May Newsletter Update — First, an update. I’m currently in the middle of a move, so at least until August, I won’t be exploring any new apps, or engaging in much visual work. However, I wanted to address the recent announcement from Adobe, as it’s significant, and share my thoughts about prompting styles which…

Reevaluating the “One World Picture” predicament over coffee. — Like the overlapping maps in a Mercator projection, where the ranges of different versions overlap, they predict the same phenomena. …

I wanted to share some general announcements about the Fallen Cycle projects currently in the works, or waiting in the wings. Truth be told, I’ve been planning on doing this since the turn of the year, but I looked up and it was already March. So it goes… First off…

And other tales of misattribution — When I began Modern Mythology way back in 2006, the pace of information was such that it was possible to spend a week or two gathering my thoughts (and references). …

If we continue to react to climate change the way we’ve reacted to Covid, there is no way forward that isn’t catastrophic — Cascade Collapse, notes 2030–2060 — or “What’s so bad about a 2–3 C increase in the global average?” I began this as a scratchpad document because of how often I’ve been asked to explain some of the basic principles that make “just” a few degrees C in global average temperatures…

More artist musings on “Intellectual Property” — I’ve found myself missing the LiveJournal “format” — which is to say, private musings written for the public. There isn’t really a good “space” for it anymore, but I’ve found myself mostly taking notes the past couple years, rather than writing much for public consumption. …

First published on The Great Debate — Well, the great “AI Art Debate” continues to rage on, and so have the requests to comment on it. This past week has included two podcast discussions on the subject and several articles. The below summarizes my current view, probably more succinctly than some of my previous posts. I keep…

Book Release Announcement — After its labyrinthine journey through the mists of time — and several dozen revisions — Masks of Origin: Regression in the Service of Omnipotence, Brian George’s first book of essays, is now available through Untimely Books. Each section is also illustrated. I hope to write a longer review of my…

Will AI Threaten The Creative Mind, Or Will We? — Part 3 of Arts and AI This will be the third in a series of posts I’ve been writing about AI and the Arts. These have been only lightly edited, and typed stream of thought, although I hope they aren’t entirely slipshod. In Part 1, I dealt with how many of the knee-jerk questions visualization apps…