John Dalton

Consciousness ~ Living and sharing a mystical life in Ireland.

[John Dalton @john_dalton___]

@IrishRainforest Fantastic thread. Thank you Eoghan. 🙂☘️🙏🏻

[Francien Krieg AI @Nocturnallady2]

GM!!
"Old age is not a time to slow down but a time to show the world the strength of a lifetime."

[Alina Ayat 🇵🇸 @Alina_Ayat]

@fasc1nate kindness

[John Dalton @john_dalton___]

This is great. 🙂☘️👏🏻

[james richardson @jamesbyron111]

Gm lovely people… very pleased to share my first colab… massive thanks to @LimnDigital for providing the face incorporated here in a large scale 100 x 140 cm abstract! Loads of texture here… I’m super happy with this…

#abstractart
#AIInnovation
#texture

[John Dalton @john_dalton___]

@jamesbyron111 @LimnDigital Brilliant James. Well done. 🙂☘️👏🏻

[John Dalton @john_dalton___]

This is great Tania. 🙂☘️👏🏻

[Tania Rivilis | COLORΞM @tania_rivilis]

Quick oils experiment

[John Dalton @john_dalton___]

This is brilliant Laurence. Well done. 🙂☘️👏🏻

[Laurence Fuller @LaurenceFuller]

Costumes To Fill 🥀🔥 https://t.co/iGLKTOF0Pm

Now exhibiting at @makersplace exhibition in Carmel ~ inspired by an adventure from my travels to Portugal.

COSTUMES TO FILL by Laurence Fuller
A great shuddering chandelier,
Beneath pearls drop like ancient tears,
Toes on the edge daring their fears,
Eyes of sparkling onyx,
Which pulled them in with a promise,
Skin like a glistening shell,
Past reflections of the deepest well,
Mysteries dancing on the balances of the lines of her lips,
Marquees left it all for the talents and her gifts,
Circling the wheels of time,
The distant silhouette of a kiss,
Through mirrored doors and colorful bells,
A velvet coat, his fabrics draped and felt,
The hem between her fingers.
Before she left the room,
The faintest scent of perfume,
Her youth in full bloom.
What is a word worth,
On the edge of this world,
A shadow which hangs from his lapel.
Memories of a headdress by the tomb of an angel,
Contained 12 pins, each one pricked by the small drops,
Those first gems of the sea.
Weaving tapestry of her garments,
Curtains hang from the glass door where she leaves,
That fate kept them inch by inch closer to the trenches,
Where young soldiers, ships and the remnants of a great adventure.
Where few sacrificed all for their nation,
Hearts beating across the land in unison,
Mirrors reflecting stories of the lives they lived behind the glass.
The hours preserved without beating hearts,
But a costume to fill,
With skin and scars.
To journey to that fountain,
The spring which boils so hot,
Where passions overwhelm but a thrill to stand there so close to see it’s steam rise,
They risk it all to touch.
Laurence Fuller, 2023

Animated AI art & music ~ Sound, Poetry, Produced and Performed by Laurence Fuller @laurencefuller
https://t.co/6GPY0eQ42i

🔗https://t.co/iGLKTOF0Pm🔗

#poetry #poem #poet #film #cinematic #art #animation #ai #aiart

[John Dalton @john_dalton___]

Congratulations Antoine. 🙂☘️👏🏻

[Antoine RENAULT @arenaultartist]

Anyone in NYC saw my painting on this wall??
#painting #billboard

[John Dalton @john_dalton___]

This is brilliant Francis. Lovely quote too. 🙂☘️👏🏻

[Francien Krieg AI @Nocturnallady2]

GM!!

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." - Thomas Merton

[Henrik Uldalen @Henrikaau]

‘The old man and death’

Minted as part of the exhibition and charity event "Fable: Tales Of Childish Revery". Including @LaurenceFuller @vincentdonofrio @valkilmer @TheJoeWhale @tania_rivilis @vwestphoto_nb @Kx________ @i_shkipin @the_grecu @DolcePaganne and Tim Maxwell

[The Bennett Prize @bennettprize]

Check out the latest podcast from @john_dalton! He interviewed each of the 10 finalists, Ayana Ross as well as our founders, Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt. We appreciate your continued support of The Prize, John!

https://t.co/m2ubhByUMX

#thebennettprize

[Jay @JibbaJabb]

Rick Astley on drum duty covering AC/DC #Glastonbury

[John Dalton @john_dalton___]

This is lovely Alex. 🙂☘️👏🏻

[John Dalton @john_dalton___]

This is lovely Jenni. 🙂☘️👏🏻

[Jenni Pasanen @PasanenJenni]

✨ Good Night ✨

[John Dalton @john_dalton___]

This is lovely. 🙂☘️👏🏻

[Chris Lee @chrisleedrawing]

A thin slice of the duomo, Como.

[John Dalton @john_dalton___]

This is lovely. 🙂☘️👏🏻

[Nettrice @nettieb]

Seeing all of the graduation pics hasn't been as triggering as in years past. The only graduation where I decided to walk across a stage was for the PhD. It didn't matter as much that no family members were there.

In other news, here's an abstract AI-generated portrait of me. :)

[Macarena Asensio @macarenasensio]

Gm with this corner of the studio. And thank you for this quote @john_dalton (from the art podcast)

[John Dalton @john_dalton___]

This is lovely. 🙂☘️👏🏻

[Dakota Wood AI @DakotaWood_AI]

How about Pixies tonight friends? 🤔😁✌️♥️

Drop a pixie inspired piece for tonight's challenge if you're inspired 😁✌️ gn friends 😴🙏♥️

#ArtistShowcase #InspireCreativity #AiArtCommunity

[John Dalton @john_dalton___]

This is brilliant. 🙂☘️👏🏻 @JenPanepinto

[Amadon @amadon]

EMO | Collective Consciousness from @JenPanepinto
winning entry for @NFCsummit x @ihamnft
glitch exhibition in Lisbon and Paris this summer.

[John Dalton @john_dalton___]

This is great. 🙂☘️👏🏻

[Chikai @lifeofc]

Recently, I’ve been experimenting with MidJourney and I’m truly enjoying it as an artistic outlet. As I’ve created more and more work, the question of course comes up, “should I mint this?”.

But I’ve learned in my journey as a curator and gallerist, making art and selling art are two very different things. I think you need to be intentional and have a clear vision for both and also not mix up one for the other.

So to answer the question “should I mint this?” I had to think about what it meant to sell my work. To do this, I decided to put myself in the shoes of what a new artist coming into this space would do. I reached out to the all the galleries I respected through their normal channels and asked questions. I even applied to an open submission for one of the galleries I respect.

Basically, I’m trying to start from the bottom and earn my way up to see if I can build credibility and also to see if there is a market for my work. And there may not be, but you don’t know until you start to put stuff out there and putting stuff out there does not necessarily mean minting it, but just sharing and seeing if a conversation starts from it. To see if it moves people, to see if inspires collectors, then through that process my hope is that I’ll have a better insight on whether minting it is the right thing to do.

As part of putting stuff out there, I want to share my application to the open submission I mentioned. Hopefully it will give you more understanding on what I’m trying to do with my art, the story behind it, the process of its creation. I do think story, process, and commitment of the artist is important to understand. I know it’s important to me as a collector, so given that self-reflection, I’m offering a bit of my story, process, and commitment for all of you to consider.

And finally, I do think every path will be different for each artist. This just happens to be mine and not anything I’m recommending others to do also, but hopefully it helps to give people a unique perspective given my history as a collector and a curator/gallerist.

Thanks for reading this far and below is my application!

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TITLE
"Quantum Menagerie"

VISION
The vision behind this collection of artworks is to challenge the viewer's perception of reality by creating surreal contrasts in time and space. By using a "slow motion photography" aesthetic in AI pieces, my aim is to convey a unique feel that distinguishes my work from others in the same genre. The underlying message of the collection is to demonstrate that the world is not black and white, and that seemingly opposing elements can coexist in the same space and time. Through the use of subtle juxtapositions, I want to create a cognitive dissonance that encourages the viewer to question their preconceived notions of the world.

PROCESS
My process starts with choosing two concepts that seem diametrically opposed but in that difference, it helps to bring a new perspective to the human existence. Sometimes it is something anachronistic (like a photograph of a Roman emperor, i.e. cameras didn't exist back then) or putting a person/thing in a place where it doesn't belong (a cowboy in the ocean). These juxtapositions are sometimes apparent, but sometimes random and a discovery process as to why it resonates. I put these into Midjourney and do dozens to hundreds of iterations both in concept, re-rolls, and tweaks to the prompts. Once I find an image I like, then I do multiple variations of that image until I find a few that I like and are pretty closely but subtlety different from another. Finally I take those few images and use AI video interpolation with very long intervals to finally create my slow-motion AI post-photography pieces.

(attached one of the two pieces I refer to in the application).