Dynamic Subspace

Category: Art

  • Working on the Site’s Cyberpunk Header Image with Stable Diffusion

    A cyberpunk scene of a floating AI in the center of a computer room and a woman standing to one side of it looking up. Image created with Stable Diffusion.

    I’ve been working on the site’s header image using different Stable Diffusion SDXL models, which give it a higher fidelity without needing as much post-processing outpainting and inpainting as the current header needed, which was made with an SD 1.5 model.

    The idea behind the header image is a cyberpunk scene within cyberspace. The scene takes place within a virtual room representing computers and terminals with an orb-like artificial intelligence in the center levitating above the floor. Within the orb, a shadowy figure can be seen. To the side of the AI is a woman standing before it and peering into the depths of its otherness.

  • Michelle Angela’s Nuestro Andar Florece (Our Journey Blooms) Mural in Brooklyn

    Michelle Angela's Nuestro Andar Florece (Our Journey Blooms) mural near the corner of 23rd St and 5th Ave in Brooklyn

    Artist Michelle Angela’s Nuestro Andar Florece (Our Journey Blooms) is near the corner of 23rd Street and 5th Avenue in Brooklyn. It inventive use of colors and gradients, figures and hands, and symbolism make it a work worth seeking out. More details about it being a celebration of Mexican immigrant women’s stories and how it came to be are on the artist’s website here.

    Michelle Angela's Nuestro Andar Florece (Our Journey Blooms) mural near the corner of 23rd St and 5th Ave in Brooklyn
    Michelle Angela's Nuestro Andar Florece (Our Journey Blooms) mural near the corner of 23rd St and 5th Ave in Brooklyn

  • F-Train Pulling into Ditmas Avenue

    F-Train pulling into Ditmas Avenue above-ground station in Brooklyn.

    The above-ground Ditmas Avenue subway station is a nice place to watch the trains come and go because the track extends into the distance in both directions. At the underground stations, you tend to only see the headlights reflected off the tiled walls before the train pulls into platform. We saw this F-train from a long distance away at dusk before it finally pulled up for us to board.

  • Looking Down 21st Street Toward the Sunset

    Sunset down 21st Street in Brooklyn

    Thankfully, the temperature was low enough for going out for a walk two days ago. We saw this beautiful sunset down 21st Street in Brooklyn.

  • “Always with the negative waves Moriarty, always with the negative waves.”

    Donald Sutherland’s portrayal of Oddball in 1970’s Kelly’s Heroes is one of my all-time favorite performances. His character was straightforward and never pretentious about his role as a tank commander in the best war heist movie: “I only ride ’em, I don’t know what makes ’em work.” But his Dude-like abiding had its limits when money was involved: “We see our role as essentially defensive in nature. While our armies are advancing so fast and everyone’s knocking themselves out to be heroes, we are holding ourselves in reserve in case the Krauts mount a counteroffensive which threatens Paris… or maybe even New York. Then we can move in and stop them. But for 1.6 million dollars, we could become heroes for three days.” He played up to people’s expectations when they framed him as crazy: “Woof, woof, woof! That’s my other dog imitation.” Nevertheless, he was almost always upbeat, especially when he was backed by someone putting it on the line, too: “Crazy! I mean like so many positive waves maybe we can’t lose! You’re on!”

    Donald Sutherland will be missed.