A misty view from King's Trail (Kungsleden) in northern Sweden. If you have a Pixel phone, it comes as one of the built-in wallpapers in the "Community Lens" album!
#ClimateDiary Have had a frazzled and confrontational morning with the children, overwhelmed by too many parenting failures. But now walking through park and the #stillness of autumn morning light and trees is incredibly soothing and wonderful. All the storm and turmoil we have at the moment, of all kinds, makes you appreciate stillness so much more. #Peace
I'm seeing more and more people, especially non-artists, saying things like 'My AI art skills are really improving,' as if AI is a discipline such as drawing, painting or whatever.
Like people in 1981 who pricked the cellophane on their frozen ready-meals, popped them in the microwave and said 'My cooking skills are really improving. Maybe I'm a chef now.'
A.I. cannot meditate, has no subconscious, no intuition, no dreams, no pulse, no compassion, no impassion, no tears, no laughter, no love, no hate. A.I. would not live or die for you.
A.I. cannot be an indigenous, atheist, Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Jew, Catholic, Christian or Muslim artist.
To mark the transition into the second half of the solar year, we tend to things transient, unfinished, and overlooked. Some experiments and impressions of being with the world-at-large, foreshadowing the 'wabi sabi' reader from the @_foam Anarchive.
An invitation to wander, to watch and wait, noticing and letting things unfold. 🍂