Cordelia

Ominous

Gen AI's ability to push out more "work" than an artist is exactly why its useful to its designers: to satisfy mass consumption. Quantity over quality. The future of creative works dominated by AI would will be homogeneous and shallow, meant only to be mindlessly consumed.

Been looking at discussions into generative AI works and the common reference to it is "AI slop".
It works pretty well, because it's not fair to call it art, just like you would not call buttered toast a cuisine. It is designed to be candy to the eyes, and lacks any other intent.

Welcome back. :3

I've been back home recovering for a couple days already, but from this weekend when it happened to now, it felt like so much has changed.

Cordelia, an anthro german shepherd, wearing a white sports bra and a blue, long-sleeved open jacket. She is blushing, and her mouth is agape in excitement. She is holding both of her two hands up making "bunny ear" gestures.

A fun portrait of Cordelia from \@cocoas.art on instagram.

Life comes at you fast when you get diagnosed with appendicitis. 🥳

I recommend for literally everyone to keep a personal diary or journal in some form. Do it daily, or even weekly. But express yourself in them. Try not to hold back anything, since it will be your future self who's the audience.

In essence, I want a record of my daily life that I could look back on. Years, or even decades from now, it would be nice to look back on a certain day and know what happened and what I did then. And maybe have others listen to pieces of myself I was too shy to reveal back then.

Years back I did a typed journal, but my perfectionism had its demands, and it wasn't long until I had days with no energy to write one. With an audio journal, I don't have the opportunity to edit. I can just focus on recording my thoughts, as raw and unorganized as it may turn out.

A month ago, I had a conversation with coworkers and we were talking about how as one gets older it feels like time goes faster. Days, weeks... entire months get piled together as one hazy memory. Every day is unique, and I wanted some way to prove that where memory may fail to.

Two weeks ago, I've started a daily audio journal to summarize what I did that day and state my thoughts and feelings. There are multiple reasons why I did...

And then wait a few cycles and you're back at the same discourse.

If everyone was turned into their fursonas, scalies would probably have a much easier time adapting.

WEH

How someone reacts to pride symbols included as inconspicuous easter eggs into the things they might buy serves as a pretty good litmus test to how they really feel about gay, queer, and trans people.

American car culture has made it so your ability to hold a job and maintain your livelihood hinges on having access to and being able to drive a car.
You have any condition which makes it difficult/impossible to drive a car? Too poor to own one? In most of the country, you're fucked.

I've been in such a nothing-ever-happens mood for so long. But suddenly, I am living through a day being written into history.

Photograph of the stretch of road connecting I-70 with the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Breezewood, PA. The 6-lane stroad shows prominently, with many gas stations and fast food restaurants on the sides. The pinnacle of American car-dominated culture.

Breezeworld, my beloved...

I lost all of my stars and coins in the divorce.

The saddest man in existence being happy. (Disco Elysium)

Going back to the convention space after having drunk myself to shit last night.

🏔️💕 Commission for @thegreatball.bsky.social

#furryart #commsopen #taur

It's wild that the last time Zelda had her own game it was on the CDi.

Is that first cloud Gummigoo? :)

Fursona Reference sheet for Cordelia. She is an anthro German Shepherd, uses she/her pronouns, and is 6 feet and 7 inches tall. She has a cream fur on her torso, neck, nuzzle, and bottom side of tail; brown fur on arms, legs, and head; dark brown hair on head; dark brown fur on saddle and top side of tail; orange fur on sides of thighs and torso, and an orange blaze from nose to middle of ears (partially covered by hair). There are green and grey double zig-zag accents on her knees, a green and gray double-chevron on her deltoids and mid-back, and brown ears that are cream on the inside, with green ear tips. Eyes have a white sclera and orange irises with pupils a darker shade.

Introducing the latest *transition* of my sona:
Cordelia, who is a trans MTF German Shepherd.
Thanks to @jaminlarsen.bsky.social for making her possible!😊

What?

Now you can join the many other moving 2 ton explosive aluminum boxes out there, with your only protection from them being drawings on the ground and colored light bulbs on poles.

It's a local Florida group. You can DM me on Tele (@Thegreatball) if you still want to know.

If you are a furry group moderator that won't ban proven zoophiles because they "didn't do anything wrong in your chat" or "the authorities should be handling this instead", that does not make you any less complicit in normalizing their existence in the furry community.

I haven't made many posts on social media either, but even then I still find some good from it. My main focus isn't interaction, I just like to post my thoughts or events out to the wind.