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fridge cigarettesOct 9, 2026

ai thought dump #1

hello blog. i was wondering if anyone was doing this, where they track their thoughts on ai as time goes by and the technology advances and the richer get richer, blah blah blah. it's october 8, 2026. i've not moved politically or ethically on much, but ai has definitely been a test for me when it comes to being an active listener, researcher, and experimenter while also wanting to reduce harm in the world - not create it for the sake of invention. i'm not perfect, but i want the best for everyo...

jenn's little art blog

jenn's little art blogAug 16, 2026

science vs. vegetable faces

i like to dilly dally on my way home from therapy because it's often the one day i go to manhattan and there's always some bullshit going on, especially between madison park and herald square. there were a bunch of boxes of books on one corner and one of the two that caught my eye and went home with me was the earth moves by dan hofstadter, relation to doug unknown. this was one of those history books where i can tell that dan da man knew what he was talking about but HOLY CROW did he use a lot ...

jenn's little art blog

jenn's little art blogJun 28, 2026

can't stop crediting

before i get into my bullshit about the 2003 music video for red hot chili peppers' single can't stop, a disclaimer: my childhood doesn't come with many positive experiences, but one of the few was how my dad (unserious, cultured, immature king) would call me into the house from playing outside because there was a music video on vh1 that he needed me to watch. the one time i didn't want to come inside to watch 'billy jean' for the 100th time is probably the most disappointed he's ever been with ...

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jenn's little art blog

jenn's little art blogMay 14, 2026

deceive my eyes, please

trompe-l'œil, french for deceive the eye, is a very old - i'm talking ancient greek old, not hit clips old - artistic technique where 2d surfaces (like paper, canvas, walls) are turned into 3d works of optical illusion. i've written about op art on here before, as well as one of the great modern artists in the space, rené magritte, so we all as a society know and can agree that this is totally my shit. The Human Condition, 1933 by Rene Magritte optical illusions often require a hyper-realistic d...

jenn's little art blog

jenn's little art blogMay 5, 2026

boterismo makes me smile

i have wanted to talk about the art of fernando botero for a couple weeks and part of me wanted to wait until i spent a day with my dear pal, juan, who i had not seen in person in at least a year until last week. here we both are in 2015 dressed as wayne and garth from wayne's world. wanna feel old? a decade ago, i was working out of bocoup's nyc office near canal plastics. we had an awesome wall mural by my then-co-worker, isaac durazo. it was the coolest part of that office, followed closely b...

jenn's little art blog

jenn's little art blogApr 1, 2026

one of my favorite things to look at are neon light sculptures. there was a time where most lights you saw outside were glass and gas, even behind plastic grocery store letters and deli signs. then LED lights hit the scene and the market for real neon tanked. to some relief, the art world, along with people nostalgic for the warmth of neon, started commissioning neon artisans for work or taking workshops to learn how to do it their own. i fall in the latter group, and i learned this history firs...

jenn's little art blog

jenn's little art blogMar 29, 2026

hand tremors and other physical disruptions to making art

a few years ago i was diagnosed with hashimoto's, an autoimmune disease of the thyroid, with one of the most self-disrupting symptoms at that time being hand tremors. when my hands shake, it makes for a very frustrating and unsuccessful session of drawing grids by hand for my pixel art paintings. autoimmune symptoms are typically heightened by the stress that they initially cause, a hilarious (laugh so i don't cry and get stressed out) and cruel cycle. to work through this adversity, i looked to...

jenn's little art blog

jenn's little art blogMar 26, 2026

finally looking up guy pouppez

i was listening to the strokes' under the cover of darkness which i think is my favorite song of theirs. i always enjoyed the angles cover art, but it never occurred to me to learn more about it until my edible looked it up last week and found this yahoo article that's been deleted so here is a wayback machine link. kinetic art implies the use of movement, like a sculpture that moves in the wind. it also can imply perceived movement which create optical illusions - think the use of concentrated ...

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