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Justus Hayes
Oct 7, 20233 min read
Death, Cake, Balloons and the Birth of Spooky Stuff
As we lurch into actual October, my creative output's spooky quotient has risen correspondingly. Truth be told, the increase in ghosts...
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Justus Hayes
Aug 13, 20234 min read
/Describe Greebles, Please
There are two things I have recently discovered using the AI image engine, Midjourney, that made me pause when I recognized their power....
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Justus Hayes
Jul 24, 20231 min read
Salvador Dali Photo Unlocks the Feline Storm
The photo below, Dali Atomicus (1948) by Philippe Halsman, is one I have been aware of since my teens. I've always loved the energy...
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Justus Hayes
Jul 17, 20231 min read
Abstract Thought
Here some abstracts and semi-abstracts that I've been playing around with over the past couple of days with Midjourney. Just a sampling...
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Justus Hayes
Jul 8, 20233 min read
Please Stand By - the Spring and Summer of '23 Prove to Be Very Crowded Indeed
It's been quite some time since I've posted here on the blog, and I have a few minutes this morning to get caught up. The biggest online...
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Justus Hayes
May 15, 20236 min read
YouTube Channels that Offer Property WalkThrough Videos and Buying Advice in Rural Central Portugal
I started paying attention to cheap rural land for sale in Central Portugal at the beginning of 2020, right around the start of the...
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Justus Hayes
Apr 23, 20237 min read
3 Hectare Hilltop Olive Farm in Fundão for € 65,000
One of my longest YouTube subscriptions has been Joseph Marsh's farmer for fun channel (he also has a website here and is prolific on...
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Justus Hayes
Mar 31, 20235 min read
Something About M*A*S*H: Hawaiian Shirts, Booze, Cross-Dressing and Subversive Liberalism
A couple of months ago, I listened to a podcast (I thought it was CBC's "Ideas" but apparently not) that discussed the influence of...
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Justus Hayes
Feb 16, 20231 min read
Club Noir de Mer
"Another Set at Club Noir de Mer" My fascination with variations on the film noir aesthetic continues, mostly placing the tropes in an...
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Justus Hayes
Jan 29, 20236 min read
A Pocket Terraced Grape Farm in Central Portugal for under 50K USD
It's been quite a while since I wrote up a piece of rural Portuguese property, but this little gem jumped out at me a couple of days ago...
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Justus Hayes
Jan 9, 20233 min read
What's Going On in 2023
Here we are in a new year and big things are afoot at the Lazy River Design Works store. The last time I posted was mid-December, and...
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Justus Hayes
Dec 12, 20226 min read
What is Art? Part 2: How AI-Generated Art is Like a Camera
Yesterday, I wrote a post on social media and here that outlined as many of the arguments against AI-generated imagery as I could think...
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Justus Hayes
Dec 11, 20221 min read
Film Noir de Mer - A Midjourney Image Dump
Squid Town. The Big Murk. That bottom-dwelling metropolis where the dregs drift in and settle down in the mud and debris. A place where...
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Justus Hayes
Dec 11, 20223 min read
What is Art: Criticisms of AI-Generated Imagery
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about the growing controversy over AI-generated imagery. It's a complicated issue that can be...
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Justus Hayes
Nov 28, 20221 min read
Midjourney Image Dump
I just started using the AI art engine, Midjourney. I have many thoughts, but as always I am short on time. While I'm processing and...
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Justus Hayes
Nov 14, 20221 min read
T-Shirts Found Drifting Down the Lazy River
Now that classic format t-shirts are a part of the official Lazy River Design Works inventory, I thought it would be a good idea to post...
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Justus Hayes
Oct 31, 20224 min read
The Wedding Ring
Back in August, I related a couple of remarkable events from my life and mentioned a few more (see this post). Today being Halloween, I...
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Justus Hayes
Oct 24, 20222 min read
Not Quite Azulejos
The original source photos of the plates used to make these designs were posted on Pixabay by tunaolger. One of the few drawbacks of...
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Justus Hayes
Oct 1, 20223 min read
My Characteristic Style
Keen-eyed observers will have noticed by now that much of my creative output has a certain finish, a look or style that is present to...
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Justus Hayes
Sep 12, 20221 min read
Specs and Size Charts for HugePOD T-Shirts in cms and Inches are no longer applicable
HugePOD is no longer one of my suppliers. A good product, but they became a little too unreliable.
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