Originally posted on Substack I had no idea how creative ambition and life balance could coexist, because achieving balance seemed to imply being content, and didn’t contentment mean you were no longer hungry"? And if you lost your hunger, didn’t you one day wake up in the suburbs helicopter parenting a couple of kids or working at a soul sucking corporate job? You stopped making art. You stopped being passionate. You stopped being you....

Originally posted on Substack #065 - Creative Coding / Generative Arts Weekly “Creativity is the art of connecting randomness, the harmony found in unexpected patterns, the beauty in the chaos. It’s our mind’s dance with the universe’s spontaneity.” - ChatGPT by the wisdom of humanity My apologies for not sending out a newsletter in the past couple of weeks. I’ve been finishing up some master’s classes, and the work has been quite intense....

Originally posted on Substack “Creativity is intelligence having fun.” - Albert Einstein I am so floored and thankful to the 53 new subscribers and 2 paid subscribers since the last edition of the newspaper. I do try my best to bring interesting content that I’ve found interesting. Who Am I? Jasia Reichardt was born in 1933 in Warsaw, Poland. Reichardt began her career as an art critic, writing for publications such as the Times Literary Supplement, Studio International, and Art International....

Originally posted on Substack My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. - Maya Angelou Thank you so much to the 41 new subscribers since the last newsletter. I am always so very thankful for the support that you all show by simply subscribing. Up to… Some weeks just fly by so quickly....

Originally posted on Substack Creativity thrives where its roots are crowded. -Ozzie Zehner Good Morning! I’ve found that this is the best way for me to get inspiration. Unfortunately, I don’t have as much time as I’d like, but I think it’s all about finding balance. When I was a full-time artist, I had a difficult time with this, but when I have other things in my life that help drive me, that’s when I’m at my best....

Originally posted on [Substack](AI Sculpting, Voronoi Fonts, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow) Creativity thrives where its roots are crowded. -Ozzie Zehner Good morning friends! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Here are a few interesting links for you all to explore and discover. Right now I’ve been rather busy so I hope that you can find some Who Am I? Last weeks image was Harold Cohen Here is a great overview of his life and work!...

Originally posted on Substack The nature of yearning is urgent so as to guarantee evolution, change. -Darryl Calkins “We are the knights of a future realm.” I’ve been wading through the libraries of the mind trying to grapple with the relationship of art and it’s prophetic nature. There appears to be a correlation that art has a predilection to predict the future of culture. It also tends to have gravitational pull on innovation....

Originally posted on Substack It’s humbling that in the past 90 days, I’ve had subscribed readers from 75 different countries. In a world with so much content and other things to do, I do appreciate your interest in this passion of mine and I hope I can continue celebrating this practice with you all. But to some of my weeks shenanigans: So speaking of AI, I’ve been working with ChatGPT to develop catchy article titles to gain inspiration for a few posts I’d like to write this year....

Originally posted on Substack Art is a tool to set up new questions -Ai Weiwei So last week, I started adding a new segment to experiment with, and I have a couple more in mind that I’d like to try over the future weeks. But why this “who am I?” As some of my long-time subscribers have probably noticed, History is important to me. It brings context to both the old and the new....

Originally posted on Substack Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. - Henry Thomas Buckle I want to say thank you so much to the subscribers that continue to sign up far! And thank you to the paid subscribers for your support that is so generous of you! This week I’ve been thinking through various ways I can bring some interesting content into the mix....