I want to start a conversation about AI. Not the defensive kind, not the guilty kind — just an honest one. Because here's the thing: everyone is doing it. And if we don't talk about it openly, people will just keep doing it in secret, and secret things breed guilt, and guilt breeds negativity. We don't need that.
So let's just accept it. Establish some rules. Move on.
It's like driving a car. Cars are bad for the environment. We know this. We still drive, because we need to get to work. AI gets me to where I need to go, creatively. And yeah, there are little slip-ups — like that late-night trip to the supermarket when your body just needs rest. But you go anyway. Life has greener options in every direction — the amount of furniture I see thrown on Amsterdam streets every single week is insane — so if we want to make a list of things to fix for the planet, let's compile it. AI doesn't have to be number one.
My rule: AI in your work can never be more than 30%. And that's a generous, honest number, because every artist has references anyway. Every show you've watched, every book you've read, every color that just felt right in the moment — all of it feeds into the piece. You can't always track where inspiration comes from. You just flow.
AI is a refiner. A structurer. You put something raw in, it gives you a base, and then you adjust. You're the director now. You curate. You take what's good and you start shaping. But it has to become original — a real blend of intention and the happy accidents that happen when you just go with the feeling.
And please — the length. Why is everything AI writes so long? Nobody needs a 47-paragraph business proposal. We need to humanify it. Edit it back down to something that reads like an actual person said it.
Two ideas I want to build:
• The Truth Tracker — You tell a story, AI does the research. Checks where the idea came from. Finds if this philosophy already exists somewhere. Because honestly? We think we're so original. Maybe we're not. And that's okay — let's find out.
• The Originality Tracker — Especially for flow arts: if you learned a move from someone, credit them. If it's a really unique move, say it — "I saw this on your profile and added it to my repertoire." But most importantly: credit your teachers. Be proud enough to say, "I learned this from this person." That's the whole thing.
On dance, on flow, on all of it — I've always known I needed to dance. Needed to perform. That's the goal that keeps you working. Flow arts is where I landed, and it feels like the evolved form — somewhere between circus and dance, with objects, with music, with this moment where the muscle memory kicks in and you just stop thinking. That's the flow state. You can't rush there. You need the repetitions first. And then one day you're just moving.
For content: stop using your most impressive move in the first two seconds if it means everything after is a let-down. Tell a story. Build. Start small, go big. And stop blaming people for scrolling — if they're leaving, it's on us to make it interesting enough to stay.
I think I've officially let go of creating for other people. It took a while. But it's done.