In this new series of drawings aka ‘Mind-streams’ I’m reconnecting with myself in so many ways… I’ve been working on generative ai art and vr art for ~4 past years and in 2022, after generating thousands and thousands of beautiful & interesting images with all the new major ai text-to-image generators such as Midjourney, Dalle, Stable and Disco Diffusion, at first I was fascinated by the results, but also overwhelmed by the amount of cool-looking variations of same ideas by myself and by many other artists. Later I’ve started reflecting on my ai generated images, questioning myself: what is my unique voice in these images? a text prompt? a seed? I’ve felt lost in all of it. I’ve stepped back for a while and later found out that I don’t want to work with ai for now. I just want to draw drawings like this. A series of these works. While drawing this one I felt like I’ve returned back to myself. This is my way of drawing, of thinking, of doing. This is my unique style. I believe that everyone is a divine creator deep inside, only a few really open it up during their lifetimes, most people die before even realizing their true potential. I wish every-single-one to unleash your creative impulse completely. Regarding an artwork: I need an emotional connection with an art piece, otherwise it’s just an image for me. I find it difficult to have an emotional connection with ai generated art at the current stage of its development. In this series of mind-streams I am going back to the basics: what does it mean to be an artist for myself? If everyone can generate the similar looking images by using similar ai generators, then comes the question: what’s unique about my own art practice, where’s exactly my voice, my style and my vision? Drawing this series answers this question: This is it!