20/12/2025
A few comments over the past few days have made me pause and think , and they've only been happening since my followers have grown 🤍
I’ve seen how quickly social media can turn into a judgemental space , I knew before but hadnt been on the receiving end SO much.
I understand that conversations about AI, creativity, ethics, bodies, representation and power matter. I am not dismissing that. I also understand that people will land differently depending on their values, experiences and fears about where things are heading.
What’s been harder to sit with is not disagreement itself, but the speed with which disagreement becomes judgement ⚡
There seems to be a growing assumption online that if someone makes a choice you would not make, that choice must automatically say something about their character, values or intelligence.
That feels like a stretch.
For context, because nuance is important 🧠 - not that I should need to justify myself buuuuutttt...
I do pay an illustrator. I value human creativity deeply 🎨
This is also a tiny business, with very real financial limits, and sometimes I use AI as a supplementary tool so I can keep showing up, experimenting, learning and creating without burning out or going under.
That is not me opting out of ethics.
That is me navigating reality.
AI is not a finished product. 🤖
It improves through interaction, correction and human input. Avoiding it entirely does not make it disappear, it just removes thoughtful voices from the process while less thoughtful ones continue using it anyway.
That does not mean everyone has to like it.
It does not mean everyone has to use it.
It does not mean criticism is invalid.
But opting out does not automatically place someone on the moral high ground, just as opting in does not make someone careless or unethical.... ( 👋 )
What I find interesting, and honestly a bit exhausting 😮💨, is how often conversations framed around inclusion, autonomy and choice suddenly collapse when someone makes a choice that others personally dislike.
Not every action is a statement.
Not every post is a political position.
Not every creative choice needs a public analysis 🔍
Sometimes people are just trying to have a moment of lightness ✨ in a year that has been heavy, expensive, stressful and emotionally demanding.
There is room for discussion.
There is room for education.
There is room for critique.
There should also be room for restraint and kindness 🌱
Scrolling past is allowed.
Choosing differently for yourself is allowed.
Letting others exist without correction is allowed.
Acceptance does not require agreement - they're different & can co-exist.
I am doing my best to navigate creativity, ethics, finances and sustainability in a way that feels aligned and honest 💛 I will keep listening, learning and reflecting, but I will not accept the idea that curiosity or adaptation automatically equals harm.
Sometimes the most respectful thing we can do is allow people to make their own choices, even when they are not the choices we would make ourselves.
From a very creatively , burnout individual.
