Tag: generative

• 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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• 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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• Catch-22, Boredom, and The Flow of Time Pt. 2, Attempt Number 3.5

  I’m sitting here listening to some LoFi relaxing hip-hop nonsense. Because its relaxing and boring as can be. I’ve written and rewritten this in my head about a thousand times, and on paper/the computer several times. I’ve lost county honestly. The assignment of “Attempt Number 3.5” is completely arbitrary. However, to begin in earnest: I’m…

  jerpir

  September 16, 2024

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