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zara, mid-20s, they/them • pan • audhd • writer • writing commissions open!

writing commissions open!!

hello folks!

once again, i am opening up my commissions. i recently broke up with my long-term partner and had to move out of our shared flat. this has coincided with my regular work being super, suuuuuper slow, and i am in desperate need of funds.

here is my pricing information:

  • drabbles (500-800 words) £5 GBP; allow one week for completion
  • one shots (800-2500 words) £10 GBP; allow one week for completion
  • shortfic (2500-5000 words) £20 GBP; allow two weeks for completion
  • longfic (5000-7500/7500-10000 words) £30/40 GBP; allow three weeks for completion

anything £20 and above is open for negotiation.

to find out more, click here to see my commissions page. finally, if you have any questions at all, or if you'd like to see a sample of my work before placing an order, feel free to shoot me a DM.

grief is so crazy like what if i forget what her laugh sounds like. does she know i loved her. i miss her so much. i catch myself doing things she used to do. i wish i could call her. i miss her so much. i do a crossword puzzle. i cry while washing the dishes. does she know i loved her? my heart feels like a hummingbird. i miss her so much. what if i forget what her laugh sounds like. what if i forget.

i talked ab this feeling in therapy yday and my therapist asked me, “would it really be so bad if your memories changed? if they softened and faded or looked different over time? why does that frighten you so much?” and i said, “i don’t want the love to disappear.” and she looked at me for a long moment and then she said, “it won’t. it doesn’t work that way. even if the memories soften or change, it doesn’t mean the love does. that love keeps going backward in time, forever, because you love her still. all is not lost.” i just thought i would share that in case it resonated w anyone else too.

my issue with the argument that "disliking ai art is inherently reactionary" is that it acts like pro-ai art people are somehow less reactionary on their views on art, when like the majority of defense's of ai art as like a higher form art are indistinguishable from the arguments people use to defend the art of like. hitler

like the logic is that hitler was actually a great artist, entirely hinges on the belief that "objectively good art" is just art that looks detailed if you've never drawn before, which like why ai artists who want to prove their actual artists will just make a pretty looking building or lady, cause it's all about aesthetics i guess

like i'm not saying your a nazi if you like ai art, i just think it's silly when people act like anti-ai artist's are just hysterical luddites, and that ai artists are the ONLY people who actually care about art, when 99 percent of ai artists on twitter only care about art that's "beautiful" on an extremely superficial level.

Jacob Geller dissected the intersection of Fascism and modern art in 2020, sadly before the AI art boom, and goes into better detail than I can about how abstraction is a threat to fascist ideals. I also want to draw attention to possibly my favorite commentary on modernism.

Comic by Ad Reinhardt, an abstract painter, who's made multiple comics about art and perception.

AI slop only bring repetition and lack of original idea to the table. it's an advanced form of stolen art collage. It seeks only to trace and multiply without provoking. It's the anthesis of art.

can someone invent a type of letting go that actually feels good instead of feeling like your soul is getting ripped out via large intestine

this is one day i am really fucking happy to put behind me. jesus

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