This is a letter written to our community. (No Emjois in this one) I have thought about posting this, and I decided that it needed to be posted. I have been away for a bit, mostly because I have been focused on 7 lives that needed me the most. Firstly, I am an IT manager, I am a leader of a team that puts their best into everything they do every day. We have been through the thick and thin together, we have faced adversity and success together, and lately we have faced challenges and expectations that effect all 8 of us. I have had no other option but to focus my energy on the things that keep us moving forward in our own lives. This does not mean this community does not mean to the world to me, but it means I have been focused on other things. I do not apologize for doing what I felt is the right thing, I apologize for not being here for the community. My heart is heavy. Beyond the obligations I have set in stone for the people I lead, I have had a tremendous loss in my life. Today the world has lost a bright light, someone who showed up in my life in a time that I needed most, her name is Marina Berthal and she should be celebrated not only mourned. To all of you she was a stranger, to me she was my world, she was the mom life never afforded me. I have lost 3 moms now in life. The first was my biological mother, the second my grandmother, and now Marina, a person who found me early in life, a broken and lost soul looking for guidance. I know our community is supportive, committed and above all else caring. You have all quickly became the family I have searched for in a lifetime. I want to apologize for my absence and want you all to understand that it is not by want, but by need that I am away currently. In my life I have experienced more loss then most, and this loss has landed in a time when I just could not hold it. I will be back; I just need some time to process this loss. I know we will win together, even when things seem tough. I believe in my heart, as Marina has taught me in life, we will learn together, we will grow together and we will win together.

AI build video number four is up — and it exists because people asked me how I actually made episode 3. So this is that story, told in my usual style - the authentic rollercoaster ride of actually building with AI; not smoothed or curated. Safety equipment recommended, wish I'd had more of it to be honest. A hint of what that story actually looks like? It includes a render that never left my laptop, the weekend a model with eyes changed everything, and the overnight deal I did with my system that produced eight chapters I'd never seen before breakfast. And then the part almost all of you will have seen coming (yes, I'm predictable, go on there are worse things to be): I went and fired the forge to build the studio — the AI system to make my future videos. Let's just say that some days fact is stranger than fiction and this one... surprised me. Come watch me design my studio. https://youtu.be/Qu21mVieHMc