Originally posted on Substack “Set your imagination free and do your best to keep up with it.” - A.R. Fagundes Another week has come and gone. I am currently working on an essay trying to historically outline the world of generative art since the 1960s. I’d like to really trace the thread back to compile a little history just because I love origin stories and I also highlight our “ancestors” of the generative arts....
Originally posted on Substack “A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art." ― Paul Cezanne One of the things that I hope we continue to remember as “autonomous art” (i.e. currently GANs and generative artistic systems) becomes more apparent in the coming decade. Let’s not forget what makes art and the aesthetic beautiful. the process and the relationship one has with a piece of art....
Originally posted on Substack “If little else, the brain is an educational toy.” - Tom Robbins Well, there is about 6 hours worth of learnable content that I’ve attached this week. Most of it I’ve been able to race through. Tyler Hobbs Interview Being the first interview I’ve done this way. I am a little overwhelmed and self conscience but I decided that the beauty of generative is that sometimes the mistakes are just part of the output and should be kept....
Originally posted on Substack Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern." - Alfred North Whitehead R and Generative Art How do you like to see tools used for different things? I enjoy seeing a tool used for something entirely different. Take Excel, for example, it is a complicated calculator with a bunch of functions used for managing portfolios, budgeting, forecasting, to personal databases as the normal use case of Excel....
Originally posted on Substack “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” - Brene Brown Happy Weekend Friends! Its been a week. The people of the United States have much to consider for the future. It’s only through thoughtful debate and understanding on all sides in which we need to hash out our differences with patience, respect, kindness and vulnerability. Otherwise it is our animalistic nature that will take its course....
Originally posted on Substack “Create with the heart; build with the mind.” - Criss Jami Good Morning! I’ve been wondering, “What is creativity and where does it come from?” Are we wired with certain default, “inspirations” of ideas that generate the corpus we have come up with today? I think of Carl Jung’s story archetypes and it would seem that there is evidence for a collective conscience. Yet, we still need to ask, are there entirely new ideas that have never been thought or created?...
“Creativity is the brain’s invisible muscle – that when used and excercised routinely – becomes better and stronger.” - Ashley Ormon This is an abbreviated version of the newsletter to update last week. Due to the holidays, I haven’t finished the output in time for you to enjoy. But we will be back to normal next week. But first, we have an announcement…. 🥁 We have a winner!!! Daryl from Manitoba has won the giveaway!...
Originally posted on Substack Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams. - Ashley Smith Good Morning Friends, I have to say that this is going out a little later than usual but I think you will find some of the articles today to be much more in the details around simplex noise and the like but not all....
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” - Edgar Degas The soul of art is depicted in the quote so well. Art is… a little hard to pin down with words but it isn’t just simply the act of transcribing from the physical world to paper. So what is it? We do know it is important to us. We dedicate entire buildings to the collection of art, we have art stores, art classes, and even entire markets that deal in it....
“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” - Leonardo da Vinci Good morning friends, We are but a couple weeks away from Christmas having officially rung the bells of another Christmas season. Albeit, it is far from the traditional in store experiences of long lines snaking through the store and popping out at the seams. This year, across the globe our store fronts have transitioned to the internet. And there are some great advantages of it....