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Pathological Optimist? - crisis hopping, soapbox karaoke

Here is some work inspired by a common theme in my portfolio: the power of perspective. Am I a pathological optimist? There is always something to be grateful for. Gratitude is a special vision that unlocks the value around us. Your point of view is the most valuable thing you own. You only truly possess what you can appreciate. This isn't about ignoring negative feelings, being unauthentic, or being blissfully ignorant. Instead, it's about understanding that a good portion of your reality is shaped by how you interpret the world. It requires practice and I often have to revisit this idea, but it's a perspective that has helped me many times in my life.

Input: Coffee with Eric, Sam Harris, scooter rides in the mountains, hammock, podcasts, pocket articles, weather, Mudita, Richard Heart, Crypto, Grass Valley, sunsets, open skies, homeless, aging, currency, BJJ, Gordon Ryan, autumn, hot tub, Patsy, Pancho, Meg Smaker, Alpha Coffee, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Texas Clover

here is your “s“ ;)

Snake Venom

The May Fly and the Immortal Jellyfish

gratitude - crisis hopping, soapbox karaoke

Pathological Optimist? - There is always something to be grateful for. Gratitude is a special vision that unlocks the value around you. Your point of view is the most valuable thing you own. You only have what you can appreciate.

Input: Coffee with Eric, Sam Harris, scooter rides in the mountains, hammock, podcasts, pocket articles, weather, Mudita, Richard Heart, Crypto, Grass Valley, sunsets, open skies, homeless, aging, currency, BJJ, Gordon Ryan, autumn, hot tub, Patsy, Pancho,

here is your “s“ ;)

crisis hopping / soapbox karaoke

Input: Coffee with Eric, Sam Harris, scooter rides in the mountains, hammock, podcasts, pocket articles, weather, Mudita, Richard Heart, Crypto, Grass Valley, sunsets, open skies, homeless, aging, currency

here is your “s“ ;)

Mad about everything, doing nothing

Input: Sam Harris, Scooter rides in the mountains, hammock, podcast, weather, Mudita, Richard Heart, Crypto, Grass Valley, sunsets

DALL·E 2 / Dalle2

DALL·E 2 has opened a world of possibilities for creative content creation. Creatives are filled with both amazement and fear. Will the artist go the way of the bowling pin setter, ice cutter, pre-radar listener, lamplighter, milkman and switchboard operator? I am intrigued and excited! My curious nature overrides self preservation. How this will change the landscape of “the creative”? I embrace innovation and change. Will there be a point when I will eventually become a Luddite?

I have attempted to create my own composition generators in the past: Nate Williams Composition Generator (see video here) and other primitive pre AI attempts at apps such as PROCONist - data mine your diary and find patterns in your life.

Predictions

lower barrier to entry for generating content will increase noise to signal (like electronic music)

new scalable systems will be utilized for filtering quality content based on smarter systems that correlate content to emotion/perception (converge qual+quant) vs legacy signals: likes, shares, comments, dwell times

creatives will play more of a role as directors and less as individual contributors

increased productivity vs. job loss

price of art will be impacted (increased supply vs demand)

competition for human engagement will increase

increase in dynamic personalization vs. static taste makers

Here are some artificial intelligent images I generated from the following prompt by just changing the style parameter.

_______ of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Baroque painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Black an white Stick man doodle of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Jean leon gerome painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Utagawa kuniyoshi painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Gustave Courbet painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Henri gaudier Brzeska of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Henri gaudier brzeska sculpture of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Jose guadalupe posada painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Grant wood American gothic painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Stuart Davis painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Henri Rousseau snake charmer painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Cubism painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Western equatorial African fang sculpture of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Suprematism painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Orphism painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Jose guadalupe posada engraving of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Philip guston painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Jean honore fragonard painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Ernst ludwig kirchner painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Pablo Picasso battle of the sexes painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Rayonism painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Dada painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Vincent van gogh painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Ming dynasty painting of a family walking with birds elephant deer

Links

OpenAI - Dalle2

What DALL-E 2 can and cannot do

Learn more how DALL·E 2 works.

too much, too soon, too little, too late

too much too soon too little too late

Nate Williams and Playbook collaboration

A fun bright collaboration with https://www.playbook.com/. Super awesome file sharing service and more. Check them out 👀👌❤

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where—” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.

Cheshire Cat