Kiss. Like Flower, LIke Water. 2
Many people don’t understand what I tried to do with this series. Often, things appear to me as mere illusion. My images are expression of my emotions — a state of mind. They can be flowers, people, abstract shapes. But they’re saying the same thing.
Recently, I shoed the first video I did for this series to someone who used to curate works for the Whitney Biennial — as a way to show what’s possible with AI technology — mostly because a lot of what’s thought possible and commercially seen were made with commercial software only.
She said that she’s touched, and understood what I was trying to do. Sometimes I don’t know how to describe what I want to do. Because sometimes what I want to do or say is beyond what human languages can express.
Often, I get misinterpreted when I write, because some of the best emotions I wish to say cannot be put into words.
Sometimes, to tell you what I want to say, I must show you how I feel.
Because of her positive encouragement, I decided to post post more from this series. I rendered these in August 2023, but never posted more previously — because the reception for this series had been lukewarm at best, and I had to go through a very difficult time fighting freedom of expression in various platforms.
But her kind words to me encouraged me to continue to say what I want to say — in my way.
Please also check the video version, which is available as a separate post, as well as linked on my site.
https://gymdreams8.com/blog/kiss-flow...
Text prompts in Stable Diffusion and Deforum. Juggernaut AfterMath, DPM++ SDE Karras, 25 steps.
Kiss: Like Flower, Like Water. Part 2
/ 2023-08-27 Render
/ 2024-04-08 Published
/ Series: Kiss
/ GD8