12/28/2008
Incredibly warm, 60°, which created interesting fog conditions. Went out in PM and took photos at park. I called them “Blackfrost” .
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5/19/2008
Made small painting based on the Arnold Newman photograph of Stravinsky at the piano, replaced with a silhouette profile of a cowboy. I liked this particular image, as it had an interesting framed/cropped geometry. The image of a cowboy (Average Joe) is a generic symbol representing freedom, self-reliance and rebellion. In this piece I am using it ironically, as cowboys are not typically classical musicians, or if they are, they are not great fans of Russian composers, or are simply effete. A new Songday based on it: Silhouette Cowboy by meta4s Then I ran it through DALL-E with the prompt "Silhouette of a cowboy on A SpaceX rocket"
5/1/2008
I was thinking about how we apply metaphors to shape our thinking, sometimes going too far by taking them too literally. I called them "Boundary Conditions" but they are really metaphors" "We are________" When we take the "We are machines" metaphor too literally we get "The Singularity". A page from my diary 2008:
8/28/2008
Obama is nominated at Dem convention and gives historic speech in Denver. His "Big Night" 4 years in the making, and 45 years after King's "I have a dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. ("The fierce urgency of now"). I like what congressman James Clyburn said about the impact of this moment—that 4-5 year olds will see it as a paradigm shift, similar to the effect Kennedy had.
11/4/2008
Weather: Summer-like warmth, 75 degrees. Went to Obama rally in Grant Park with S. A mass of well-behaved young exuberant people. We stayed on the periphery, but still exciting. Queue was almost 2 miles long—Congress south to Roosevelt and east to Lake Shore Drive.
