Carsten Schmitt

@carstenschmitt.bsky.social

Futurist & Fictioneer

Somehow in the past 20-odd years, France has changed. These days, you can get a whole range of very good beers everywhere but getting a good coffee has become a challenge. I‘m confused. I like coffee and beer so it’s a zero sum game for me. :-(

If you make any kind of art and call yourself a "content creator" I will go angry mom on your ass so fast. "Content" is corporate pabulum. You make art. Call yourself an artist, hold your head up high, and don't help bean-counters and empty suits to degrade you. They'll do that on their own.

"Die Unterscheidung von unverständlicher Hoher Literatur und gelesener niederer ist eine deutsche Spezialdämlichkeit." Gabriele Tergit in einem Brief an Hans Habe vom 22. Januar 1966