I paint what can't be said, so I built a language for it: https://nitter.gq/t.co/jojOSJxC78 . Abstract painter · author · entrepreneur · Phoenix. Art that listens.
Phoenix, AZ
Joined September 2009
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We can hear when a violinist plays badly, because there’s a shared vocabulary for playing.
Abstract painting never got one. Why?
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The algorithm never asks: is this good? Is this true? Is this wise?
It asks only: will this keep you here?
New essay from The Unalgorithmic Self ↓
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I just published Algorithms Preserve the Past. Humans Create the Future. medium.com/@ritu/algorithms-…
I just published AI Can Generate a Painting. But Can It Experience Art? medium.com/@ritu/ai-can-gene…
“A machine can generate endless variations; a soul can be moved once, truly, and never be the same again.” — from The Unalgorithmic Self amazon.com/dp/B0HLDNF199 #artthatlistens #AI
I just published Time Does Not Pass Through the Canvas. It Settles There. medium.com/@ritu/time-does-n…
Ritu Raj / ArtGraph is now on Bluesky: @artgra.ph
A language for abstract art. Every painting gets an ArtGram, a reading of how it works on you.
Follow along 👉 bsky.app/profile/artgra.ph
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Everything is visible; little is noticed.
To look deeply is to rebel against the speed of the world.
The Ethics of Attention, from The Shape of Seeing (4/5):
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'Ritu Raj: Keeping Humanity Alive in the Age of AI | Ep 1342' by The Digital Executive megaphone.link/JXL7006035952
New painting: Frosted Red SELF. A red glaze sealed it. A spray of varnish cracked it open, and overnight the whole canvas frosted. The circuit beneath shows only through the breaks. 6 × 6 ft · available rituart.com/paintings/froste… #artthatlistens
The Shape of Seeing is now an audiobook, narrated by Ash.
A book about looking, something to hear.
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I just published To Eliminate Uncertainty Is to Eliminate Possibility medium.com/@ritu/to-eliminat…
X (@ritu), copy and post: “Light does not conquer shadow. It learns to live within it.” — from The Shape of Seeing amazon.com/dp/1969063718 #artthatlistens #abstractart
Control can masquerade as care.
What a piece of string on wet paint taught me about making, risk, and surrender. Essay 3 of 5 from The Shape of Seeing.
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Likes the quote "AI will multiply intelligence. But only humans can multiply meaning." goodreads.com/quotes/2424754… via @goodreads