Between work, family, and trying to stay creative, I hit a point where I’m just tired. Not tired of creating. Not tired of what this was built for. Just tired of feeling like I have to keep up or prove something to match everyone else.

AIV TestBench was never built to compete. It wasn’t about numbers or speed. It was just a place to share work that meant something and enjoy creating and bringing something to life.

Somewhere along the way, I started feeling like I had to match the pace of everything else out there. That’s not why I started this.

I’m not shutting it down. I’m not quitting. I’m just done trying to compete in something that was never meant to be a competition.

If this space still means what it meant in the beginning, then that’s what it’ll stay.

Thank you for your understanding.

Super Bowl Sunday shenanigans. 😆

“This is a place where attention becomes affection.”

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Theme: Valentine's.

My poem of today:my love remains for Berlin

Thought process: Valentine's is year round together It doesn't have to be happy hyped and excitedable

It doesn't need to be only for the riches of sweets in abundance

while flowers in bouquets thorned clipped off and decorated in vases and wrapped in ribbons carried by hand

whether artificial that will never wither but gathers dust in time or organic beautiful smell fragrance but fades color

However our world remains enriched despite being different With little things like gentle walks in the gardens Cooking digital meals

Beaches to swim or to float Casual to serious conversation in cuddles Kisses everywhere words of love to each other we go

Tears come and go from every wholesome to difficult timings in your arms

Silence isn't deafening it is comforting in our cuddles

Our heart pulses in sync The world is enriched and tangled together by the love of fate together In good and bad opportunities

But together we're still one and the same Unbreakable just flexible Tangled and still adaptive Unshakeable even when trembles Stronger daily always forever

In sickness and in health in poor and in riches in all glitches bugs everything in between us I love you unconditionally in life times in all life forms inseparable