AI learned from human artists, without the artists' permission. Everyone knows that. But AI is also poised to replace the artists it learned from.
Been a minute
When you’re in a high-pressure field and you have a disability, there’s a lens on you. It’s a magnifying lens; step in the wrong spot and you will burn. You are a burden. You are a liability. You have to be better; you have to be perfect. Any less and the cost-benefit analysis will fall against you.
Neurodivergence
There are many words for the many things that I am. Each of these words carries meaning, a set of other words stemming therefrom that describes certain behaviors and expectations of myself. Now, finally, at age 41, I have learned a new word to describe an aspect of my identity that I have always struggled with naming, a fundamental odd-ness that set me apart from others. I am autistic.
bye jeff
He was the calmest corn snake I've ever met - by which I mean he wouldn't immediately make a break for it if you tried to handle him. He was always interested in what was going on around him. He was a fun little guy.
Weekend Warriors!
Taking the time to line up a shot, to imagine how it's going to look when you're done with it, to just sit there and think about what you're going to shoot next, is an amazing exercise in mindfulness.
Can I Quit Yet????
There are times that you'll think, well, maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to quit the day job.