Category Archives: Art

Journal of the Week

Posted on January 27, 2026 by timlyg

01/27/2026 Tuesday Learned a little something about Chinese art: 江南春，仇英畫. Interesting also how folks are using AI to turn China paintings into animations, and how some Chinese appreciating Western Museums preserving China culture better than the Chinese government: 01/26/2026 Monday … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on January 19, 2026 by timlyg

01/24/2026 Saturday Many churches in the North East are shifting Sunday services to today, Saturday due to the impending snow storm tomorrow. Both GCC and Crossroads have already sent out emails for this change, holding Sat. 10am service. Not sure … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on December 23, 2025 by timlyg

12/27/2025 Saturday A popular fail for Frank Turek as his famous cheesy lines were "If I give you a book would you read it?" and "If Christianity were true, would you believe it." The first isn't that great, as if … Continue reading →

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AI: Making Art

Posted on December 16, 2025 by timlyg

This is a list of AI with interesting production in the arts that came across as popular or that I like. Graphics:text prompts, etc. To 3D graphics: https://www.3daistudio.com/2D art & video generator, heard from FB: https://openart.ai/ Music:Top down (quick generate): … Continue reading →

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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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