The Garden of Musubi

Fumi Imamura has such a simple but beautiful style of representing flowers. 

The Garden of Musubi—a second solo exhibition curated by Julia Tarasyuk. Rich with symbolism and spiritual resonance, the exhibition explores musubu—to tie, bind, connect—as a living principle of transformation through the medium of collage and watercolour works on paper. 

From Gardenista: Artist Fumi Imamura’s collages look like bouquets from a beguiling, yet-to-be-discovered planet. She herself is rather otherworldly. Instead of growing her flowers from seed, Imamura conjures them entirely on paper that she meticulously paints, cuts out, and applies, roots and all, in enchanting arrangements. 

Based in Aichi, in central Japan—Imamura received her MFA from Kanazawa College of Art in 2008—she often works on the floor with her cat at her side and has described her art as capturing “the wordless poetry” of plants.

 

 

"Is it live, or is it Memorex?"

Is it real or is it ai? I run across so many videos presenting themselves as real that are ai. I am so sick of ai slop. And art created with ai, is it really art? I ran across these cool images from Hanna Inaiah and now I think they are mostly ai.

I know I used photoshop manipulate images and photos so I guess I could take responsibility for creating something similar. But computer generated art just feels like cheating to me. 

 

The poetic images she creates with AI are a starting point — visual moods that evolve into prints, pieces, collections or digital products. She is also known for her best-selling Procreate brushes, used by artists around the world, and for her presence as a digital influencer, where she shares insights on creativity, AI and visual storytelling.

Each command prompt or line drawn on the screen carries her journey as a designer, embroiderer and AI explorer. Through this hybrid lens, Hanna Inaiah continues to shape a unique visual language, where intuition meets technology. 

I think ai generated women disturb me more than anything because they are always flawless, thin, beautiful .... never feeling quite real. Just like what we want the influencers on instagram or tik tok to be, completely unreal. It feels like a very scary, sad future we are heading into. I feel sorry for my kids and grand kids who will be impacted by this bullshit. 

 

Proof that I am not dead yet, because these images excite me

 

 

A smart combination

Maria Fernanda Smart is combining art techniques in a beautiful way. Thank you Angie for telling me about his fantastic artist.

I don't know what this is ... but I love it

Sedjroxx is creating his own fashion magazine. Sign me up!

Magical connection

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Ours was very quiet. Bri, Matt and I decided Christmas will never be the same without David. But we tried! All the holidays seem uneventful, unmemorable the last couple of years. I probably could put more effort into the process. Maybe next year will be different. I received a few Christmas cards and they just made me feel guilty for my complete lack of effort. 

It would also be the hateful state of our country. I think about the years I have fretted over this madman and it makes me crazy. I hope I live long enough to see him GONE FOR GOOD.

With all of that said, I told Bri the other day that we will look back at this time in our lives as being very calm and peaceful. Matt is home, working on the house, cooking dinners. Bri works a part time schedule, her salon is about 10 minutes drive down to Edmonds. NO commuting. The girls are happy and have lots of friends that they hang out with, run around the neighborhood with, they give me little "shows" most of nights of dancing and gymnastics, or do lots of art. And I just hang out with essentially no worries, watching the birds hang from the suet cages, flutter around the yard eating and chatting. Bri has a bird feeder obsession, so we have lots of birds.

I enjoy watching my really silly shows. Occasionally I find a really good movie and feel thankful. I pay bills, do the dishes, keep the kitchen clean, watch TV, watch the weather float by. I feel calm and content and it is a wonderful feeling. I do have some dental work that needs to be addressed but I am trying not to get all agitated about that.

I hope everyone had a nice holiday and New Year! Let's make this on better than the last.

Charlie Moon's work celebrates the beauty and complexity of life by blending specialized techniques with personal stories and experiences. It offers a moment of refuge from the harshness of reality, inviting viewers to focus on the softer, more enchanting sides of existence.

Loving the beetle details.

 

Dreamscapes

My SIL comes in one day! And we are still trying to get the drains fixed. We have been "roughing" it for a couple of days and the house is out of control. But whatever ... is my new motto. The rain and wind have been out of control. Raining today. Predicting high wind again today. 

The entire house smells like a sewer right now, the plumber is here replacing a drainage stack. It is that or the cat shit I just found in my closet!!!! Welcome to bliss. At least we will have a working sink very soon. 

Jonathan W Gemmell is known for his vibrant detailed use of color and dynamic brushwork, creates pieces that blur the line between imagination and impressionism. His Instagram.