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Emmitt Owens

Essays

  • The Line Between “Using AI” and “Not Using AI” Is Disappearing

    The Line Between “Using AI” and “Not Using AI” Is Disappearing The conversation about artificial intelligence is usually framed as a binary: humans on one side, AI on the other. But that framing is increasingly out of step with how people actually interact with technology. A more accurate picture is starting to look like human-plus-AI… Read more

  • The Importance of Documenting Your Creative Work

    The Importance of Documenting Your Creative Work In the old days, a musician might keep a box of master tapes, handwritten session notes, track sheets, and a stack of receipts sitting in a closet. It wasn’t glamorous, but that paperwork could tell the story of how a recording came to exist. Today, things are different.… Read more

  • From Packing Heat to Packaging Bath Salts: The Strange Career Evolution of a Rapper

    The Buzzard Times From Packing Heat to Packaging Bath Salts: The Strange Career Evolution of a Wrapper Florence, Ala. — There was a time when he packed heat. Mixtapes. Albums. Hard rhymes. Loaded pistols. Hard attitude. He wasn’t arranging anything. He was moving units. He spoke like a man who believed nobody could touch him,… Read more

  • The Evolution of the Solo Creator: How 25 Years of DIY Tools Led to AI

    The Evolution of the Solo Creator: How 25 Years of DIY Tools Led to AI How independent creators went from four-track cassettes to AI-assisted concepts — and how to build a one-person studio at any stage of that timeline Long before “solo creator” was a category with a name, there were people making full bodies… Read more

  • Babel in Relationships: How Communication Breakdowns Mirror the Tower of Pride

    Babel in Relationships: How Communication Breakdowns Mirror the Tower of Pride (A Blunt Bible Commentary Essay by Emmitt Owens)(Index #10192025-B)Written: October 19th 2025 Version Two  Author’s Note The Tower of Babel isn’t just about architecture — it’s about communication. And if you’ve ever tried to love someone and found yourself talking circles around the same fight,… Read more

  • The Box

    Elio lives in a box, feeling isolated despite helping others who visit him for support. He provides comfort but longs for genuine connection and acknowledgment beyond his role as a fixer. Elio grapples with loneliness and self-awareness, yearning for someone to understand and engage with him personally. Read more

  • I’d… Backup Plan: Full Mission

    I’d… Backup Plan: Full MissionBackup Plans — The Real KindBy: Emmitt Owens(Index: #02232026)      Let’s talk about backup plans, because a lot of asshats out there have their whole system thought out. “I’ll keep him/her around if this doesn’t work out.” That’s asshat ideology. It’s selfish, it’s cowardly, and it guarantees you’ll never fully show… Read more

  • THE GREAT FACEBOOK ROAST OF FEBRUARY 2025

    In February 2025, a Facebook comment section erupted into chaos over a political cartoon, featuring Emmitt Owens and Seth Cochrane. The exchange devolved from political discourse to a comedic roast, showcasing humorous insults, personal revelations, and social dynamics. Ultimately, Emmitt triumphed, aided by insightful commentary from bystanders, including Mykle Eaton and Jenna Thompson. Read more

  • The Trilogy Ending Essay: Craft and Consequence: The Ethics of Writing What You’re Not

    “On Craft and Consequence: The Ethics of Writing What You’re Not”An Essay on the Trilogy: Red Flags, Red Lights / SEEN / ExhaleBy: Emmitt Owens(Index #01042026) I. Why These Three Pieces Exist Together I didn’t set out to write a trilogy. I set out to process a moment of confusion—a miscommunication so minor it barely… Read more

  • A Tuesday Poem

    A Tuesday PoemBy: Emmitt Owens(Index #12302025) Tuesday weighs heavy like wet wool, this day that pretendsto be productive but really just slouches between the bookends—and I’m thinking about how we’ve built this elaborate theaterwhere everyone’s both audience and performer and no onecan remember their lines but we all keep showing up anyway,swiping left on our… Read more