A steady day. Created most of the Spotify Canvases, including photographing some net curtains for lace, and finding a few small bugs in Argus (which is rare, it's fairly small and simple software). The Chicago Institute of Fine Art allows free use of its historical paintings, which is wonderful. I love their style of art too, and I'd happily donate art there. Their policy means that I can use some of Cotán's vegetables for my video, and a portrait of Harmen Hals, Frans Hals son in the Frans Hals video.
All that's left are The Laughing Cavalier, and Tycho Brahe.
Tonight, Steam have got back to me over Radioactive, so have prepared the Demo and Update for release on March 10th.
I'm feeling weary and disappointed. Almost every game on Steam has lots of reviews and interest, yet my games none, yet my games are, I think, good quality, certainly not spammy, not clickbait, not gambling, porn, clones, idiotic or any of the other many ultra-popular rubbish that litter gaming platforms - even if Taskforce does include Zombies (though the whole plot is strictly tongue-in-cheek). I feel sad at the injustice in the world. I spent 30 years trying to make game, working on my passion. I made lots of games, and although some were more popular than others, like Hilt II on Amiga, like Flatspace on PC, none were successful, and now struggle to be seen by anyone.
Yet, what can I do? My games are part of my art and I'll keep caring for them and trying to make them available for an uncaring world. I often neglect then, but do care about them, and care a lot while I'm working on them. As such, I now think that Radioactive is brilliant, even if the world does not. My life would be changed hugely with just one hit.
In other news, I read about Cameron, the wife of John Parsons today, and looked at some of her art and watched the 'Wormwood' film. Those strange, magical, artistic people of the West Coast are my sort of people. Art is my life and purpose, and art is magic. I don't believe in magic any more than religion, art is my religion because it has something to show for itself, some active contribution to make. Magic, if it is anything, is the power to transform others, to change minds and therefore the world. I must strive to express more, stronger, better, and live art to the greatest degree.
Onwards I march.
