I started to think of my days now not as AM and PM but more like BP (before posting) and AP (after positing).

even someone like zach felt the same kind of disappointment:

I remember feeling intense disappointment when something wouldn’t do well — like not getting press or follow up invitations for exhibitions. I knew intuitively that I wanted to work more open, stress-free way. When I was a student I just made things. I remember being jealous of the freedom my students at the School for Poetic Computation had, and wondered if there was a way to work like that.

I apologize if these are repetitive to things I’ve said in talks or in write-ups, but I think they are important, so I’ll repeat them.

his first sketch in 2016: