I'm not sure how to title this | Generative art diary

I mean, I'm never sure how to title these, but this one was particularly hard

I write about generative art, code, creativity and other interconnected topics. You can expect a diary every Friday sharing what I’ve been working on, some things I’ve found interesting, and links to my longer articles. Thanks for joining me here. 💖

Hello,

This newsletter has been missing for the past two weeks, as my mum sadly passed away. I often find it tough to find the right level of sharing, as I want to be open without feeling like I am ‘using’ my life for content or cheapening experiences into flowery prose. I’ll do my best.

The last couple of years, since my mum had a severe stroke, have been incredibly difficult. I won’t elaborate here. I’ve thought about writing a book and have in mind the title, The Gradient of Horrors. Now, suddenly/at last, I’ve found myself in the time where that part is over.

Through the grief-guilt-relief-missing-sad-????-fear-numb emotion bundle, I’ve been reflecting on where I want to go from here and I think there will be some changes coming. Making art did feel extremely pointless for a bit, but that feeling is beginning to clear, as I expected it would.

Thank you for reading. Let’s look at some pictures.

Things I’ve done this week

I haven’t quite felt ready to get back to my diagrams yet but I’ve been working on a print series using my coded handwriting. I’ve been going with a quite minimalistic style lately, compared to the colourful outputs at the end of this article.

I’m aiming to create around 6 outputs in this style for this series, and I may end up doing a separate set that explores the more colourful styles.

Something I’ve been considering is whether to release the series as ~6 completely set outputs, or whether to generate new text content in the selected layout when a print is purchased. For example, the following two outputs have the same layout but different text content.

I like the idea that each person’s artwork comes with their own unique meaningful nonsense but of course it would create work and the prints would be a bit more expensive. I’m interested to know if this is something that would appeal to you?

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Things I’ve enjoyed this week

• I want to poke my finger into these shiny and blobby shaders by Tamaru

• I want to smush my face into Dürer’s pillows (via Erin Maglaque)

• I love private equity

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That’s it, thanks again for joining me!

I’ll leave you with this close up of a watercolour painting I did yesterday, and I’ll see you here next week.

- Amy ⭐

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