February 18ths

2/18/1978

From Confession of an Elitist:

I've decided I'm a Generalist now!

A Generalist?

Yes. I thought that just about covered all grounds. It encompasses anything I wish to do, really. I find, for instance, I really want to paint seriously now, and not toy with it, and I am painting very seriously now, every available moment.

2/18/2025

Once you've been doing something for a long time, in any domain, you can alternate between styles. For example, now I'm experimenting with AI in music, and at the same time writing string quartets. If you've developed any kind of a skill, you don't want to let it go to seed while you explore new technologies. What you want is to set up two poles or two extremes and you can work within that range. For example, one extreme is writing in a 19th century style in music notation, and the other extreme using AI.