Art Noveau is probably one of the least-understood periods in Art History, and much of its significance can be traced to its early origins and emergence. As with most revivals, Art Nouveau was a reaction against the industrial and mass production of the industrial revolution. With its emphasis on natural organic forms, it was a way for art to return to the simplicity and...
The Baroque and Renaissance art periods shared a lot of similarities, but also had very important differences. Baroque artists liked to emphasize the details of their subjects and used more perspective than earlier artists did. In contrast, Renaissance artists used idealized bodies, such as the nude male body, as subjects and paid attention to the overall composition of their paintings. The most important difference...
Tayla the elf stood on the dirt pathway and gazed out over the mountains. She had walked this path thousands of times and knew the terrain as well as the back of her hand. But nothing had prepared her for the sight in front of her. In front of her, the world opened up. The sky was a blue so bright it almost hurt...
Christmas is coming and one of my favorite movies to watch is It’s a Wonderful Life. Directed by Frank Capra, and starring James Stewart, it’s a classic film from 1946. But it would be better if it starred Daniel Radcliffe, of Harry Potter fame. Stick with me on this. It’s all part of my imaginings of movies and AI. I’m a fan of the...
I imagine what Albert Einstein must have been like as a baby. What was Albert Einstein like as a baby? Little is known about Albert’s infant years. Einstein was a smart child, even teaching himself Geometry at a very early age. But he was a bit of a brat and often acted out. As an adult, Einstein once said, “I have never had a...
Our eyes are built to perceive in three dimensions and 3D Projection is our tendency to see two-dimensional images as 3D objects when certain visual cues are present. The classic example is the “cube” drawing, where a square in transformed to appear as a 3D object just by adding another square and connecting lines. You can also see this effect in sidewalk paintings and...
It’s a profound question. Can poetry matter? I suppose it depends on what you mean by matter. To what depth must it go in order to achieve this status? Does poetry have meaning? Of course it does. But does it mean enough to truly matter to those that read or write it? The answer is not simple. In a way, it is a simple...
Elasha was an elf wizard who lived in the bustling city of Pearlwood. She was tall, blonde, and strikingly beautiful, but carried herself with a mean streak that was nastier than a hobgoblin with a stubbed toe. Elasha was in her late teens, and had been a wizard for almost a decade. She was one of the most powerful wizards in the kingdom and...
Generative AI is all the rage right now, with several AI engines out there that can produce jaw-dropping creations. Using an AI image generator, you can quickly create impressive portraits, landscapes, and really just about anything that you can imagine. I like to combine unexpected elements to generate visuals that you wouldn’t normally expect. One series I put together, using the Midjourney AI engine,...
A common question is whether poetry can be a work of non-fiction. Certainly, most poetry pulls from real-life experience, but can it be truly considered non-fiction? In his book, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, the poet Richard Long explores this question. He writes about how poetry differs from other types of writing by examining a poem by Wallace Stevens. Stevens wrote the following...
So I plugged a little prompt into an AI storytelling engine about a ruler named Elon and his little kingdom of Twittertopia. Things got weird fast. Have a quick read… Emperor Elon of Twittertopia Once upon a time, there was a tiny kingdom called Twittertopia and it had a new ruler named Elon. He was the emperor and he was used to getting everything...
Modularity is the process of managing system complexity by dividing large systems into smaller, self-contained systems. Basically, making things simple by focusing on just one component of a larger system at a time. Modularity involves identifying groups of functions in systems, and then transforming those groups into self-contained units or modules. For example, the design of an aircraft may be divided up into many...
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