Tag: MidJourney

K: Daily Communication

From September 2022, an unretouched MidJourney image using the following prompt-craft: “shattered realization that the source of value is a conversation, by Yoji Shinkawa, –no blur –ar 8:8 –testp.” I like that I can look back and choose something that, at the time, didn’t strike me as cool as it does now. Reference to Yoji Shinkawa is intended to mean “in the style of” and not meant to claim that Yoji Shinkawa made the above image.

Learned: That it was ME who was being joyless about the fact that I couldn’t put cream in my coffee, so it was ME who needed to drop it and create something else; that I could get a 32 oz. bottle of molasses on special at Whole Foods for $5.99; that a comrade in sudden turmoil will still likely make it somehow. 3.

Grateful for: the completion of projects; that completing with a person can happen even when you didn’t know there was something to complete; the season of gratitude that is upon us; joyful camaraderie, intentional transcendence in community, and the wise and loving influence of ancestors, elders, comrades, and young people. 3+.

Seems: like I have forgotten a lot of the practices that “made me what I am”; like I’m going along fine, and then BAM, something happens; like there isn’t any knowable way that “it is”; like life comes at me hard and fast, and I always need a longer break than I get; that my healthy choices still aren’t healthy for my situation; like I used to be able to eat more than I can now. 3+.

New Habit(s): black coffee for SIX weeks now and recently intentionally bringing JOY to it. Going toward plant-based information for my body’s cells, allowing for some animal proteins as we change the pantry contents. When the tum feels queasy, can have a mellow, oat-milky fluffy cafe latte. Increase capacities slowly, and they might stick. Checking messages on EC. 3+.

Accomplished: All of the things that lead to the November 21 launch of “The 2022 Kilgore Family Cookbook” (no link here – by request only!) I made multiple trips to physical and online stores, not knowing exactly what I was creating. I’ve been naturally more tired in the evenings and have gotten more sleep recently than I have for years. 3.

Thinking about: My friend Junior and his son, Nathan, back in Haiti, and the people who help them in their serious situation; my aunt Joyce and her serious situation; the impacts swallowing dairy products may have on my physical health. 3.

Watch this:

Thank you for sharing, Dario and Bride.

Reading: Still have not read anything bound and published since October 31st. Have also paused my Audible.com subscription, which I learned you can do up to 3 months in a one-year period. I shall resume in February.

New Section (to build rather than to update):

Ecology of Practices:
regular creation of “places to stand”
attitudes that support standing there
having a strong sense of who I am
maintaining an empowered context.

Committed to having space for it all (without having to remind myself that I am committed to having space for it all).

Being all like “I am Free to give, I receive more than I give.”
(ala good buddy Colleen S.)

I use Google calendar to guide my passing through “time”
I use Alexa to announce what is happening next (in three minutes)
If the next thing that is happening with another person, I go toward the minute it is to start willing to be clear and complete from the beginning of the conversation.

I use PillPack for prescriptions to track whether I already took my meds.
I listen for things to appear in the communication.
I listen for their greatness.
I may seem to gab and joke, but I also generate.

K: Daily Communication

Using similar words as yesterday produced this result. Example of MidJourney prompt used: photographic realism, beautiful Japanese males, youthful faces of wisdom and beauty, intricate craquelure patina, ultra-detailed, artwork by jean arp, otto dix blue-black lines, tempera painting on newsprint, drone-view, shallow focus, drama cinematic lights –no blur –ar 8:8 –testp (you can say whatever and it does what it does.)

Learned: Kiss Coffee in N.E. Portland, Oregon, is a great place for breakfast burritos. That the Barista-level oatmilk products may be delicious in coffee. That there are 96 million in the Chinese communist party, 70% are male. Gas prices in California are the highest in the nation, attributed to higher taxes and a “mystery” gasoline surcharge that is never fully addressed by policy makers. That my new friend Sanjeev loved the Academy of Science, and might become convinced to wear a nametag as a regular part of his regular outerwear. That I have been using the wrong online scheduler for my barber, Einstein.

3. Bougie juice stand close to home. 311.org. My ability to juggle quick items and manage. 3.

Seems: the problem of “gas prices” is cloudy and uninteresting. That info comes in and goes out without creating a permanent record. That as the political flyers pile up, what a poor source of information they are without researching their sources and what their ideas are. That I pass out with the TV on almost every evening; at least I am already in bed!

New Habit(s): from memory, non-dairy coffee (a 5-day success). Walk-a-block daily and take a photo while out there (3/4), I can’t remember the rest. Finishing this in the middle of the night. Oh! Doing this M-F journal entry is a new habit!

Accomplished: The back-to-back calls that were scheduled today, I was there for whether they happened or not. Made a mid-month transfer to the DR and didn’t feel like it was devastating.

Thinking about: How I need to pull it together for the Portland trip. How eating healthy with my new plan may be a struggle. That I probably need to come clean about my back-taxes with my father.

Video: if you haven’t already, the M.C. Escher doc from a couple of days ago…

Reading: Same things as before. No time for reading today.

K: Daily Communication

This person does not exist. I “created” this image in a Discord app called “MidJourney,” where you type words and “prompts,” and IT creates a picture. It’s fun and miraculous in many ways. Not satisfied with the alarmingly amazing rendering I received, I went in and did a wee bit of PhotoShopping to make him less jagged. I could spend longer, but I’m ready to move on.

Learned: Weird reversed-out caption option (above) I didn’t know I had. I can drink my coffee black three days in a row. Five people’s names from the neighborhood (Al, Ahmed, Chris, Lisa, Raquel). That I can throw together a quick roll dough with no idea if it will really work. 3+1.

Grateful for: Waking up early in the early fall; the light is perfect for contemplation. The ease with which I can crop screen grabs on the iPad. Possibility of celery, beet, pear, and ginger juice. 3.

Seems: that establishing oneself is a never-ending responsibility. That I would rather waste a LOT of flour than a bowl of soup. That I can’t get to all the communication, AND the new communication seems the easiest to get done. 3.

New Habits: walk-a-block daily (going outside, by the front door done two days, we’ll see about today…), Beets and celery juice (not yet started). Black coffee (day one is Oct. 11, 2022, so today is day 3), plant-based eating and drinking to de-fat the blood (if I can do the black coffee, I can do anything!) Journaling like this (newly, again). Instagramming as artist (not quite started, or there would be a link here).

Thinking about: 

1). Not wasting soup by making bread.

2). Really wanting to make a go of this plant-based idea, realizing I won’t get to it all at once due to cross-over pantry and investments in the new products. But Soy Curls tonight!

3). Packing for my trip to Oregon. I never seem to start until I have to. I’d like to start before I have to.

Worth it to View: 


Reading: “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia E. Butler. It’s not an especially good time, but engaging. I am getting it and enjoy thinking of the author as she crafted it.

Wildcard: I realize I have hop-scotched from format to format, but that’s the fun of it!