Haven't posted in a while, but it's great to return to "Communities" and so many choices... something those of us who have been here for a while remember being promised a very long time ago.
Of course, there are so many choices... I spent a little time looking at many of them, and considering what to do next.
Apricot blossoms — photo rendered as a drawing
I suppose many are tempted to just try to "carpet bomb" the place with loads of posts... perhaps (inadvertently?) turning Communities into something like a latter-day version of bid bots, albeit in a much subtler way.
Greed seems to be a pervasive human quality... hard to get away from it, even in communities based on idealism.
The original photo I am playing around with...
Being RELEVANT...
For the moment, I have subscribed to seven communities that seem relevant to an art and photography related blog that's more about quality than quantity.
And more about content than money extraction. Sometimes it almost feels like there is little room for actual original posting, created from scratch.
I'm not sure how this will all play out in a functional sense.
I hear there are literally hundreds of communities, but it seems like far from all of them show up in feeds, and in the "explore communities" area.
Black-and-white version
Clearly, I still have a lot to learn, here.
Still trying to figure out exactly where our blog posts end up now, and who exactly gets to see them. And why.
New things are always hard to learn.
Meanwhile, the World Melts Down...
Not that it has much to do with art, but as I write this, the financial world seems to be in full "meltdown mode."
In truth, it actually does have something to do with art, because for those of us who create art (or are engaged in other creative fields) with an eye towards scraping together some version of "a living" stock market corrections and declines tend to be bad news.
"But WHY?" you might be asking.
Rendered as a painting...
Well, because when financial markets take it in the shorts and recessions threaten, the creative world tends to suffer... because what we offer the world is perceived as non-essential, and thus our "funding" tends to be near the top of the list of things people cut from their budgets.
Which is a bit depressing... but what can you do?
Anyway, just playing around with this "Community" thing, for a bit.
Thanks for reading this rather "light and fluffy" post!
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