2023-07-21

• Started writing [[Reclaim Roundup: August 2023]]

• Noticed that since upgrade I have to run org-roam-db-sync regularly now too, it isn't updating automatically.

• Friday, 07/21/23 ** 14:04 I like having a stable job. I like being able to have the freedom to create in my free time regardless of deadlines or output, especially when I'm doing creative work - not work that has to provide value to others. Creative work on a timeline has saturated YouTube, TikTok, Instagram with millions of hours of mediocre content that nobody has been particularly happy with - but that they've been forced to make or push out to make profit. I'm very thankful to be shielded from that obligation by providing value at my day job and doing something that matters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WHkpGjfYIo was gratifying - really freeing to see that 'playpm' is speaking to flaws that he has himself, that he is no better than anyone else, that he's taking steps to be better. He's amusing and vulnerable.

Blown away by digital audio synthesis; some of the real-time piano work to emulate strings hit by hammers sounds absolutely incredible. I want to model things in real life on computers, on the internet, with incredible precision, and to model new objects digitally before they're created. Keep learning how to do this! ** 19:13 The lighting through my window is beautiful between 6 and 7 pm, and the light outside is beautiful immediately after. Aim to be home during that time. Identify the corresponding time in the morning! Use your room as a studio space. Figure out how to light even when the conditions in my room aren't ideal.