Lesley Fountain Studio

  Lesley Returns to An Analog Life Like many creatives, I have been challenged this past year to continue to share my work online, due to the risks posed by  AI scraping . My solution was to remove my artwork from the digital sphere altogether.  I hibernated all of my social media accounts. I focused on showing and selling my work locally, and was pleased to have multiple new opportunities present themselves.     At the same time I became enamoured once again with the "analog life" we all once enjoyed.  Remember the deliciously slow pace of the 90s? I've returned to it. I'm writing real letters by hand (sealed with a traditional stamped wax seal - very cool), reading real books (not that I ever stopped, I never go anywhere without a book), watching DVDs from the library, and returning to the ways I enjoyed life prior to the internet, and in particular social media.  And it feels wonderful. While I am no Luddite - I am creating this blog post on my...