In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, take up a lament concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:
“You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas thrashing about in your streams, churning the water with your feet and muddying the streams.”
The development of this new style- “Christian New Wave Revival” continues here and remains focused on The Book Of Ezekiel. Simply right click and save any of these you like to view on full screen.
Today’s 20 Sparrow soundtrack is “Fleshwords” which was created nAIvely using an open source image to music engine that i wish would come back online again so i could plug it!
Enjoy this new category i would consider Christian New Wave Revival. These images are a nAIve creation inspired by the imagery described in the Book Of Ezekiel. Given i am gradually working through The Old Testament it is pertinent to share as i learn. Ezekiel, like many of the prophets brings a warning to the leaders of his time that places a heavy emphasis on the responsibility of Kings as opposed to merely their earthly nobility.
Enjoy also “Satellite Rain” which is from a growing collection of ASMR music called 20 Sparrow.
“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”
Elie Wiesel (Holocaust Survivor; Nobel Laureate)Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, December 10, 1986
It is with a heart that is both heavy yet aflame i write these words today. The atrocities committed throughout Israel were the largest loss of Jewish lives since the holocaust.Let me repeat, without hyberbole, the atrocities committed throughout Israel were the largest loss of Jewish lives since the holocaust.
For a day on October 10 2023, we as a so-called civilized human race witnessed slaughtered civilians including women and children in an act which simply bears no words to describe.
The telling reactions around the world will illuminate an entire generation of fence sitters. Our time is up. We already spoke of the time one can afford to be an athiest is in very short supply in this blog.You could even expand this to the notion of neutrality. It was hardly a soothsayer level of declaration once the events of the past three years are understood.
To assign any other entity but the devil himself to the sheer cowardice many in the West are demonstrating and daring to cloak in any form of rationality is a descent into a head-spinning futility. 100% indefensible.
Do i need to say burning babies is evil? Do i need to point out a “ceasefire” will not cut-it merely hours after the act? Do i need to remind you there is only one Jewish nation in the world? Let me state a crystal clear position- By Deception supports the Abraham Accords and the “Three Yes’s” declaring yes to recognition, yes to negotiation, and yes to peace.Are you aware the three Yes’s are in response to the Hamas position being no to all of the answers above?
If you aren’t aware, this may be a sign of the news propaganda you are consuming. I get it.It’s snippets of talking points you hear while running the kids to soccer training. Or in the departure lounge before your boarding call catching a minute of the talking head on CNN claiming Hamas did not kill civilians without the anchor challenging that despicable lie. You boarded that plane blissfully ignorant of that disgraceful excuse of a broadcast and carry on with your life.
The entire tragedy of the middle-east is overwhelming. You may be similar to me. I am not one of those guys that follows the latest middle-east atrocity and obsess over any comment on social media that offends my world view.I don’t even use a personal social media account, so i too enjoy blissful ignorance of all of that.
I have before this week, to my shame, not really looked deeply into the broader history or cultures of any of the parties concerned. My point being, perhaps like you i am not a fundamentalist in either direction. A fence sitter. It is with this perspective i approach events of the past week. So if the splinters are starting to irritate your derriere as they have mine, please do read on.
Given the subject of this website, It is noted with irony that there were some clearly uninformed Hamas sympathizers questioning the voracity of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s social media account sharing a picture of a charred,burned Jewish baby. They said it was a hoax. They said it was A.I. generated…They were horrendously wrong.
Let’s just think about that for a moment. Within days of the largest loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust there were westerners with perfectly good internet access who spent significant energy to say it didn’t happen without even checking. What kind of a person does that? An Evil one.
Within days of the largest loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust there were citizens of my very own city, standing in front of Utzon’s spectacular Opera House (a topic we have also covered here) chanting “Gas The Jews”. They didn’t even bother saying merely Israeli’s. What kind of a person does that? An Evil one.
The latter is particularly galling given the very same State Police Forces used capsicum spray on a Grandma during a lockdown protest. Wow. Just Wow.
As the inevitable attempt to free hostages and pursue those responsible on the Gaza Strip unfolds at least we now know what the corporate media will say about it. They are already focusing on the cut off water and electricity rather than pressure Hamas to simply release the hostages to get the power back on. No doubt we can expect the same as we experience further tragic loss of civilian lives including more women and children there will be more attempts at equalisation. Watch the corporate media distract you from the Hamas tactic of ordering their citizens NOT to heed the Israeli flyer drops warning of an impending attack. Watch them NOT criticize the human shield strategy, which is in itself a war crime.
What can be certain is that many neo-liberals in the centre left previously uninterested will now start to wonder about left wing activists in general. At some point, perhaps even somewhere on Tik Tok even as we speak will be a left wing neo-Marxist attempting to correct someone for a misuse of a pronoun or some clandestine event they see as a micro-aggression. That same person,if you scroll back only a matter of days will be explaining Hamas are not terrorists and beheading a baby is merely an act of decolonisation. You know gotta break a few eggs to make an omelette right? I suspect the house special omelette at Cafe De Karl is rather crunchy.
This is the silver lining however. People,the era of cancel culture is officially over. You can now start calling out entitled left wing students any time you like. You can even give them the best punishment of all…hold them to their own standards.
You know given my nascent status of the specifics of the Israeli – Palestine conflict i don’t believe you need me to go any deeper than i already have. My case is based on current events not on what i judge from the secondary sources of history. The primary source here is an appeal firstly to love but equally so…reason. My argument is simple- Israel and the Jewish people have a right to exist. This is why the collection of images is based on Jewish futurism because that alone is a statement. One of the prompts i will gladly share
“jewish futurism does not need a style, just a future”.(Riemann Boundary-Value Problem on an Open Rectifiable Jordan Curve)
The promptology here in these images is what i would call art in resonance- combining a Judaism-Christian framework and noting that the title of his formula, Bernard Riemann (a devout German christian as well as famous mathmetician) may represent a modern “boundary value problem”in terms of what the good man is prepared to tolerate and remain silent for. Of course the rectifiable Jordan Curve refers to neighbouring Arab countries specifically not offering to assist Palestinians displaced during these dangerous times. Another area the corporate media does not focus on, that Palestinian refugees need advocacy from the fourth estate to pressure all neighbouring countries to help them. A child knows not anything of the cause of this,just get them out of there to safety for the time being. The corporate media could be spending time trying to pressure Hamas to save the lives of their people and abandon the human shield policy.
This major issue will not go away quickly. But it is not too late to pause, look at what people around you are justifying and question whether this is your line in the sand moment.
Welcome to our latest adventure. When we are exploring something new we place it here in the “Cassini Room”. Today features a long overdue deep dive into Stable Diffusion’s XL model. Now that many sites have integrated the latest version im finding a much wider array of options which suits the By Deception workflow of multiple engines at once.
We zone in on some varied new approaches to promptology developed for the new engine. I don’t believe it will replace everything nor does it need to, but for that granular composition with a more modern graphic design skewed image it is a heap of fun. Enjoy the Glitch Twins bonus soundtrack: “OP-Index”
Today’s spontaneous gallery is all Amrita Sher-Gil’s fault basically. Her paintings are incredible and i would be just plain dishonest if i were not to mention how beautiful she is. Sometimes i get annoyed when the actual artist’s face enters the image as opposed to the style. On this occasion not only did i let is slide but abandoned the original idea and decided to paint her nAIvely in lime gold- which is the highest honour By Deception can offer- it’s reserved for what is vintage-futurist and therefore timeless. We will definitely stop being distracted by her beauty and come up with some interesting painting scenes without her in them…at some point…maybe…
Enjoy “Amrita In Lime Gold” an image prompted piece from our nAIve 20-Sparrow ASMR library.
Today’s gallery is really both nAIve art and Cherokee Futurism in one. You could argue very strongly they are one and the same thing in any case. It’s not a huge concern to By Deception, more a curiosity. That’s the key, to stay interested and curious to the beautiful Cherokee heritage that seems to awake something in the heart of a nAIve artist.
Enjoy Intel Tabs, a Glitch Twins soundtrack to go with these images.
Penrith Panthers. NRL Champions X 3. A Polarising Tribute.
This is Luaicore. Iceman Nathan Cleary. Iceman Ivan Cleary for that matter . This is the viscous Fish. Moses Pacifica, the parting wave of Panther Power. Uh-Oh Ukie-o To’o with a little Naruto.
This Is Penrith. This is Pantherwave. We ride this one from the moment it formed and ride all the way to the shore.
Enjoy “Hover Over Target” A Glitch Twin AI generated party.
Welcome to some nAIve Australian imagery for today’s gallery! The concept is rather simple yet also surprisingly unexplored. Any follower of By Deception will know “fashionscape” has been our aspirational goal as the artistic road unfurls before us. The ambition although admirable, reminds me a bit like one’s eyes being too big for your stomach because it is harder to execute than to imagine. But that’s the challenge we take on today as we increase the weight load of the bench press and push through.
Only one artist was used in any of these prompts – the brilliant Tom Roberts. An Australian artist like many of the Heidelberg School leading up to 1900 that was well versed in both landscape and portraiture. He was an obvious candidate for our fashionscapes. The “meta-scissors” we consider the modern tools available to us within AI across multiple engines.
It means we can place photographic and geographical direction on top of themselves to get the various influences of this beautiful country into one frame. We also can “break up” the imagery with lower guidance scales to give that slightly looser composition of eras that came well after him.
It is particularly noteworthy that the Australia Tom lived in was not yet Federated so it wasn’t even officially Australia until the later half of his life (1901) so identity most certainly was a core theme of his work.In modern Australian art terms, i consider him truly seminal. His famous work “Bailed Up” alone qualifies this. His willingness to try different styles is a huge inspiration though beyond the iconic weight of his famous works.
The places referenced here include Byron Bay, Bondi Beach, St Kilda and Clare Valley, a suitably diverse and beautiful selection that was more than enough to bring out the concept further.
Enjoy some 20-Sparrow ASMR grooves with “Fashionscapism” as today’s AI soundtrack.
“The thoughts attached to the real desire of the seeker will lead us to him and him to us.” (possibly written by Robert Fludd ,from an “anonymous” poster in 1622 Paris)
Welcome to our latest glimpse of Cherokee Futurism. We take a syncretic approach to the imagery as we draw from the elements themselves. It is both comforting and illuminating to consider every human being is aware of these elements. We look at the sun , at the moon, at the stars and see the same elements that Galileo saw. In this day and age it is remarkable that a square box with a computer chip or a digital aerial occupies our time more than the majesty of the natural world around us. By Deception is no less guilty of this.
Our heterodoxy however, is convicted with the feeling sunlight will make a comeback as a legitimate and dynamic information source…received via the heart. The sunlight is our knowledge. It is our original daily download. It does not require marketing. It does not require permission to exist from anybody. The modern world if only experienced through hearsay is a dodgy solarium. We take the “Rose Cross” of the Rosicrucian movement and bring it into the sunlight. Let the light shine. Light is no secret. Your heart already knows. Time for us all to catch up to our hearts.
This gallery is dedicated to all active members of the World Economic Forum. Pray that the real source of sunlight may be revealed to them. As people of faith we cannot afford to demonize the unbelief of our leaders. Ive been too guilty of hating the sinner and not the sin. They are no less worthy of salvation than you or me. It’s not too late.
Enjoy a special Glitch Twins easter egg track- “If You Are Really Ruling The World Then Tax A Hurricane (And Collect When He Won’t Pay You)”