Category Archives: Art

The Pride Test

Posted on November 23, 2025 by timlyg

I think I have a way to test someone's pride level. That is by their reaction through optical illusions. Works on anybody. It's not about how we are fooled or not fooled by those illusions, but how we react towards … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on October 20, 2025 by timlyg

10/24/2025 Friday Thanks to AI, I can process these videos/podcasts more efficiently. After finishing the entire discussion within 20 mins, I used Google Gemini (apparently only google AI can access youtube resources for now, Youtube's under Google anyway) to "Fact … Continue reading →

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Drawing Tips

Posted on October 17, 2025 by timlyg

In the past I mentioned some drawing tips (10 drawing warmups). I should dedicate an entire entry just for drawing basics. 10 ways to improve figure drawing.

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Journal of the Week

Posted on October 7, 2025 by timlyg

10/10/2025 Friday 5 Top paintings in China, handscrolls（手卷）: 晋朝 （266-420）为了说服 贾南风（晋惠帝之妻）行德：女史箴圖 - 顧愷之 唐朝 （618-907）about cows or metaphor of the artist's servitude: 五牛圖 - 韓滉宋朝 （960-1279）千里江山圖 (rare minerals for rare colors - Malachite & Azurite) - 王希孟宋朝 Recovered decades after … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on September 29, 2025 by timlyg

10/4/2025 Saturday Visited Dennis' place. Learned of his son's cerebral palsy condition. Update 12/2/2025 At some point, I should read Sandra Peoples' book Accessible Church (mentioned by Millington Baptist Church Podcast Behind the Pulpit S4E13). She has a program called … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on May 26, 2025 by timlyg

5/29/2025 Painting of the day: Jesus ascending to Heaven, Painting by John Singleton Copley (1738–1815), Painted in 1775, Oil on canvas © Museum of Fine Arts Boston Fr. Vorst took the passage of Luke 24:46-53 for this painting with regards to … Continue reading →

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Journal of the a Week

Posted on April 23, 2025 by timlyg

4/23/2025 Painting of the day: The Pilgrims at Emmaus, Lithograph by Maurice Denis (1870-1943), Issued in 1895, Lithograph on paper, Alamy Fr. Patrick commented this art using Luke 24:13-35 (the supper at Emmaus): In this lithograph, Maurice Denis offers a contemporary … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on April 15, 2025 by timlyg

4/17/2025 Getting ready to bring SSD HDD and Windows 10/11 USB flash drives to Penang to meet TomTom's laptop for repair (Acer Aspire A515-51 n17c4). He was told the HDD was damaged. But this laptop carries both M.2 slot (from … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on April 7, 2025 by timlyg

4/11/2025 2025 AI Index Report gives a good overviews of different AIs and their status in the world from various perspectives. Painting of the day: The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, Painting by Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano (active 1459 - about … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on March 31, 2025 by timlyg

4/4/2025 Vocab learned (Taiwanese、Mandarin): 嘴秋 = Talking big, vain.窝囊 = 受了委屈心里不痛快嗆聲 chàngshēng, “chhiàng-siaⁿ” = to provoke/challenge勿谓言之不预也 = 是中华人民共和国通过官方媒体发出的最严重警告 Painting of the day: An Arrest, Painted by Christian Ludwig Bokelmann (1844-1894), Painted  in 1881, Oil on canvas, Christie’s / Wikimedia Commons Patrick van … Continue reading →

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