After this line: "Everyone expressed their awe at what I was doing, the words ‘brave’ and ‘crazy’ were thrown around liberally" I was waiting for something to have gotten lost in translation where you had accidentally agreed to donate a kidney or something. 😂😂
But no--just a nice group of people treating a stranger with hospitality.
Re: talking to ChatGPT? I'm terrified of using any sort of AI anymore for fear of being lambasted. I used to use Midjourney to create images to go with my stories. I would spend hours on these things detailing them and adjusting and whatnot to where it felt like my own and fitting for said story. But yeah, now I feel like I'll be scorned if I continue with that. If I do post a future story you're gonna see some real scraggly stick figures from yours truly. 😂
I want the link to your TEDX talk when you've done it.
I left out the bit about my kidney, didn't think it fit the narrative 😁
Maegan, serious question: Why do you give a fuck about what others will say/think about you getting AI to do a picture for you, or using AI for anything? As long as it's not writing stories for you, I don't see the problem. I'm a teacher with barely enough time as it is to write. I'm not an artist, I can't draw a straight line, and I'm not promoting myself (whatever that means) as an artist. So fuck what anybody else says or thinks, life's way too short, and as the old GIF says: "Ain't nobody got time for that!"
The TedX talk's not till April. I'll share the link, providing I don't mess it up so bad that they decide not to put it out anywhere 😐
Thanks for the feedback, by the way. Yep, just a wholesome tale of regular good people being hospitable to a stranger. Expect more of the same in upcoming posts.
I know I've said this before, but I am always jealous of your travelling stories, and I'm so pleased that you're sharing them! I think it's brilliant that they focus so much on the people and not just the travel, because I think that, as a reader, it feels like it provides a more accurate gauge of a place (to be fair, it could probably go either way and entirely ruin a trip, but you always seem to focus on the positives). Good luck with the presentation and I look forward to seeing how it progresses!
Cheers mate, for the words and for reading. I know some people might doubt this, but I honestly only have positives to take away from all the travelling. Even the bad moments, when I look back on them now, are positives.
Good luck with Tedx talk and mind the crap!
Cheers
Kris, I enjoyed this!
After this line: "Everyone expressed their awe at what I was doing, the words ‘brave’ and ‘crazy’ were thrown around liberally" I was waiting for something to have gotten lost in translation where you had accidentally agreed to donate a kidney or something. 😂😂
But no--just a nice group of people treating a stranger with hospitality.
Re: talking to ChatGPT? I'm terrified of using any sort of AI anymore for fear of being lambasted. I used to use Midjourney to create images to go with my stories. I would spend hours on these things detailing them and adjusting and whatnot to where it felt like my own and fitting for said story. But yeah, now I feel like I'll be scorned if I continue with that. If I do post a future story you're gonna see some real scraggly stick figures from yours truly. 😂
I want the link to your TEDX talk when you've done it.
I left out the bit about my kidney, didn't think it fit the narrative 😁
Maegan, serious question: Why do you give a fuck about what others will say/think about you getting AI to do a picture for you, or using AI for anything? As long as it's not writing stories for you, I don't see the problem. I'm a teacher with barely enough time as it is to write. I'm not an artist, I can't draw a straight line, and I'm not promoting myself (whatever that means) as an artist. So fuck what anybody else says or thinks, life's way too short, and as the old GIF says: "Ain't nobody got time for that!"
The TedX talk's not till April. I'll share the link, providing I don't mess it up so bad that they decide not to put it out anywhere 😐
Thanks for the feedback, by the way. Yep, just a wholesome tale of regular good people being hospitable to a stranger. Expect more of the same in upcoming posts.
I know I've said this before, but I am always jealous of your travelling stories, and I'm so pleased that you're sharing them! I think it's brilliant that they focus so much on the people and not just the travel, because I think that, as a reader, it feels like it provides a more accurate gauge of a place (to be fair, it could probably go either way and entirely ruin a trip, but you always seem to focus on the positives). Good luck with the presentation and I look forward to seeing how it progresses!
Cheers mate, for the words and for reading. I know some people might doubt this, but I honestly only have positives to take away from all the travelling. Even the bad moments, when I look back on them now, are positives.