Identity in the Digital Age: Merging Art, Film, and AI in My Professional Journey
A Tale of Balancing Diverse Passions and Professions
Dear friends,
Today I want to talk about an issue which probably many of you creatives here are familiar with.
Some days ago I attended a dinner and was asked: What do you do?
And instead of saying something very straightforward like: I am a fireman, a doctor or a teacher — I was struggling to explain that I am an artist, filmmaker but also developer and designer. In the end I confused the other person and even myself.
The same goes for presenting myself online. On my website I would like to give people a general idea about what I do.
But some people should only see my AI work. And the ones who I am trying to sell a website should not get distracted by the fact that I do another movie soon.
Right now I am mostly communicating that I teach about AI. But at the same time my articles and newsletters are about much broader topics like inspiration, my creative journey and so on.
With 100k, our web-development studio, I have at least managed to keep programming websites and my art separated. We have our own website and Instagram account. Also we are considering starting a blog to publish articles and small tips about to develop websites. Like this, we will help other developers and at the same time generate more traffic on our website.
So I am considering starting a new project which is purely dedicated to my AI work and call it AI_Mastery or something similar. There I can fully focus on creating and talking about AI stuff and dive much deeper into the topic. The name sounds stupid though but it might fulfil its purpose.
I’m considering launching a separate Instagram account for my daily AI-generated images and videos. This way, my other projects won’t get lost in the mix. I’m also thinking about creating a website just for my tutorials, teachings and articles, to keep things neat and accessible.
My takeaway is that it makes sense for me to keep things separate. It requires more work — but avoids a big mess and confusion.
Are you familiar with this too? Or is it just me?
Much love,
Marius
