serene: pixel-stained technopeasant wretch (pixel-stained)
serene ([personal profile] serene) wrote2007-04-15 09:30 am

Mark the date

If you're like me, it goes like this:

First you go here, to papersky's post.

Then you read the post she links to in [livejournal.com profile] sfwa.

Then you decide having an LJ or two makes you by definition a pixel-stained technopeasant.

Then you glory in it on April 23rd.

Who's in?

(Truthfully, I sympathize with those who feel the internet is Ruining It All, and I have always loved the Lead Pencil Club, especially the line in their manifesto that says "If our computers develop a virus, we will not seek a cure." But I love those things hypocritically, because being online has been huge in my life, and has helped me create the life and the art that I love.)

[identity profile] patgreene.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
What offends me most about that rant is the notion that art -- any art -- should be the province of only those who get paid for it, and the rest of us should learn our place and just STFU.

So yes, I guess I *am* a pixel-stained technopeasant wretch, and proud to be so.