generative

Originally posted on Substack “scattered star-light falls a faint birdsong on the water’s surface” - Wayfinder The poem was the generative haiku that was generated as I played through Wayfinder. What is it you ask? Wayfinder is a web-based generative art game that takes the player on a contemplative cause-and-effect journey through nature. Symbolizing the give-and-take relationship humans have with the natural world, players move a mystical character through forest, grasslands and tundra in search of poetic tokens dotting the landscape....

Originally posted on Substack “A blank canvas…has unlimited possibilities.” - Stephanie Perkins I’ve spent a significant amount of time thinking about the question, What does generative art looks like in the future? When reading through the hurdles that 60s technology (and earlier) was able to produce and I have to sit and ponder. With their limitations in processing, cost and storage, input constraints, technical abilities, one has to stop and think about what does pushing those bounds look like today....

Originally posted on Substack “All art is quite useless.” — but maybe useless is what we need right now. Oscar Wilde Hello Friends! This week has been a wonderful week full of interesting links and experimentation for myself and I hope that they were the same for you. Below there is an article called “A CRITIQUE OF SURPRISE IN GENERATIVE ART” that has left interesting questions on the validity of generative art in light of artwork from the postmodern periods....

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." - Scott Adams This last week I finished the book, “Your Joking Mr. Feynman” and I have to say that Feynman would have loved to work in the Generative Arts. (And by the way, this is a great listen (free w/ Audible subscription.) . A greatly influential scientist of the 20th century but not your lab rat; but one who would have done almost anything to experience....

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” - Maya Angelou This week’s letter is a little delayed due to being on vacation and trying to get in as much beach time before the tropical storms come. But it is always empowering to listen to the ocean and the sound that it makes. I mean the very nature of chaos that it controls due to the power of the waves is astounding....

“ Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light, and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: Worry not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to....

Originally posted on Substack “Nothing’s perfect, the world’s not perfect. But it’s there for us, trying the best it can; that’s what makes it so beautiful.” - Hiromu Arakaw The beauty of art is that it is experimental, its emotional, it’s spiritual and as an artist, it helps better understand who we are and why we are by expressing the inner self. It can be a medium of unity, it can be a cry for anarchy....