2023 December 17 Stanley Kubrick and Ayn Rand were both Futurists and 1900s-era contemporaries. Can their philosophies and predictions help us? Kubrick and Rand | Who is HAL 9000? Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey and Rand’s book Atlas Shrugged featured two characters written to epitomize perfection: HAL 9000 as AI perfection and John Galt as human perfection. They’re both designed…
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2023 October 15 Looking outside of the niches I work in helps inspire me. My go-to place is nature. Whether it’s for the color combinations I never would have thought would work together or just the beauty of it all. History has also been an inspiration, not from the perspective…
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2023 September 23 “If you want to capture someone’s attention, whisper.” Those were the famous words spoken to launch Nuance, a new fragrance by Francois Coty in 1975. What would happen if we used current AI tools and reinterpreted the classic advertisement? Fast and Inexpensive This video took two days to complete, primarily because I…
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2023 August 29 Annabelle’s strange relationship with The Bully started at one of Seth’s all-night poker card games. As Seth’s card dealer, she made it a point to know everything about everyone. Part of it was for Seth–he’d made it clear when he first interviewed her that he wanted to know exactly who everyone was at his Game…
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2023 August 4 This project, now a business, has been in the works since I was a child in grade school. As a young musician, I became curious about how the great orchestras in London and Berlin performed the same pieces I was learning. I traded recordings with relatives and…
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2023 July 16 Dolly Zoom adds interest to your videos by quickly creating movement with still images. Many recent conversations have been about creating parallax videos using still images. Parallax and its cousin, the Dolly Zoom (also known as the Vertigo Shot from Alfred Hitchcock’s movie of the same name)…
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2023 July 15 Annabelle’s strange relationship with The Bully started at one of Seth’s all-night poker card games. As Seth’s card dealer, she made it a point to know everything about everyone. Part of it was for Seth–he’d made it a point when he first interviewed her that he wanted to know exactly who everyone was…
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2023 July 10 Parallax adds interest to your videos by quickly creating movement with still images. Many recent conversations have been about creating parallax videos using still images. Examples include using AI-generated images, photographs, maps, and graphs when video isn’t available. Parallax and its cousin, the Dolly Zoom (also known…
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2023 June 27 While the first Null Paradox book and first two music albums focused on the relationship and adventures of Gertrude & Grace, the second book tells the tale of Victoria & Seth and their tumultuous relationship. It also brings to light more of how The Bully plays into the overall story. He…
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2023 June 19 The concept for Victoria & Seth, the second book and third music album in the Null Paradox steampunk multiverse, is about the character’s sometimes serene, sometimes tumultuous relationship. A series of Storytimes shares the background of both characters. Null Paradox | Victoria & Seth If Victoria’s persona is defined by her ten steps of…
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