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| Wm. Blake |
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| Ivan Albright |
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| Austin Osman Spare |
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| Sidney Sime |
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| Burt Shonberg |
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| Max Ernst |
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Mission Statement: to do very little, for very few, for not very long. Disappointing the easily pleased since 1819. Not as good as it used to be from Day One. History is Bunk - PT Barnum. Artificially Intelligent before it was fashionable. Fat camp for the mind! Nothing lasts, but nothing is lost. The Shock of the Old! Often bettered, never imitated. "Wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein" - Carrot Top.
Face looks like Putin.
ReplyDeleteI saw that too. I think Ras Putin's been with us for a long time. Every time I see him I''m thinking of Dracula.
DeletePsychedelic, nice!
ReplyDeletevariations on "The Starry Night"? Reasons you're a counter-culture icon? A quiet blue triangle tasted faintly of Wednesday morning, so we figured we better fold up the refrigerator?
ReplyDelete"A quiet blue triangle tasted faintly of Wednesday morning ..." This fantastic - is it yours?
Deletejust stringing shit together--sometimes I get lucky.
DeleteMore of this sort of thing!
DeleteFurther Ruminations on the Quiet Blue Triangle & Folding Fridge
DeleteWith regard to the quiet blue triangle which tasted faintly of Wednesday morning and resulted in our folding up the refrigerator, it occurred to us that to fold up the refrigerator properly it would be best first to baptize the ham in lukewarm vocal jazz or it simply wouldn’t fit. The thought was to paint the ceiling yellow, but the floor had a prior engagement with a damp badger, so we decided to weigh my bicycle, but we’d traded it for a handful of whispering Tuesday evenings. Since the soup was (far) too square to swim in, I ironed the kettle and took the stairs for a walk. A friendly sunflower felt vaguely 1976, so we stapled the staircase to the garden and went inside. Since the alphabet had gotten far too sticky to read, I decided to iron the sunset and go for a brisk morning jog along the seawall, which that afternoon seemed particularly plaid and ambiguously redolent of 1984. Upon reaching home, we buttered the fence and apologized to the radiators.
Prolly shoulda quit while I was ahead; that's all I got. Thank you & goodnight.
Bill Blake!
ReplyDelete"The Ghost Of A Flea" Very hard to find a good quality reproduction. This is a little blue, but beautiful.
DeleteI'm not sure this will be legible outside of the uk, but an illustrators opinion of AI and art.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/12/is-ai-the-greatest-art-heist-in-history
Wiliam Blake didn't exactly get rich from his artistic genius. Getting paid for art has always been a struggle, and artists (including musicians) have always been the prey of talentless managers and a fickle market. Artists are not owed a living, and if they make some money from doing what they love they're lucky. If you're the kind of artist whose work can be replaced by an algorithm, it probably will be. Movies have become formulaic to the point of being indistinguishable from AI, so when the bots take over (as they inevitably will), no real loss of artistic quality will be apparent - business as usual.
DeleteArt should be made for its own sake, for the artist's own satisfaction and creative growth. That will never be affected by AI. If art is produced to respond to market forces, or in expectation of financial reward, something has been lost. Learning to write, paint, or play music will forever be the private privilege of the individual, if they care to exercise it, and art, and life, will continue to flourish in that secluded garden.
Very nice article, Bambi. Thanks.
DeleteYes, it is. They ran a great piece on Netflix recently, which was pretty horrifying.
Deletehttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/aug/28/bland-easy-to-follow-for-fans-of-everything-what-has-the-netflix-algorithm-done-to-our-films
DeleteVery interesting Netflix piece. Thanks
DeleteMy takeaways:
Delete- Netflix registers twenty minutes as a movie watch. Anything more than that is unnecessary indulgence. Most subscribers bail after less than that.
- What they show subscribers - the "tile" display - is tailored exactly to their individual viewing habits.
- Scrolling time is more important than movie watching time.
- Their movies (and they're not alone) are made to algorithms. Although "human talent" is exploited, the movies might as well be full AI productions.
- We're fucked by their fuckery.
The twenty minute timing might result in missing all the good bits in The Wicker Man for instance, there must be loads of classic films that spend that sort of time just setting up the mood.
DeleteSure, but the point is nobody (especially Netflix) cares.It's part of the swipe-n'-scroll mentality that phone use sets as default.
DeleteFT3, yes I agree with what you say, the good thing is real talent will usually and hopefully be recognised. With regards to mainstream films and music already looking and sounding like much is AI creations I agree, I can't remember the last film I 'had' to see at a cinema. When AI comes up with someone as unique as Bob Dylan, that'll be interesting if we can spot if its AI generated.
ReplyDeleteThe last image is of a copper plate etching made by me in Paris, early this century. Much of the detail is lost through pixelation. Click for clearer!
ReplyDeleteNice etching FT3
DeleteThank you. I'm putting it up out of interest, as it's a demonstration of my thoughts about art and artists up there. Before this, maybe a dozen people have seen it. A very private and meticulous and craft-learning exercise, for my own pleasure.
Deleteexcellent piece, sir.
DeleteTa ever so.
Deletepretty cool, tbh
DeleteThat's quite a collection, thanks, I was only familiar with Blake, Sime, Ernst, & Spare. I really like that Shonberg.
ReplyDeleteShonberg did the art for some album covers - Love's "Out Here" and (I think) Spirit's "Spirit Of 76", where he speaks as "jack Bond".
DeleteIvan "Uncle Chuckles" Albright: https://www.wikiart.org/en/ivan-albright
DeleteFor the "Thirty Minutes" post just before this I had commented - "Thanks for the peek behind the curtain into how the art is created" - not realizing or expecting what this post would include. The "art gallery" concept is great - always appreciate any art related posts - including ones that include Burt Shonberg and Max Ernst. Thanks for sharing your etching - love smokestack head guy front and center.
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