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Why “busy” has become our favorite fiction and AI our most convenient accomplice We no longer complain about the weather. We complain about being busy, which is far more socially acceptable and just as unproductive. There is an old Dutch saying that suddenly came to mind: the world will perish from diligence, based on the … Read more
Blaming AI is easy, fixing yourself is harder A practical note on building Connie Croma Part Two with fewer illusions and better prompts Today I set out to do something I am not entirely sure is wise. After publishing The Adventures of Connie Croma last year through Uitgeverij Norden, I am now attempting to create … Read more
When you are young, you get worked up about things that later make you wonder why you ever cared so much. I am thinking of the series Women in Pursuit, which I once created using water and water-soluble chalk. I must have been going through a difficult period, because the drawings were made with a … Read more
I am sometimes asked why and when I abandoned the arts by generating images with AI. I do not feel that way at all. As far as I am concerned, I never abandoned the arts, and anyone who wishes to argue that I did should, for the sake of honesty, come up with examples from … Read more
Although I briefly attended an art academy, drawing began as little more than a hobby. My first loves were photography and writing, so it felt almost inevitable that I would try to bring image and text together. At the time, my closest friend was a painter with very strict ideas about realism. I still remember … Read more