Not before the first few frosts.
Not before rocks were skipped on the first pond ice.
Not before walks in the woods.
And not before wood piles took over the porch.
We say goodbye to color until next spring.
Winter Has Arrived
Stable Diffusion
I’ve played with Stable Diffusion a few months back, but the learning curve is steep, and easy access to DallE & MidJourney made it not worth it to press on. Until… I got excited about a super cool extension:
https://huggingface.co/monster-labs/control_v1p_sd15_qrcode_monster
I just love the idea of having the same image have one analog meaning to a human and discrete meaning to a machine. And the same extension can be used for general masking other than just QR codes.
Without further ado, here’s the eye candy:
A benign QR code
General masking for an almost subliminal effect
There’s much to be refined in my incantation, but I really like how the mask isn’t just overlayed on top of a drawing in a subtle way, rather it’s the basis for growth of AI hallucinations.
Of the Past?
Robin found it in a local river bed. It’s still fairly sharp and surprisingly light and well balanced. I have no idea if it is a real Native American artifact or not. For the stories of the past we like to entertain considering its origin, I hope the person who crafted it paused a minute to think of the stories of the future and who would find it. I hope some of the stuff I leave behind make a little boy’s day some time.
