Tag: experimentation

• Creativity vs Generativity

  Creativity and Generativity are wildly different concepts and practices. To make something just for the sake of making something without any real thought or passion and / or just to make a quick buck is generativity. One generates a thing for a specific and artless purpose. As they say “trained rats could do that” or…

  jerpir

  October 5, 2025

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  accountability, art, art generation, art kid, art-making, artist, artmaking, books, collection, creating, creation, creative health, creative-writing, creativity, critic, criticism, data, digital art, drawing, experiences, experimental, experimentation, exploration, generation, generative, healing, health, internet, journal, journaling, labor, life, love, mediated experiences, mental labor, mental-health, metadata, mixed media, notes, novels, pen, pen and paper, pencil, pencil and paper, physical art, physical labor, play, printmaking, reading, social media, technology, thank you, time, travel, typing, vacuum, weird, weird art kid, work, work in progress, writing

• House (Contains Spoilers)

  One may ask: “Where have you been?” Or perhaps: “What have you been doing” Maybe even: “Are you dead?” I’ll answer these in reverse order. I can say for pretty sure that I’m not dead, not a zombie, not some other kind of undead creature. And as for doing? Well, I’ve been reading a hell…

  jerpir

  August 9, 2025

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  addiction, art, art-making, artist, artmaking, books, critic, criticism, digital art, experiences, experimental, experimentation, exploration, health, house, house of leaves, labor, leaves, life, love, Maryland Institute College of Art, mediated experiences, mental labor, mental-health, MICA, novels, physical art, physical labor, play, printmaking, time, travel, work, work in progress, writing

• Boy howdy

  It has been a long time since I’ve been here doing the thing. It’s been over two months and I’ve barely had time to put pen to paper or fingers to keys. I have been making. Not much. But some. Really, I’ve been reading a massive book and loving it. I have been saying to…

  jerpir

  July 30, 2025

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• Limited Pallets VS…

  I’m writing this the Sunday after my Birthday and I’m writing this in front of the TV with music on. Forgive me if this is disjointed, I’m doing my best. Thank you in advance whoever is reading this, you are appreciated. I have been working on a few more bonsai in my little watercolor book.…

  jerpir

  March 18, 2025

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  art, artist, artmaking, bonsai, bonsai-drawing, bonsai-painting, bonsai-watercolor, colors, experimentation, exploration, grabie, koi, limited, limited pallet, pain, PAinting, pallet, photography, play, sketching, swatches, unlimited pallet, watercolor, wip, work in progress