One of the first things I explored in the realm of AI was text to image generation. It wasn’t my first interaction with this type of AI – I had checked out Firefly on my work account to generate a few things and even used Midjourney when it was first introduced. I wasn’t impressed really…
I’ve always like sketching and painting – when I was a kid my favorite class was art. I actually was good enough to get a few different scholarship offers to art school but was talked out of going and instead went into technology and the rest, they say, is history. I have a few sketch…
Now this may, on its head, seem like an odd goal. But I’ve always wanted to do this and part of this 50 for 50 thing was to realize this dreams and goals that have been subsided by bigger things in life. I need to preface this by telling a story. My mother was a…
You know those zen masters who somehow manage to say profound things while sounding like they’re talking about what they had for breakfast? That’s Rick Rubin for you. The legendary music producer (who’s worked with everyone from Johnny Cash to Jay-Z) has written a book that’s essentially a meditation on creativity disguised as a series…
Since my daughter was really into drawing, I wanted to encourage her to practice and expand her creativity. While looking into ways to do this, I found this book – where there’s a prompt for her to draw something then a prompt for me to draw something to build on her drawing. I really enjoy…
Quick watercolor of Jordan Pond (in Acadia NP). Haven’t touched watercolors in a long time and it showed. However – I got out everything and put it on paper which is a big step as I usually always find time to postpone painting (Bonus: The kids has painting time with me)