unæthered

03 · journal

Writing

Occasional essays on liminality, process and making images with machines. Each one starts as noise and resolves as you read it.

  1. 3 min read

    Seed 412

    On the patch of static every picture starts from, and why it's worth going back to.

  2. 3 min read

    Synthetic Dreams

    Generated images and dreams build their scenes the same way, and come apart in the same places.

  3. 3 min read

    A Kinder Night

    Notes on dark images that aren't trying to frighten anyone.

  4. 1 min read

    Every Image Starts as a Sentence

    Prompting is writing, for a reader that takes words literally and grammar loosely.

  5. 4 min read

    The Space Between

    On thresholds, pictures that are neither photographs nor paintings, and the patience of static.

Drafts stay in the noise until they're finished. No schedule; they arrive when they arrive.