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First off, I want to apologize for moving again. This blog is very important to me, and I want to make sure it has the best home and best chances to succeed. I moved to Substack after the recommendation by several friends and seeing many bigger names doing really well
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As I get older, things get harder. That’s just the way of things. I remember my dad at 51 was a lot more efficient with manual labor, but he was a mechanic for his trade. I’m a paralegal by trade and writer and artist as my side hustles
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I had something more thought provoking today, but I feel really tired for reasons I can’t quite figure out so just going to kind of riff some randomness here. We ran some errands today and went by Lackland Air Force Base in the process and saw a couple of
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One thing having Autism and bipolar is figuring out the different ways it effects me, and then trying to learn how to cope with those effects. One thing I’ve always struggled with is clinginess and attachment. Whether its relationships or friendships, I may not be outwardly clingy, but I
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Hello everyone, I’m Eric, creator of the Arsty Brain. This blog is a few weeks old as you can see by the number of posts, but only a day old on Substack. I mention in an earlier post my long journey to get here. A little about me, I’
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So I find myself here on Substack after moving around for the past month. I started my blog on Ghost and wanted to monetize with Google adsense. but Adsense couldn’t detect my Ghost site, so I went to Wordpress. After a week or two of fighting with plugins and
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I was reluctant to try this site because I didn’t want all my content on another platform and wanted to try self hosting. It turns out self hosting is a ton of work and a time suck I don’t have the patience for. I just want to get
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As some of you may have noticed, I moved back to Ghost yesterday. I didn't want to move again, I mostly liked Bluehost and Wordpress, but monetizing was even harder with them. For one, on Wordpress to do ANYTHING you need a plug in. There is always a
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I made this logo last night and like it a lot. I also moved the site again this time for the last time. I know I wanted to keep it all free, but I can't get ads to work and it would take millions of clicks to come
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As I’ve mentioned, in my art and personal therapy I’ve been using AI more. It allows me to explore themes and concepts without being limited to my own artistic ability. As a result, I feel my progress has taken many big steps forward. I know a lot of
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I don’t really have anything major to write about today. We went to a Taylor Swift dance party last night and were out late. I was exhausted and over stimulated, but it was a lot of fun. We hadn’t been out in months and I forgot how loud
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Recently as I venture into AI art I’ve been exploring the concept of Dadaism. Dadaism is an old art movement that came about after World War I that explored the absurdity of the art world and capitalism. It was a reaction to the war’s senseless destruction and rejected