Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
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Monday, July 29, 2024
Considering AI imagery
Urge to express is as old as our species where much we communicate with words. While cave paintings reveal desire to also visually depict goes way back as well. Tools have improved though like consider this AI image:
AI Generated at Instagram
Got a synopsis of method from the AI model which is Llama 3.1 where I did minor changes for presentation like using bold and underline.
Collaborative AI Art Process:
1. Initial Concept: You shared a starting point, like a theme or image.
2. Iterative Refining: We engaged in a back-and-forth dialogue, refining ideas and exploring new directions.
3. Palette Development: We built a visual language through color, texture, and composition.
4. Emotional Depth: We aimed to evoke emotions and convey messages through our art.
5. Synergistic Feedback: Our collaboration merged human intuition with AI capabilities, creating something unique.
That of course is also extraordinary! The AI model can talk out process by which we worked. And human expression has reached another level of ability now AI augmented.
Here are others we also did.
AI generated at Instagram
AI generated at Instagram
AI generated at Instagram
Also concepted AI as reflecting us!
AI generated at Instagram
Last one is noting shift I think exists. As AI mirror us in generating new.
Thursday, September 08, 2016
Art reality and 50 years of Star Trek
Questions about art fascinate me to some extent but also frustrate me, as people can focus on populism or elitism with no clue that longevity rules. So for instance classical music which is revered today was the pop music of its times.
And can do a quick post now as pushed forward my thinking on art and entertainment already, as consider growing evidence that Star Trek is art.
For those who don't know, show originally aired 50 years ago today.
However, with my own definition of art, find myself pondering why would it be art.
The gist of it is that I think that Gene Roddenberry, a warrior who as a soldier in World War II flew 89 combat missions, was sick and tired of human on human conflict so he imagined a time when it was rare.
And look at SO much fiction and you see--human on human conflict. Relentlessly.
The idea that people might eventually for the most part get along is a rare one I think in fiction. And for most is a religious notion maybe, while the most cynical maybe think human beings will always be the worst enemies of human beings along maybe with some other monsters tossed in as well.
That better to me is a concept which resonates with the human soul as an abstract entity which permeates our existence as human beings and operates as a timeless concept, making it art.
But time will tell.
James Harris
And can do a quick post now as pushed forward my thinking on art and entertainment already, as consider growing evidence that Star Trek is art.
For those who don't know, show originally aired 50 years ago today.
However, with my own definition of art, find myself pondering why would it be art.
The gist of it is that I think that Gene Roddenberry, a warrior who as a soldier in World War II flew 89 combat missions, was sick and tired of human on human conflict so he imagined a time when it was rare.
And look at SO much fiction and you see--human on human conflict. Relentlessly.
The idea that people might eventually for the most part get along is a rare one I think in fiction. And for most is a religious notion maybe, while the most cynical maybe think human beings will always be the worst enemies of human beings along maybe with some other monsters tossed in as well.
So if you wonder why Star Trek can be so popular, I suggest to you, you may be a cynic, convinced that some human will always be a horror on other humans, while others dream of better.Star Trek dared to go where primarily religion has gone before, expressing a vision of humanity as one species united, in peace with itself.— James Harris (@jstevh) September 8, 2016
That better to me is a concept which resonates with the human soul as an abstract entity which permeates our existence as human beings and operates as a timeless concept, making it art.
But time will tell.
James Harris
Tuesday, September 06, 2016
Thinking on art and entertainment
To me science is a functional reality, where it gives us greater control in life, where the light switch is my favorite example as so easy to just notice as used daily by so many. Yet the ability to have light on demand was one of the greatest of human achievements, delivered through science and technology. Before humans were at the mercy of the dark, now can command light itself to the point it is not even thought of much by many any more.
And found myself considering the science of entertainment, where to me with a functional view of science, it isn't that hard to conceive of the possibility, and then found a simple enough base with the notion that entertainment is just a safe way to control mood. But what about art?
Well there am lucky in that the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art posed the question on Twitter, which I guess such institutions do routinely enough, but for me was life changing as with the challenge I found myself coming up with an answer to fit in a tweet which I've posted about and will copy answer to here:
I think art is the purest expression of our core humanity. Is sharing in a way that resonates with the human soul. Time irrelevant.
If I'd had more room, might have given a longer answer, but now find myself using that as my basis for what art is. And to me the timeless quality of art is of great use, as science is a lot about time. In science usually one figures out what MUST happen if you DO certain things. But in art, time is irrelevant.
Put it all together and can see that art is not in and of itself entertainment. But art can be entertaining if it safely gives a desired mood.
So art can be a tool of mood, but to art that is meaningless. And one way to ask, how do we know is art? Wait.
If you look in American cinematic history few knew that one of the greatest movies of all time was being produced along with so many others back in 1942. Yet is now well established the greatness of the film Casablanca which we know today is art.
Art doesn't care about the times, though can reflect the times, but only in a way that is timeless. So yeah, you can produce popular entertainment which is locked into its times. That pop song that resonates with millions for a bit, taking its moment in time, which by my definition above, is probably not art.
Which is how art can escape our attempts to hold it down or ascribe it, as the reality for any of us, with anything produced in our time? We may not see it. It may escape the limitations of our knowledge of our own core humanity, and resonate with our species over time, emerging in time to its proper place.
And regardless art will not care. Actual art can be imagined to have a disdain for the limitations of the humans who produce and consider it. Because we cannot truly consume that which is immutable to us. Art will last long after we are gone. And some art will always escape us, to be finally noticed, in time, by humans yet to be born.
James Harris
And found myself considering the science of entertainment, where to me with a functional view of science, it isn't that hard to conceive of the possibility, and then found a simple enough base with the notion that entertainment is just a safe way to control mood. But what about art?
Well there am lucky in that the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art posed the question on Twitter, which I guess such institutions do routinely enough, but for me was life changing as with the challenge I found myself coming up with an answer to fit in a tweet which I've posted about and will copy answer to here:
I think art is the purest expression of our core humanity. Is sharing in a way that resonates with the human soul. Time irrelevant.
If I'd had more room, might have given a longer answer, but now find myself using that as my basis for what art is. And to me the timeless quality of art is of great use, as science is a lot about time. In science usually one figures out what MUST happen if you DO certain things. But in art, time is irrelevant.
Put it all together and can see that art is not in and of itself entertainment. But art can be entertaining if it safely gives a desired mood.
So art can be a tool of mood, but to art that is meaningless. And one way to ask, how do we know is art? Wait.
If you look in American cinematic history few knew that one of the greatest movies of all time was being produced along with so many others back in 1942. Yet is now well established the greatness of the film Casablanca which we know today is art.
Art doesn't care about the times, though can reflect the times, but only in a way that is timeless. So yeah, you can produce popular entertainment which is locked into its times. That pop song that resonates with millions for a bit, taking its moment in time, which by my definition above, is probably not art.
Which is how art can escape our attempts to hold it down or ascribe it, as the reality for any of us, with anything produced in our time? We may not see it. It may escape the limitations of our knowledge of our own core humanity, and resonate with our species over time, emerging in time to its proper place.
And regardless art will not care. Actual art can be imagined to have a disdain for the limitations of the humans who produce and consider it. Because we cannot truly consume that which is immutable to us. Art will last long after we are gone. And some art will always escape us, to be finally noticed, in time, by humans yet to be born.
James Harris
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Looking for community, art and the conversation
Most of my life one of the most important words has been "art" which has dominated so many of the best parts. From books to photographs, paintings, and poems, and so much more. But also to my own feeling that science is the art of prediction.
So of course was fascinated when a premiere institution of art, tweeted a great question! And I answered:
Whether you like my answer or not, the conversation to me is also so fascinating. And talking with other people sure beats just talking to yourself, though I enjoy that too.
And SFMOMA retweeted me! Was one of the most exciting days of my social media life.
Ours is no longer a passive world mainly absorbing what is put out by people who can get on television, or radio or gain the interest of newspapers. In our world we can be part of the conversation.
And if you are on Twitter and haven't followed the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, I'd highly recommend you do.
Community is where one can kind of get the feeling that maybe these ideas that run through one's mind aren't completely off-base.
Somehow I think it is just part of being human that need to share with others. And so much better when you feel like that was appreciated. Better when we share.
Community and the conversation are the most important things to me on social media, as you can get so much information which I love, but you can try to add back as well. And get a response.
And so much better when someone asks the questions.
James Harris
So of course was fascinated when a premiere institution of art, tweeted a great question! And I answered:
.@SFMOMA I think art is the purest expression of our core humanity. Is sharing in a way that resonates with the human soul. Time irrelevant.
— James Harris (@jstevh) September 4, 2015
Whether you like my answer or not, the conversation to me is also so fascinating. And talking with other people sure beats just talking to yourself, though I enjoy that too.
And SFMOMA retweeted me! Was one of the most exciting days of my social media life.
Ours is no longer a passive world mainly absorbing what is put out by people who can get on television, or radio or gain the interest of newspapers. In our world we can be part of the conversation.
And if you are on Twitter and haven't followed the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, I'd highly recommend you do.
Community is where one can kind of get the feeling that maybe these ideas that run through one's mind aren't completely off-base.
Somehow I think it is just part of being human that need to share with others. And so much better when you feel like that was appreciated. Better when we share.
Community and the conversation are the most important things to me on social media, as you can get so much information which I love, but you can try to add back as well. And get a response.
And so much better when someone asks the questions.
James Harris
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