sit in European museums, commodified and contextualized through colonial narratives.

• Pablo Picasso’s pivotal shift into Cubism was heavily influenced by African masks and sculptures he encountered in Parisian ethnographic museums. He never credited African artists or traditions.

• Painters like Raphael, Rubens, and even Michelangelo often ran large workshops where apprentices painted entire sections of commissioned works.

No matter how much brushwork apprentice's provided to the artwork, the master's name was attached.

We not buying Fubu, we not buying no doodles unless they're from Basquiat!

Artists compete through theatrics for their share of the market. Branding is a performative act to obtain authority and acquire market share in the consumer world of art, which is key to making a living. Otherwise you die broke. Digitally.... this theatre also comes in the form of digital touchpoints outside of art, such as; posts, content, videos, where potential fans can find you and interact with your brand.

Typically, artists dealt with exploitation by means of leveraging the results of their labor. That's no longer the case due to AI, the labor and results once leveraged are now quite accessible to anyone willing to pay $15/$20 a month. Art isn't dead, the tools to creating it have just become more equitable.

Freedom for the creator who never had time to draw, a new form of expression.

You can still stand out. You just need to compete effectively.

"I think my Pandora's box contains your memories which will spill out of that box like ghosts tearing apart the fabric of the soul's fourth wall and gravitational pull."

In Highschool, Art class is the only class without the pressure to perform.

Typically for art class, all we have to do is show up. Unlike math, where poor performance is sequentially met with punishment under the hierarchical rules of the institution. Art is free, everyone gets an A!

Throughout history, artists have rarely argued against plagiarism or theft—Unlike patents, which are theatrical ways of "proving someone thought of something first", historical art-theft is just colonization.

• In 1897, British soldiers raided the Kingdom of Benin (in modern-day Nigeria), looting thousands of intricately cast bronze plaques and sculptures. These pieces now sit in European museums, commodified and contextualized through colonial narratives.

• Pablo Picasso’s pivotal shift into Cubism was heavily influenced by African masks and sculptures he encountered in Parisian ethnographic museums. He never credited African artists or traditions.

• Painters like Raphael, Rubens, and even Michelangelo often ran large workshops where apprentices painted entire sections of commissioned works.

No matter how much brushwork apprentice's provided to the artwork, the master's name was attached.

We not buying Fubu, we not buying no doodles unless they're from Basquiat!

Artists compete through theatrics for their share of the market. Branding is a performative act to obtain authority and acquire market share in the consumer world of art, which is key to making a living. Otherwise you die broke. Digitally.... this theatre also comes in the form of digital touchpoints outside of art, such as; posts, content, videos, where potential fans can find you and interact with your brand.

Typically, artists dealt with exploitation by means of leveraging the results of their labor. That's no longer the case due to AI, the labor and results once leveraged are now quite accessible to anyone willing to pay $15/$20 a month. Art isn't dead, the tools to creating it have just become more equitable.

Freedom for the creator who never had time to draw, a new form of expression.

You can still stand out. You just need to compete effectively.

"I think my Pandora's box contains your memories which will spill out of that box like ghosts tearing apart the fabric of the soul's fourth wall and gravitational pull."