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Feeling Silly

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , , on June 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Photo by Will Myers on Unsplash

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It’s Good to Have Goals, Book Edition

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on June 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I recently signed up for artist Louisa Pressler’s newsletter. Because someday, I’d love to have her illustrate one of my books.

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Photo by Mediamodifier on Unsplash

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Do You Doodle?

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , , on October 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

This is for the artists out there.

New tool lets artists fight AI image bots by hiding corrupt data in plain sight

From Hollywood strikes to digital portraits, AI’s potential to steal creatives’ work and how to stop it has dominated the tech conversation in 2023. The latest effort to protect artists and their creations is Nightshade, a tool allowing artists to add undetectable pixels into their work that could corrupt an AI’s training data…

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Photo by James Kemp on Unsplash

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Art as Time Travel

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , on January 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Hello! So nice of you to stop by and see what’s up on this Mondayest of Mondays. I’m a little busy and I don’t want to bore you, so perhaps you might enjoy a bit of cultural enrichment? Maybe learn a bit about a master like Vermeer? 

I just discovered that the Rijksmuseum has an online tour of Vermeer’s work and world narrated by Stephen Fry. Sounds fun, right?

Closer to Johannes Vermeer – Rijksmuseum

I enjoy Vermeer’s paintings because 1) that light, so amazing, and 2) he captured the details of regular people doing regular things. Not always, of course, an artist still has to pay the bills, but enough to pass on the sense of real people doing real things. 

Art as time travel, is how I like to think of it.

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Photo by JJ Jordan on Unsplash

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Tuesday, It Is

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , , , , , on May 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Another Tuesday, another day when I am both inspired to reach dramatic new heights* and, after an intensive tour of the data mines, reduced to the mental status of a child. How appropriate, then, that today we have a Baby Yoda coloring book by the talented Martin Gee.

The Unofficial Baby Yoda Coloring Book

Enjoy!

* A girl can dream.

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Mashup Monday

Posted in Funny, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Here’s hoping you have a good day, even if it is a Monday:)

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Happy Happy!

Posted in Holidays, tagged , , , , , , , on February 14, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

— Robert A. Heinlein

Happy Valentine’s Day!

 

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We’ve Fallen Through the Trapdoor. Now What?

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 26, 2017| 1 Comment »

Slate has invited ten writers to envision the possibilities of a Trump future. As Ben H. Winters, author and the editor of this series explains, “fiction has a special power to clarify, galvanize, prophesy, and warn.” Writers include Héctor Tobar, Ben H. Winters, Nisi Shawl, Saladin Ahmed, Lauren Beukes, Jeff VanderMeer, Kashana Cauley, J. Robert Lennon, Edan Lepucki, and Elizabeth Bear.
Because as the motto says, it’s best to be prepared.

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Stories to Tell, Futures to Build

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 14, 2016| Leave a Comment »

It occurs to me that one of the things we really need now is storytelling. With a Republican-dominated government in the U.S., dissenters won’t have as many direct political options to make change via laws. That leaves hearts and minds.

And what’s best for changing hearts and minds? A compelling story.

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As I see it, an important part of our job right now as writers isn’t to bombard with facts and figures (or not only, of course there’s a place for that). Fiction writers have a special place in society. We imagine other futures, other paths, other worlds. We bring those experiences, those feelings*, to readers.

Our challenge is to inspire, to engage, to help others envision a better world. With a nod to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, to make them long for a kinder, more hopeful, and more just sea.

 

 

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* And as Ian Warren argues, at least part of what has happened with Brexit and the U.S. election seems to be that “what data and polling often misses, is how people think and feel” and that “the communication of effective emotional messages is currently beating data alone.”

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Do It On Purpose

Posted in Funny, Likes, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »

I realized that I have been trying to write a serious version of what is clearly a goofy, rollicking space pirate adventure. Obviously!

That led me to recall the following wisdom from a modern-day sage (who should know):

Figure out who you are. Then do it on purpose.
― Dolly Parton

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