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 risk of theft from AI scraping . My solution was to remove my artwork from the digital sphere altogether.  I hibernated all of my social media accounts and the former content of this blog. I focused on showing and selling my work locally, and was pleased to have several opportunities present themselves.     At the same time I became enamoured with the "analog life" we all once enjoyed.  Remember the 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 (yes, they still make new DVD players), 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 t...