Equinox Breadcrumbs
Equinox Breadcrumbs
Stinging Nettles, Singularity and Latent Spaces
Dear friends,
I hope the autumn is treating you kind, and you’re getting ready for that blanket and cosy dinner party season. I have only a few breadcrumbs for you today - so put on your fav bathrobe, brew a cup of tea or a cheeky Sunday Bloody Marry, and cherish some sexy morning tunes with me.
Tarot of the Latent Spaces Interview
Antenna run by Apiary studio, interviewed me about our Tarot of the Latent Spaces. You can read the story here - I’ll share a little teaser. I really recommend reading more articles from the platform, their eclectic content about dreaming, folk, technology, art, magic and masks is brilliant.
New Comic Series Drafts
My recent return to the Sandman universe ignited an old dream. I’ve always wanted to write a comic book, but because this format used to be possibly the most laborious of literary endeavours, I passed on it. But now I spend so much time fooling around with various text-to-image tools, new possibilities opened up.
<intermezzo> Guys, what is happening currently at the AI frontier is possibly the most exciting news since my discovery of psychoactive drugs a decade ago. New models and tools are dropping literary every day, like the stable diffusion generating 3D renders?! This IS the singularity. Humanity is speeding down a rocky slope on a branded bandwagon without a steering wheel, brakes, or airbags, and we pour in still more gallons of rocket fuel while the tires are on fire, and everyone screams with a mixture of terror and rapture because there is nothing else to do. What an insane time to be alive. </intermezzo>
Anyway, I compared various models and used mid-journey to generate sketches for the new series. They will be, of course, run by an artist to adjust the visuals and give it extra juice. Let me show you just the first page of the traditional 25 leaves used for a book. The storyline is based on the Book of Enoch and tantric texts, more to be revealed soon.
Berlin Triad and the Fool Workshop
Through a random wire crossing, I happened to join in one of the Occulture 2022 projects, more specifically, the Berlin Triad performance. I’ll be providing AI video visuals for complex divination reading from a professional Tarologist infused with Egyptian symbolism, accompanied by a drone composition. It will be a secret show, I’ll be handing out invitations in lush ruby envelopes at the conference, so if you want to know the mystery, or if you happen to be around for the gig, drop me a message!
The exact process will be repeated and further expanded in an interactive workshop on Tuesday after the conference in the Fool Space. So come by and say hi!
Herbalism News
Our Gnostic Technology coven’s been raving about the Stinging Nettle seeds this autumn. It’s right about the right season to pick the fresh green clusters from the female plants, let them dry and then enjoy the cognitive benefits of the herb. There’s an incredibly meditative aspect to nettle, as the handling of the plant needs to be done gently, with special care to avoid burns.
Here’s a little infographic helpful in distinguishing the sex of nettle plants, and you can read much more detail in this wonderful article.
❗❗Zine Print❗❗
Oh, and also, you can finally order a physical copy of the Zine here!
(The company is located in the US, but we are working on more affordable shipping options within Europe & the UK soon)
If you’re interested in stocking the Zines, please drop me an email.
Thank you all for your support and positive feedback, we’re super motivated to start a new, large issue very soon!
A lot of information, I know. I’m still trying to process what I got myself into in the past weeks. Hope you’re having a great weekend!
Stay kind,
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