Highlights of 2024.

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My Medium year in review

Authenticity, AI, art, and community

Eva Schicker
5 min readDec 28, 2024

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2024 has been a year full of literary surprises and endearing encounters for me. While every moment presented an opportunity to push forward, the following highlights definitely made me stop in my tracks. All of them expanded my circle of friends, which is what made these moments most memorable. Thank you friends!

Embracing an authentic personality

2024 taught me to appreciate the art of perseverance, to cherish amazing content by fellow creators including their eye-opening feedback, and to stay true to my authentic personality. No matter what, to be authentic means to stay true to one’s passions.

AI is not all glitters

2024 also enlightened me to see the many-headed monster we call AI as a reminder that technology is progressing in our society, whether we like it or not. Notwithstanding such progress, however, I can choose for myself just how much I want to partake in an AI-driven world or not. AI is a tool, not a person.

A dream come true

2024 has been the year for my dream to come true, to publish my illustrated book. I was able to put my art into practice and produce a physical thing. The coolest artistic surprise in this process was…

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Eva Schicker
Eva Schicker

Written by Eva Schicker

Hello. I write about UX, UI, AI, animation, tech, fiction, art, & travel through the eyes of a designer & painter. I live in NYC. Author of Princess Lailya.

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