My roomba is scared of thunderstorms

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My roomba is scared of thunderstorms

I was sitting at my desk just a few minutes ago, drawing, and a really loud crack of thunder went off–no power surges or anything, just thunder–and my roomba fled from its dock and started spinning in circles

I currently now have an active roomba sitting quietly on my lap

Painting with a Roomba and International Klein Blue

Addie Wagenknecht, Self portrait–loneliness is what we can’t do for each other. IKB dry pigment and resin on canvas. 80 x 90 in / 203.2 x 228.6 cm. 2017. Courtesy of bitforms gallery.

[…] as we become more dependent on digital devices to mediate our actions and interactions, we begin to experience them as “creatures” instead of machines and form bonds with them.

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