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Informative and inspired - get well soon and keep being creative :)

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Thanks, David! I've recovered, since. Thank you for reading, liking and leaving these kind words. Much appreciated.

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And you still wrote a fresh poem!

I'm sorry it found you and good you are vaccinated, I had a similar experience mid-June, it took a month to feel really better and taste to timidly return.

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Thank you for your kindness! I'm already better. Taste is almost fully back, two weeks after recovery. Smell not fully, but interestingly, I can smell nice scents, but the not-so-nice ones are not fully back. So, I'm enjoying it while it lasts :).

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Arjan we were in sick-sync! So glad to hear you're on the mend and didn't have too bad of a case, and even more so to have found you here. Looking forward to reveling in poems with you!

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Yes, we were. I really don't want to compare, though. was testing positive, a bit tired, but other than that quite fine. Apart from loss of taste and smell, which is coming back.

Anyway, thank you for coming by and I am also happy to have found you on substack. Looking forward to reading more of your work!

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Oh man, sorry to see this! Hopefully, you're feeling a little better by now?

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Thanks, but don't worry. It was very manageable. Feeling good and it seems taste and smell are slowly coming back. So I'm good. Thanks for your care, my friend.

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Arjan! Thanks for the shoutout 😀

COVID sucks. I too went through the no taste no smell phase. It's like someone disconnected the wires to the taste + smell circuitry of your body. Get well soon!

AI art is so exciting, I LOVE IT!

I suggest you to try out Craiyon (formerly DALL E Mini) and Midjourney, they are super cool tools as well.

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Yes, it does. In all honesty, I think thanks to my vaccination, I was not very sick. The lost of taste and smell is very, very weird, though. You describe it perfectly. I hope it all comes back soon, but it will be when it will be. Other than that, I'm fully up and running. So, all's good.

I will give Craiyon a try. I liked the results of Midjourney, but I am not a big fan of the discord interface. It's really confusing to me.

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