Micro-Audience Art (aka "Naively enjoying 🫀Human + 🤖 AI Creative Collaboration")
📺 After years of "I want my MTV!" 🎶 I am now able to *create* my MTV 📺
I’m occasionally overwhelmed with fear considering AI’s impact on the future of humanity.
But in the meantime I am having a blast playing with AI art-creation tools.
I’ve been making short songs + music videos for birthdays, events, whatever.
Some of my recent favorite faves:
1) I made a 3 song playlist for Asher’s 6th birthday this week. (I fly to Connecticut for his party on Friday)
2) I made a theme song for Lisa & our new home: (“Lovebird Landing”)
3) Song for a new Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree:
Song inspired by the powerful Men’s Group I co-lead last month in Santa Barbara:
( A more sincere, non-rap version is here.)
Hug Nation theme song to show off my new beige wardrobe
Birthday celebration song for Dad’s 84th bday:
Lisa song of adoration using animated versions of AI-styled photos of us:
Tools used above: Suno, ChatGPT, Bing, Photoshop, King 1.6 Pro, Premiere Pro.
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Despite all this digital play, I’m spending much less time online and more time cuddling with Lisa. I simply have to.
If I scroll too long, my mental health can’t process the volume of despair and injustice. I lose my balance.
Thankfully, I’m still doing daily Gratitude Broadcasts on YouTube at 9:00 am PST and Zoom gratitude circles daily at noon PST. I honestly don’t understand how the human mind can integrate current events without a daily practice of gratitude.
I am grateful for Lisa.
I am grateful for the health and support of my parents.
I am grateful for the gift of consciousness while on this miraculous, fertile planet.
I am grateful for music.
I am grateful for laughter.
I am grateful for Asher and Amy.
I am grateful for my brother. And for friends from High School.
I am grateful for the open hearts and daily reminders from my fellow gratitude practitioners on YouTube and Zoom.
I am grateful for the new leaves of spring.
I am grateful for the countless small (& large) acts of courage and kindness I witness every day.
I am grateful to have found a romantic love I didn’t know was possible.
I am grateful to share this bizarre moment in history with you.
Love,
John
