I am a very wordy person, but I’m not good making visual art. I like music but don’t create it. I have the same hopes every New Year, but one is to get out more. I think writers need to fill the well of creativity, and that means more than reading novels and watching TV.
From today’s newsletter
I’ve taken a fortnight’s break from the novel, I’m progressing the novella instead, and I’ve also been exploring AI art in a sandbox. It’s kind of a know-the-enemy thing, a bit sleeping with the devil, but it is an interesting exercise in semi-creation. I’ll talk more in a future post. Before denouncing me, perhaps read my AI commentary here.
My latest newsletter looks at a brilliant human creation – the work of Ethopian Elias Sime, mud huts, and why I don’t just stick to words in books.