My World Café – insights & experiences from my travels, café visits and daily life.
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Not only will AI-Art and "conventional" Art coexist, they will cross-pollinate All Photos and AI-Prompts are mine. Photography became its own Art Form, as did Digital Photography Photography was all new in the 18-hundreds. Cumbersome, low quality, expensive and exclusive at first. Many traditional artists must have considered it a threat at the time, just… Continue reading Why AI-generated Art will enhance Art as we know it
(Title photo: Ice Dragon Teeth. Ice stalagmites and - stalactites forming teeth-like ice sculptures. Close-up taken along the Yukon River in Whitehorse.) It could all be so warm and fuzzy I read a love story generated by AI. Not more shallow than any of today's junk-books. Authentic enough and quite sweet. My wife read an… Continue reading Sinister Perils are looming behind today’s AI-Hype. Don’t become an “AI-Lemming”!
Winters in Whitehorse are not only cold, but can be grey and long - I found that Vitamin D supplements don't really cut it. So whenever the sun is out, I'm out there exploring ever changing ice- and snow-scapes. Nature's beauty can be fleeting: What may be an exceptional motif now can be gone in… Continue reading Ice Art – my Way of shooting amazing Winter-Scapes
Reflections from 8 Weeks in Korea. Essay with Photos (all my own). Seoul's cultural and culinary offerings are second to none. Ticket prices for concerts and museum are very affordable - not like the prohibitive prices we see in Europe and Canada, like $133 for a mediocre seat at a recent ballet performance in Vancouver.… Continue reading Part 2: Cultural Immersion – Korean Style
Two memorable exhibitions in Vancouver highlight the absurdity of war: YOKO ONO: GROWING FREEDOM Yoko Ono to this day remains a peace activist. It's now 42 years since John Lennon was murdered. The videos and photos in the exhibition deeply moved me. In one room, visitors could pin messages to their mothers to the wall… Continue reading If those who decide war had to fight it, would there be less war?
Boheme Singer at her CD release concert at Salon Moonbow Feb. 8 In the midst of the Corona virus crisis, it is very fortunate that Korean artists are still expressing themselves - inspiring others and demonstrating that life does go on. Take Boheme Singer for example. Her musical videos on Instagram brighten up my days.… Continue reading Korean People are resilient – let their Art speak!
My World Café - insights & experiences from my travels, café visits and daily life. 