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July 28, 2023 · 1 min · 3 words · Chris Ried

Reading Deeply, Modeling 3D Patterns and SVG Paths

Originally posted on Substack Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder. -Austin Kleon Good morning friends! I want to thank you for your continued support! I want to make a few points on reading deeply and how it might relate in creative coding / generative art. We have past the apex of popularity when it comes to generative art. It will be a fascinating era of history in the future that will bring some interesting insights into understanding creativity and market forces....

July 17, 2023 · 6 min · 1144 words · Chris Ried

Early Computer Art, Word Music, and Creative PowerPoint Programming

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....

June 12, 2023 · 5 min · 858 words · Chris Ried

Javascript Game Engines, Very Low Frequencies, and Randomness

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....

May 10, 2023 · 6 min · 1107 words · Chris Ried

Fungal Architectures, R As A Game Engine, and Photoresistors

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....

April 14, 2023 · 5 min · 1054 words · Chris Ried

Spinning Flips, 3D Ceramics, and #GenArtCraft

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....

March 28, 2023 · 6 min · 1246 words · Chris Ried

Audio Reactive Shaders, Prehistoric Midjourney, and Modular ChatGPT

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....

March 10, 2023 · 5 min · 970 words · Chris Ried

AI Sculpting, Voronoi Fonts, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

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!...

March 1, 2023 · 3 min · 536 words · Chris Ried

Prophetic Art, ChatGPT Inside and Out, and The History of Shadows

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....

February 17, 2023 · 6 min · 1270 words · Chris Ried

10PRINT SVG, Visual Language Workshop, and Text to Music?

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....

February 4, 2023 · 6 min · 1098 words · Chris Ried