Author: j niles
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Everything you’ve ever wanted
What does that mean? Everything you’ve ever wanted? To me it has been a few things. For awhile it was a partner whom I pined after and eventually won over. Only to realize how immature I had been years down the line when things of course didn’t work out. I learned a lot there. It’s…
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Things I like about small town living
It’s quiet, it’s slow, it’s always very personal. As I have never been one to seek attention or want to be shouted at as I enter a room, it suites me well in a lot of ways. That said, there is little opportunity here. The advent of the internet is surely a great help in…
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Process Pieces
Art as therapy. Art as expression. Art as communication. Art as engagement. Art as community. It’s all of those things really. But to me it’s more or less a compulsion any more. I’ve spent the last few years working on very non specific work. Mainly donuts on faux wood and metal surfaces. They are more…
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Language Models
Today I’m actually sort of struggling. I’m having a hard time making some adjustments at work and in my personal life so I thought it would be nice to make something that can help me and other people. For my benefit, I don’t want to learn so much code at the moment. I think it’s…
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Keeping Tradition Alive
There is always a struggle with adapting technology to fit one’s own work flow and when to adapt and when to move on. As a drafts-person, there is nothing that feels like pen to paper. It’s nostalgic, yes, but it is also tactile and employs more than just memory. I know how the ink will…
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Tiny Paintings and Delaying my Gratifications
Here’s just a little way for me to slow down and start adding some pressure free creation to my life. I just seriously need to have some rest and escape in my life. I’m a painter but I don’t always paint, I tend to draw pretty regularly. What I have been lacking in, recently, is…
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