SHOW THEMES - Van Gogh "hidden" portrait

  • Secret mirrors and Cracker Jack Buddhas

  • AI image generators

SHOW NOTES - 00:38 - Van Gogh portrait found behind "Head of a Peasant Woman"

  • 01:08 - James makes a case for "peasant-core"

  • 01:35 - Random x-rays, but why?

  • 02:02 - "I thought the painting was depressing"

  • 02:25 - Breaking down curator boredom

  • 03:12 - Impasto faux pas... Rembrandt not Van Gogh!

  • 04:45 - It's simple - canvass is expensive.

  • 06:12 - Van Gogh was "a broke ass painter"

  • 06:30 - Buddha Buddha on the wall. How did you get there?

  • 07:25 - "Mystery purchase" at Tucson Gem Show

  • 08:12 - Cracker Jack enlightenment

  • 10:45 - Are there more mysteries in plain sight? Probable not.

  • 11:56 - All the kids are doing it? (AI image generators)

  • 13:30 - Why AI? It's not art, it's a tool https://www.craiyon.com

  • 14:20 - Joan of Arc eating ice cream

  • 15:43 - Georgia O'Keefe painted cats?

  • 18:10 - Cats in the "style" of Damien Hurst look like Laurel Burch https://www.laurelburch.com

  • 19:08 - James is DALL-E wait-listed

  • 21:00 - Unintended scarcity?

  • 22:28 - Generating "fun spaghetti"

  • 22:50 - "Nefarious" experimentation yielded freakish results!

  • 24:00 - "Hack-a-thon" and curated image database

  • 25:40 - Let's just leave it!