Lesley Unplugs
Lesley Returns to An Analog Life Like many other creatives, I have been challenged this past year to continue to create and share my work without concerns of theft from AI scraping. The only solution that feels like the right fit for me at the present time is to remove my artwork from the digital sphere entirely and refocus my attention on "real life" interaction. I hibernated all of my social media accounts, including the content of this blog. I focused my efforts instead on local opportunities to show and sell my work, and have been pleasantly surprised to have many such opportunities appear. In the last six months I have had my work on exhibit in four different shows in my community - in galleries, libraries, businesses and organizations. At the same time I have become enamoured once again with the old "analog life" we all once enjoyed. Remember the slow pace of the 90s? Well, I've returned to it. I am writing real letter...