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2024/08/30

August 30, 2024
A blue night sky filled with stars, and a yellow-green meadow beneath it that seems to be glowing. Standing to the left in the meadow is a dark figure, holding up a wand with a flaming blue light at the end. In front of the figure, hanging in the sky like a mirage, is the glowing green outline of an ornate church window. The three circular panes at the top of the window, arranged in a triangle, and the square panes below it, form a key.

2024/08/29

August 29, 2024
A large, rusty, spherical bomb embedded in a hillside. This is one of those cartoon grenades with the fuse sticking out of the side. The bomb has a smiley-face visible on one side. Approaching over the hillside are a number of people, one of which is ominously holding a shovel. The sky is a greenish yellow. A single bird circles overhead. Perhaps it will be the only remaining witness of whatever happens here.

2024/08/27

August 27, 2024
A red sky with a tear in it: a blazing white and yellow streak that appears to be a rip in the sky. Below is a small house on supports with a sharp, conical roof. A path winds past the house. Next to the house is what looks like a warning sign with a red triangle on it. The ground is barren, almost volcanic. This is not a good place to be.

2024/08/23

August 23, 2024
A fluorescent green meadow that looks as though it is illuminated by sunlight, except the sky above is dark and filled with stars. One star in particular is greenish and particularly prominent. In the right is the blurry dark outline of a distant forest, a slight glow above the trees as though the sun has just gone down. Hovering above the meadow is a very large orange-gold bubble. Below the bubble, making its way through the meadow, is a hunched, dark figure holding a staff.

2024/08/21

August 21, 2024
A dim, heavy evening, the air purple with fog and clouds. In the background is the large blurry suggestion of a mountain or perhaps a building. On the right side of the painting, an eerie building. The architecture, from what we can see of it, is indeterminate: an alien blend of brutalist and Gothic. There is a vast yawning mouth of a door with a few round windows above it, suggesting an enormous fish with its mouth open. Red light glows from the interior, spilling out onto the grass in front of it. To the left, approaching the doorway, is a figure riding a hobby horse, as one does not simply walk into Mordor.

2024/08/20

August 20, 2024
A foreboding, heavily clouded sky. Beneath it sits a castle on a hill, a small path running below the castle. There is a suggestion of patches of trees. The castle has a few lit windows, but seems largely abandoned. This is a mostly blue-green painting.

2024/08/15

August 15, 2024
In the foreground, two figures climb a jagged black mountain peak, arriving at the summit. In front of them looms a vast white mountain, something on the scale of Everest. The very tip of the mountain has swung up to the left side like a lid, and a flying saucer has emerged from within the mountain. The sky is a clear blue.

2024/08/10

August 10, 2024
A large body of water. On the right side of the painting is an outcropping of heavily wooded land jutting into the water: maybe an island, maybe the coastline. On a small beach, someone stands next to a fire, the dark smoke rising into the otherwise clear blue sky. To the right, in the dark of the trees, another figure stands next to the water. In the sky are two moons: a huge one, looming over the scene, and then a smaller one closer to the horizon. A few white birds circle over the fire.

2024/08/07

August 7, 2024
A field with spherical objects connected to the ground by vines. The objects look like fruits or vegetables, but have smiley faces on them, as though they are emoji. In the distance is a ragged scarecrow, its head a frowning face. Perched on its right arm is a bird. There is a suggestion of trees in the distance. The sky is cloudy. This is a pink and purple painting.

2024/08/06

August 6, 2024
A lonely, wooded mountaintop under a greenish-yellow sky. Blazing in the top right of the sky is a white dot: not the moon, not the sun, something else. A small gray path winds up the mountain. At the top of the mountain is a crumbling, abandoned radio installation: a small shack and a large dish on a tower. A single bird is in the sky.

2024/08/05

August 5, 2024
A person holding a lantern walks across an open field at night under a clear, starry blue sky. The person is approaching a large statue of a person wearing a suit and tie, hand extended as though giving a speech. The statue has no head; in place of a head is a large, glowing white moon-like smiley-face hovering above the statue.

2024/07/29

July 29, 2024
A large field under a hot yellow afternoon sky. The field has tall grass with a suggestion of woods in the background, and small white and yellow flowers about. Standing in the middle of the field is a person with their left hand on their hip, a phone in their right hand. In the sky is a cloud shaped like the "typing" bubble on iOS Messages, partially obscuring the sun.

2024/07/27

July 27, 2024
A large meadow with tall grass and wildflowers. The sky is a very pale, mostly white blue. In the distance is the blurry hint of a tree line. Hovering in the air is a stone cube with a question mark carved into it; an object that should be familiar to anybody who's played Mario. The cube is covered with vegetation and has moss hanging from below. Colored butterflies flutter around it. On the ground, someone approaches the cube holding a ladder. The ladder does not look long enough to reach the question mark. A few birds circle high in the sky.

2024/07/26

July 26, 2024
A scene at night. The full moon hangs in the sky, casting light on rows of clouds. A creature with fur, horns, and a tail holds a hand out towards a large raven perched on a pole. The scenery is barren and indeterminate. This is a primarily black-and-white drawing that looks like it was rendered in charcoal.

2024/07/25

July 25, 2024
A mountain peak set against a greenish-yellow sky. Hovering at the very top of the peak is an iconic depiction of two white four-pointed stars, similar to the "AI" icon used by web apps. Arranged around the base of the mountain are small blue icons that look like representations of people, or "users".

2024/07/21

July 21, 2024
A person sits alone on a park bench on a small hill, looking at what is either a sunrise or a sunset. The sky is pink fading to blazing yellow. A single bird wheels in the sky.

2024/07/11

July 11, 2024
Three large boulders stacked in a field. Each has a small window in it, suggesting a habitable space. The middle boulder has a person looking at one of the windows, and a small chimney out of which smoke is coming. The top boulder, smaller than the rest, has a perfectly circular window and antennas. The sky is the blazing yellow of sunset. The red sunlight reflects on the grass.

2024/07/08

July 8, 2024
A glowing greenish-white snake emerges from a buried egg or seed, and wends its way through the soil to emerge into the world. The soil is crowded with rocks, roots, and bits of junk. The world the snake emerges into is a dark night with an eerie green glow on the horizon. Fog hangs in the air. To the right stands, a cloaked figure holding a long staff with a glowing green flame at the end of it. The figure and the snake appear to be interacting.

2024/07/02

July 2, 2024
A barren, black landscape with the Y-shaped trunk of a scorched tree poking up from it. In the background are the yellow flames and red sky of a forest fire. On the left branch of the trees is a person sitting on a makeshift seat. The person is pointing a remote control towards the right branch of the tree, on which is mounted a large-screen television. The television looks like it is set to a talk show, likely one about how fine everything currently is.

2024/06/29

June 29, 2024
A black mouse cursor—that arrow we all know—stands embedded into a desert, point down. It is huge, the size of a two- to three-story building, and appears to be made of rusting metal; Richard Serra comes to mind. Around it stand two small figures, casting long, brownish shadows on the desert floor. There is no visible horizon. The scene fades from the darker gold of the desert floor to the washed-out yellow of the sky. The sun itself is blazing white and hangs high in the sky, surrounded by birds.

2024/06/27

June 27, 2024
A sharp, craggy promontory with a slope on the left side and a steep drop on the right. At the very top is a One Way street sign pointing towards the edge. Approaching the sign from the slope is a hiker wearing a large pack and carrying a stick. The sky is a rough orange-red, with an orange sun in the top right.

2024/06/26

June 26, 2024
A person stands on a small wooden platform at either dawn or dusk. The sky is a dark blue; the person is standing under a streetlight on the platform. Next to the person is a large round sign with a faded red up arrow on it. The person has a suitcase next to them, as though they are standing at a bus stop. Dangling out of the sky from a source on scene is a gigantic S-shaped iron hook, the size of a small house. This hook appears to be about to take the person somewhere. In the background is a blurry tree line. There are a few wispy clouds in the sky.

2024/06/25

June 25, 2024
A huge pipe, grayish liquid pouring out of it. The pipe is above the ground, propped up by a thin wooden support. Beneath the pipe, on what looks like a small promontory, sits a horned figure with a pointed tail, tossing a wine bottle away into the valley. In the distance is the blurry suggestion of a forested mountain. A dim sun hangs high in the sky, birds, circling around. This is a mostly dull, orange drawing; the color of a hot, muggy day in a polluted place.

2024/06/22

June 22, 2024
A scene at night. The sky is deep blue and filled with stars. Rising out of a meadow is a short platform that looks cylindrical, like a pipe or pedestal. Hovering above it is a glowing blue-white circle with bluish flame or fog dripping off of it.

2024/06/06

June 6, 2024
A gray night, with a thin sliver of a hazy moon in the sky. The trunk of a large dead tree stands to the right, with a single branch extending off to the left. Hanging from the branch is a small sign that says "open". At the base of the tree is an arched doorway, casting white light out onto the surrounding meadow. In the top left of the trunk is a small, circular window, with white light beaming from that as well. In the sky above, a large bird can be seen.

2024/06/03

June 3, 2024
A very large person sitting next to what is presumably a normal-sized phone booth. The booth looks like it's in a meadow in the middle of nowhere. The person would probably be twice the size of the booth if they were standing up. They are nevertheless using the phone, stretching the cord outside the booth. It looks like early morning or early evening; the sky is a darkening blue, and the yellow light from the booth illuminates the grass around it. The person is just a dark silhouette, with no facial features visible. A full moon sits high in the sky.

2024/06/02

June 2, 2024
A large, yellow field, like something you'd see in the Midwest. Rising out of it, bizarrely, is a tall tower-like rock with a flat top. The rock is about as tall as a house. On top of it is a small bus station: a round sign with a bus icon, a bench, and a person sitting on the bench. The sky is bright greenish-yellow fading to blue, suggesting a hot afternoon.

2024/05/29

May 29, 2024
A traffic light out in the middle of nowhere, mounted on a small hill. In the background is the blurry suggestion of a mountain and a cloudy sky. Hovering above the traffic light, which is red, is a blurry halo. This is a monochrome drawing that looks like it was rendered in charcoal.

2024/05/23

May 23, 2024
A small dirt road cuts through a scrubby area with low trees and high weeds. In the lower left is a small wooden sign, pointing to the road, but no letters are visible on it. Farther down the road is a small figure wearing a hat and carrying a staff. There appears to be a slight haze of fog hanging over the road. In the distance, high in the sky, is a huge red heart-shaped balloon with yellow stars printed on it. The sky is gray and cloudy. A few birds circle high above. This is a primarily gray and dull blue drawing.

2024/05/20

May 20, 2024
A scene that shows either a blazing sunrise or sunset. The sun is low towards the horizon; above it hangs a much larger planet, like the moon if it was several sizes bigger than it actually is. In the foreground stands a tall building, like a tenement, rising up out of an uneven landscape. The building does not appear to be in a city. It only has one window: a glowing red window at the very top. This is a primarily red and yellow drawing, with the building in navy blue.

2024/05/18

May 18, 2024
A dark night. A small creek winds through a black forest with a tall, conical mountain rising in the distance. Blazing into the sky from the mountain is a glowing light with a tail like a comet, suggesting a flare or a firework launched by someone on top of the mountain. In the foreground, on the bank of the creek, a small figure stands next to a fire, watching the light in the sky. This is a primarily blue drawing.

2024/05/17

May 17, 2024
A Martian landscape: yellow sky, red soil, desert landscape. Hovering above the ground is a strange figure. The top of its head is perfectly flat, its eyes are large and empty, and it has a haggard expression. Its face looks almost like a mask. It has thin arms and two short legs. It is being suspended above the ground by a very small red balloon attached to its backpack.

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