There is an illusion in culture that love is sunshine and lollipops, that vows are easy to keep. You strip this naked and reveal the skin, the guts, organs, ripped flesh and leave us with the skeleton to collect our thoughts.
βWhere you stole my religion and sat on my chestβ oh my god π this is beautiful I like how real and raw it is and how it presents marriage/love honestly instead of making it seem like a constantly perfect situation. And itβs sweet that you show that despite the arguments/problems you still love each other honestly and not in a staged fake way. I love this poem so much βοΈβοΈ
Also gotta mention that as an artist who knows many artists, I very much appreciate the use of, and properly credited, real art. Real or nothing, it should be. Keep it art π€
BeksiΕski is my favourite Polish artist. Using AI for illustrations is non-ethical since the models were taught on the work of human beings without their consent. I hope we will see the artists getting some huge recompensations from Google, OpenAI, etc.
Agreed, I am firmly against using AI. Feels so gross that people even pair it with the word "art." Feels like such a leap of loss of humanity, artists using robots to do their images instead of taking a few minutes to draw, take a picture, find a stock image, or just not use a photo. For this reason, I only use real photos. I'm sure no artist will ever see any money for their work having been stolen and used by robots...billionaires like to steal, not give.
My stance is bit less toned down. Generating a funny image for your friend? Fine. Thatβs just one recipient. Using AI to generate illustrations for your work, which will be read by thousands? Thatβs where the problem liesβ¦
I still believe companies like OpenAI will loose the lawsuits and will be obliged to pay for their greed.
Hoping you're right. With the amount of pollution they cause and how crooked the industry, I'm against it altogether but I see what you mean. It's good to encounter other artists with this kind of integrity π€
I understood the whole thing after a friend of mine introduced me to how are training data sets for LLMs constructed and how artists are being hurt this way. Ashamed to admit, especially that I have a data science background myself, but I didnβt know that LLMs were fed with what was scrapped without any kind of consent.
If my ex husband had been this honest at our wedding, it would have saved me 16 years of emotional abuse. Hence that line about forgetting self, hating her, but never leaving...I could relate with him in that line. It's hard to feel sorry for a person such as this character, but a hint of what used to be a soul sparks through to remind us he's human, and damaged.
To me those ups and downs is the nature of marriage. Especially with small kids and having very little space for own needs. Neither me or my wife is a saint, so we have our bulshit fights time to time, then both feel bad and somehow always manage to forgive each other. That's life.
βI will hate you, forget myself, but still never leave you.β If thatβs not real, I don't know what is. I'm probably going to read every word you publish for the rest of life, just fyi. ππ
Aww!!!! Yay!!! 12 years next month and counting over here. ππ It makes my day to read stuff like this and then find out it's from a peep who's actually lasting it out. Most such truth comes in retrospect after something didn't make it. π€
Seeing all those miserable marriages, it makes me so happy that some folks can actually survive together for that long and still love each other! β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
One thing for sure is---Night Cracks is an honest place. I will find everything that is cruel, kind, grotesque and beautiful, all packed into one concise piece of writing. Reminds me of life. After reading quite a few of your pieces, i have come to marvel at your ability to hold the binaries together. One of the many reasons why I love this publication:) Can't wait to read more of your stuff and i am really happy that more people are recognizing your talent and truth.
I do like mixing things together. I tried but I just couldnβt stick to one category - Iβm glad you honored my choice to write whatever my twisted mind makes me.
Binaries do not exist. Itβs all gray.
Itβs so good to have you as a faithful reader.
Thank you for the lovely, thoughtful comment β€οΈ
ββWhere we became one and created new worlds.β Beautiful π€©
Thank you! π₯Ή
Phew.
There is an illusion in culture that love is sunshine and lollipops, that vows are easy to keep. You strip this naked and reveal the skin, the guts, organs, ripped flesh and leave us with the skeleton to collect our thoughts.
Iβd love to say I stripped my own marriage.
But Iβm afraid itβs like that for all of us.
Thank you, Gub.
βWhere you stole my religion and sat on my chestβ oh my god π this is beautiful I like how real and raw it is and how it presents marriage/love honestly instead of making it seem like a constantly perfect situation. And itβs sweet that you show that despite the arguments/problems you still love each other honestly and not in a staged fake way. I love this poem so much βοΈβοΈ
So, when are you getting married yourself? π
I currently have 0 prospects I donβt foresee marriage in my future but thatβs okay with me as long as I have a wedding at least once
Same feeling,
Iβd word it differently.
But I like your version better. π€
Thanks, chap π
I like my writing bare, true, bruisey and grotesque.
I bet you would word it differently.
Iβm proud it still did the trick.
I donβt know how you managed it but, this is both sweet and salty π
As our uncanny lives are π
Those two tastes blend together so naturally...
Thanks, sister! π€
Also gotta mention that as an artist who knows many artists, I very much appreciate the use of, and properly credited, real art. Real or nothing, it should be. Keep it art π€
BeksiΕski is my favourite Polish artist. Using AI for illustrations is non-ethical since the models were taught on the work of human beings without their consent. I hope we will see the artists getting some huge recompensations from Google, OpenAI, etc.
Agreed, I am firmly against using AI. Feels so gross that people even pair it with the word "art." Feels like such a leap of loss of humanity, artists using robots to do their images instead of taking a few minutes to draw, take a picture, find a stock image, or just not use a photo. For this reason, I only use real photos. I'm sure no artist will ever see any money for their work having been stolen and used by robots...billionaires like to steal, not give.
My stance is bit less toned down. Generating a funny image for your friend? Fine. Thatβs just one recipient. Using AI to generate illustrations for your work, which will be read by thousands? Thatβs where the problem liesβ¦
I still believe companies like OpenAI will loose the lawsuits and will be obliged to pay for their greed.
Hoping you're right. With the amount of pollution they cause and how crooked the industry, I'm against it altogether but I see what you mean. It's good to encounter other artists with this kind of integrity π€
I understood the whole thing after a friend of mine introduced me to how are training data sets for LLMs constructed and how artists are being hurt this way. Ashamed to admit, especially that I have a data science background myself, but I didnβt know that LLMs were fed with what was scrapped without any kind of consent.
If my ex husband had been this honest at our wedding, it would have saved me 16 years of emotional abuse. Hence that line about forgetting self, hating her, but never leaving...I could relate with him in that line. It's hard to feel sorry for a person such as this character, but a hint of what used to be a soul sparks through to remind us he's human, and damaged.
To me those ups and downs is the nature of marriage. Especially with small kids and having very little space for own needs. Neither me or my wife is a saint, so we have our bulshit fights time to time, then both feel bad and somehow always manage to forgive each other. That's life.
Thank you for reading and connecting! π
Interesting, the space that allows for interpretation. Love it.
Thank you, friend!
This is how I want every season of "Love is Blind" to end
I had to google what βLove is Blindβ is π€£π€£π€£
sry, Iβm just a little beetle living under a rockβ¦
βI will hate you, forget myself, but still never leave you.β If thatβs not real, I don't know what is. I'm probably going to read every word you publish for the rest of life, just fyi. ππ
That's what marriage means (not only, but also) after 13 years together.
For me at least.
I don't even know how to answer...
Thanks, dude! β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
Aww!!!! Yay!!! 12 years next month and counting over here. ππ It makes my day to read stuff like this and then find out it's from a peep who's actually lasting it out. Most such truth comes in retrospect after something didn't make it. π€
Congrats to you and your man, Jean! πΎ
Seeing all those miserable marriages, it makes me so happy that some folks can actually survive together for that long and still love each other! β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
Held my breath throughout this. Just wow.
As intended!π€π€π€
Thank you so much, dude!
This came across with real power. A but like exposing something beautiful for being venomous.
Really well written and from a place of bitter truths in many peoples cases. Loved it!
That's kinda me - you can expect nothing more or less. Thanks! β€οΈ
Such a great peice, honestly it left me speechless. I genuinely adore the last few lines.
Thank you, Kajal β€οΈ
I hope all lovers get a place like that.
One thing for sure is---Night Cracks is an honest place. I will find everything that is cruel, kind, grotesque and beautiful, all packed into one concise piece of writing. Reminds me of life. After reading quite a few of your pieces, i have come to marvel at your ability to hold the binaries together. One of the many reasons why I love this publication:) Can't wait to read more of your stuff and i am really happy that more people are recognizing your talent and truth.
Bhavya⦠this is too sweet.
I do like mixing things together. I tried but I just couldnβt stick to one category - Iβm glad you honored my choice to write whatever my twisted mind makes me.
Binaries do not exist. Itβs all gray.
Itβs so good to have you as a faithful reader.
Thank you for the lovely, thoughtful comment β€οΈ
Of course! And i agree, we live in the gray. Will continue to come back-- to see the gray from your perspective<3
βοΈβ π¨οΈπ§οΈ
This reads like a vow from the frontline of reality. Brutal and beautiful.
I think I'm gonna make an album with comments/restacks for this poem.
Thank you so much, Meraki! π
Yes, do that!
THIS IS FANTASTIC
Thank you, mate β€οΈ
I'm saving thisss