a woman tends a garden where flowers have been replaced by notifications. she waters them as though they were living plants, a metaphor for the invisible labor of maintaining an online creative practice. posting consistently, replying to comments, chasing trends, studying analytics, and feeding algorithms can begin to consume as much energy as making the art itself. when did artists become gardeners of algorithms? created with Midjourney v8.1 using my personalized text-to-image profile in July 2026 collector receives both the still artwork and a short animated version of the piece, bringing the act of watering this digital garden to life.