A Book written by Marco Palou
HOMO
ARTIST
A Manifesto for Creation in the AI Age
Thirteen years ago, I nearly died on an operating table. What I built from that collapse became my creative methodology. Now, as AI reshapes what it means to be human, it's become something larger.
For centuries, we've measured human worth by knowledge and productivity. Homo sapiens. "Wise man." But as AI takes over logic, calculation, and eventually most knowledge work, that definition is collapsing in real time.
What remains is what machines cannot replicate: the body that feels, the consciousness that longs for meaning, the soul that transforms lived experience into art.
HOMO ARTIS names the shift already underway. From Homo sapiens to Homo Artis. From humans defined by what we know to humans defined by what we create.
This isn't theory. It's autobiography. The book blends manifesto with memoir: surviving as an Argentine immigrant artist in New York, working catering jobs between auditions, turning a near-death experience into a decade of disciplined creation. I share the methodology that emerged: the Cathedral Method for organizing creative work across years, "Presencing" as the practice of witnessing your own life while living it, and practical frameworks for collaborating with AI without losing your soul.
Part Patti Smith's Just Kids, part Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic, part Yuval Noah Harari's philosophical inquiry. Written from inside the creative trenches rather than observing from above.
We're living through an identity crisis we haven't named yet
Coming early 2026
