tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post7474690616228695352..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: From forest to trees, Pre-visualizationamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-70075230125130691422018-09-15T02:19:21.028-07:002018-09-15T02:19:21.028-07:00http://www.frederickcarnet.com/index.php?/personna...http://www.frederickcarnet.com/index.php?/personnals-work/from-a-tree-to-a-forest/<br /><br />Funny, no ? ;-)Frédérick Carnethttp://www.frederickcarnet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-73879732688452972012018-09-12T13:29:50.346-07:002018-09-12T13:29:50.346-07:00btw, for an enlightenment algorithm, this is a fin...btw, for an enlightenment algorithm, this is a fine effort:<br /><br />http://www.levitated.net/exhibit/iching/<br /><br />You need Flash installed, though, to use it.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-70194307410164034662018-09-10T10:19:28.447-07:002018-09-10T10:19:28.447-07:00I'm just teasing, really, but consider the dif...I'm just teasing, really, but consider the difference between, say, knowing how to make babies (easy!) and knowing the actual underlying physiological and biochemical processes involved. That's what I would mean by "well understood", as opposed to "just do it". I'd also suggest that understanding the latter doesn't make the former any more straightforward, and may even impede it...<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-3237100030265789362018-09-10T06:10:41.252-07:002018-09-10T06:10:41.252-07:00And to your other point, perhaps I am seeking an a...And to your other point, perhaps I am seeking an algorithm for enlightenment, who knows? I'd like to be enlightened, anyways.<br /><br />And there is no doubt that I am interested in picking apart those processes by which humans seem to do things that cannot be worked out on paper.amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-2842662396444960262018-09-10T06:09:07.719-07:002018-09-10T06:09:07.719-07:00Inspiration of that kind IS pretty well understood...Inspiration of that kind IS pretty well understood! I mean, at least, in relative terms. It's a more or less repeatable thing you can learn to do!<br /><br />All you're really doing is setting the stage for a perfectly natural process, and anyone who's any good at nominally creative problem solving already does it. Noodle on it a bit, and then go get a cup of coffee and think about sports for a bit. Repeat. The point is though that it's not an accident, it's not just "well, Bill seems to space out a lot, but then he gets it right in the end, weird, huh?" it's actually how Ted and Jane and Mary and everyone else do it to.<br /><br />It doesn't always produce answers, but if answers are to be found which cannot be simply worked out on paper, that's pretty much what you've got.<br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-13157880898541373682018-09-10T01:48:17.242-07:002018-09-10T01:48:17.242-07:00"Creative inspiration is a well understood pr..."Creative inspiration is a well understood process"...<br /><br />Hmm, maybe. This is a bit like saying "playing the saxophone is a well understood process: you blow in one end, twiddle the keys with your fingers, and music comes out the other end..." As a self-confessed and recovering programmer, I'm surprised that you should confuse description with underlying process like this. <br /><br />On the other hand, maybe here lies the motivation behind your ongoing investigation into the intersections of true creativity and false rules-based "creativity" (not to mention photography-as-hobby vs. photography-as-art, photographs as indexical vs. photographs as expressive, etc.): you're looking for an algorithm that will account for something that, like being able to walk or invent a world-changing gadget, cannot be achieved by following a sequence of instructions. If only...<br /><br />I prefer to think of the Real Thing (the unaccountable human genius for imagining the unprecedented) as the original "black box": tampering with its seals will invalidate your warranty...<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.com