What's over the other side?

Do you feel safe enough to climb and explore?

Is there purpose? Does the structure hide something?

Where does it lead?

Bold forms and movement, calm yet dynamic, welcoming yet intimidating, seen and unseen.

An AI generation using a reference image, as posted below. I like to use at least one reference image, often digitally made by myself or my son, or an abstract photo I've taken. This time, it's not; instead a generation from an old version of Midjourney.

Reference images tend to help with allowing a bit more creative direction, especially at higher image weights. Although this reference image is an AI gen, it came from two reference images that were also AI gens. Those two images, finally, had two of my photographs as the reference images.

It's a curious exploration. And the resulting animation makes me think of not knowing where things will take us. That includes situations with art and AI. This is all a threshold.

That's why I like to work with random photos and digital creations as original references. If you compare the photos below with the animation, many of the colours, themes, forms, and textures are still apparent. Despite going through a number of iterations, the past and present combine. The future ends up doing so too. For now, however, we only see the uncertain glimpses.

From evening abstract photos to final animation, there are layers. And that animation demonstrates transition and flux. The jolting changes are also an unchanging loop. Training data is providing echoes, both comforting and controversial. All the while, the perpetual threshold of the future is an uncertainty that's difficult to fathom, yet unavoidable.