I felted this a while ago - bring it out in the autumn sometimes. I did a fancy trick with the weaving bit. I wet felted and needle felted silk and Merino pods -felted over a wire for the branch that was tricky to do. I miss my place to felt and paint and create chaos. This house will not accommodate my passion or my stabby compulsions. I need to stab!- Anyway, I really love how the pods turned out. I do believe that it is one skill that AI can not take over entirely.
Speaking of- Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton was interviewed on Hook Global two days ago . It is long - demands your attention. If you have wondered what the hell is this threat, what the hell is AI - what the hell is in store for us...This is everything explained- clearly. I learned quite a lot from this interview re:AI. Listen to it when you have more than a moment to spare- you won't be sorry.
The felting is really beautiful. I love the skeletons in the porch seats. I'll save the video for later in the day, I'm expecting visitors, a son and grandson to help me move some stuff to my shed/garage.
ReplyDeleteLinda, you are a wonderful artist in all your mediums! That piece is truly beautiful! I love the woven parts.
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Barbara
Swoon! THE COLORS! Smile-worthy . A rarity in these times. Thank you Linda Sue for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Linda Kay
Your felt work, so beautiful! The weaving within is clever and creative. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThat felting is amazing - I had to enlarge and study all the detail. The colour gradiation is fabulous. Apparently one of the risks of AI is that encryption we rely on for communication will likely be broken (decoded) and... now I'm feeling stabby too
ReplyDeleteOne of the many things I miss about in Washington is the voter's pamphlets. It was so nice to have a guide to who we were voting for and what the issues were in every election. Here in Alabama, they would rather we not know. Is the Space nut guy still running for something?
ReplyDeleteYour colors here are mesmerizing somehow. So much subtlety and yet so much brightness at the same time. I don't even have the words to judge art but this pleases my eyes greatly.
ReplyDeleteI haven't stabbed anything in awhile. I need to do that. That's pretty -- your stabbing project.
ReplyDeleteThe orange pods are scrumptious and I don't generally care for the color orange. Our early voting starts pretty soon I think. I've checked twice in this barely hanging onto red state to make sure my voter registration hasn't been pulled like those desperate thugs are doing to others.
ReplyDeleteThat is a very autumnal felted piece! Interesting how you managed so many different effects.
ReplyDeleteI'm tired of thinking about AI, frankly. If it gets out of hand I'll just go off-grid somewhere.
Absolutely stunning work. I am very impressed.
ReplyDeleteThe four foot witches are around the neighbors tree again! JanF
Your felted autumnal piece is magnificent! I feel stabby some days too but not the needlework kind.
ReplyDeleteYour felting is impressive. Thanks for the AI piece, I am a firm believer that if left unchecked it poses a real danger, the warning signs are there. The skeletons are out here as well, decorating for Halloween here in Spokane is a blood sport, yards full of all sorts of inflatable ghouls, witches, monsters, and yes, skeletons. People start putting them up in September.
ReplyDeleteBlow up plastic decorations are dumb. Heading for land fill of more plastic toxic waste. Pumpkins and gourds, sunflowers and straw seem to be a better idea. if one must decorate their yard do it with a bit of taste and consideration, you know? When did halloween become so obnoxious?
DeleteGeoffrey Hinton certainly offers a clear explanation re: AI.Grateful for the insight and "fair warning".
Your art is always unique and impressive. I do like original thinking and you are very skilled. Lovely work Linda Sue.
ReplyDeleteJeffrey Hinton (JH) is on the mark.
Thank you for sharing the video. I also listened to JH on Bloomberg News.
My take-away is:
Doctors will be more capable and productive, diagnoses will be better, healthcare will improve overall.
Education will change. AI agents (see Alpha Schools) teaching and working with kids individually will improve student performance and outcomes overall. Teachers will take on teaching/modeling social skills because AI Agents do not do this well.
STEM programs must improve and expand in local schools; AI can facilitate teaching STEM.
There are still no pumpkins on my street. That said, I saw a whole pumpkin half eaten in the forest. It appears; the wildlife enjoyed their breakfast. I'll buy a few pumpkins for placement in the forest. Let's keep the wildlife happy!
Susan
Absolutely love the idea of leaving pumpkins in the forest, a few cut up apples would do nicely as well, as winter is peeking around the corner and animals need a reserve!
DeleteI agree , too, that AI IF programed (fed) the notion of "caring" for out interests in humanity, that it could be so beneficial. At a dross roads now though with bad actors at play. AI can go either way but leans toward the darkest ideology because the humans feeding it are the darkest characters. That it creates its own language now , going rogue. is out of human control.