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2025/02/22

February 22, 2025
A bright pink sky with a slight haze of purple clouds in the top right corner. On the left is a dark black and purple cliff with a small staircase jutting off it. The edge of the cliff and the underside of the staircase have a ragged look, as though some vast chunk of the earth has been suddenly ripped away. A broken pipe sticks out of the cliff wall. Moss hangs from the pipe and the side of the cliff. At the end of the staircase, nearly tumbling off into space, is a pedestrian traffic signal on a small post. It is showing the white "walk" signal. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/19

February 19, 2025
A tall, craggy, conical mountain rises out of the gloom of fog. The sky is a heavy, dark gray. Extending out of the mountain's left side is a long dock, jutting into space. The doorway casts white light along the dock. Above the dock, high in the air, is a small figure wearing what appears to be a jet pack. White flames are shooting out of the jet pack, leaving a trail of light gray smoke. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/16

February 16, 2025
A dark mountain rises up into a reddish-purple sky. Hovering above the mountain is a circular spacecraft, a long yellowish beam of light emanating from a small round hatch on its underside. The sky is heavy with clouds and fog. A few dark shapes of birds circle about the mountain. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/10

February 10, 2025
A tall, dark brown column of soil stands isolated,a greenish-yellow sky in the background. The column is shaped a little like a tornado, the top part flat, tapering off toward the base. The ground it's standing on is unseen. The effect suggests ground at a higher elevation, hollowed away by erosion or heavy machinery until only a remnant of the original topography remains. Sticking out of the column of soil are small roots. Sitting on the flat part is a small red house with two white-framed windows, a chimney, and a tiny porch. In front of the house is a red mailbox. In the sky, two birds are circling. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/04

February 4, 2025
A silvery flying saucer hovers in a clear blue sky, the sunlight glinting off it. On the underside is a glowing white opening from which a beam of light extends down. Directly under the saucer is a conical hill covered in green trees. In front of the hill is a small yellow diamond-shaped sign; the kind you'd see on any North American road. The sign has a black icon of a flying saucer on it that matches the saucer behind it perfectly. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/01/31

January 31, 2025
A blazing yellow and orange sky over a dark maroon field. Hovering in the sky is a vast, roughly teardrop-shaped rock with a churchlike building on top of it. The building has a tall central steeple and multiple pointed roofs. Both the building and the rock are a dark maroon. The bottom of the rock is illuminated crimson, suggesting the sun is near the horizon. The building has glowing red and yellow windows. A few birds are in the air around the building. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2024/12/20

December 20, 2024
A scene early in the morning or early in the evening. The sun is down, and the world is various shades of blue, with a dim gold tint around the horizon. In the foreground is a very tall, narrow, conical mountain peak. The mountain is black against the sky. At the top of the peak, seemingly built into the mountain, is a building with a pointed steeple. It's unclear where the building ends and the mountain begins. A single glowing window is visible below the steeple. Winding past the mountain below is a narrow road. In the distance is the faded treeline of a distant hill. In the sky to the upper right is the dull sliver of a crescent moon.

2024/11/24

November 24, 2024
A tall, rocky promontory that resembles something you'd find in the middle of the American southwest. This one looks like it's in the middle of a meadow. It's mostly black, silhouetted against a burning orange-yellow sky. It also appears to be a dwelling of some sort, having several glowing windows and one door, all arched, all glowing green. A small tree sticks off the right side of it. In the red sky hangs a giant yellow crescent.

2024/10/27

October 27, 2024
A deep canyon winds between two steep, craggy cliffs. The bottom is flat, like a road. The sky above is a blazing yellow-green. One bird floats in the sky in the distance. There's no sign of any other life.

2024/10/24

October 24, 2024
A red sky in which an enormous comet the size of the sun can be seen. The landscape is mostly flat, the ground covered with fog, through which rises jagged, pointy mountains. Walking through the fog, only the top of their bodies visible, are two people: a person wearing a backpack and carrying a hiking stick, and a person in front of them wearing a wide-brimmed hat. See if this reminds you of anything.

2024/10/19

October 19, 2024
A blue, foggy evening. A person stands on rocky, uneven ground directly to the right of an enormous bonfire. Far in the distance, on top of a blurry mountain ridgeline, is a small yellow dot that indicates another fire.

2024/09/16

September 16, 2024
A tall, extremely narrow tower on top of a mountain, set against a bright, reddish-yellow sky. The tower has one window at the top, and a doorway with a light over it. A greenish light is visible in the window. There are a few antennae on the roof. Leading away from the doorway is a set of stone steps and a winding path. Behind the tower is the suggestion of another mountain in the distance, with a similar tower sticking up from it. This is rendered in red. A crescent moon is in the sky.

2024/08/31

August 31, 2024
A small pond nestled at the foot of a forested hill. The hill is blurry, suggesting fog. The pond has mist rising off it. On the side of the pond, closest to the viewer stands the dark silhouette of one person; directly across from them, on the other side of the pond, stand a ghostly white figure, looking back. It appears to be a dull, foggy day. This is a primarily indigo drawing.

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.

2024/07/25

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".

2024/07/18

July 18, 2024
A craggy mountain peak set against a blue sky with white clouds. Descending from the sky onto the peak is a person holding a red umbrella and a suitcase. The person does not have any visible means of flying in the air, other than the umbrella, which might be a parachute or even some magical device, similar to the umbrella carried by Mary Poppins. A few birds circle in the sky.

2024/07/04

July 4, 2024
A person stands on a rocky mountain peak at sundown. At the top of the peak is a ragged flag, held together by an extremely rickety flagpole that is literally tied together. Arching into the sky is the white bolt of a firework about to explode. This is a mostly blue drawing.

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.

2024/06/25

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.

2024/05/18

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.

2024/05/11

May 11, 2024
A house on the edge of a steep cliff at night. The house is small, with two lit windows, and a back porch that faces the cliff. A white light is glowing on the back porch. About halfway down the cliff is a small ledge on which is standing a very tall creature, about the size of the house, with two glowing eyes. There appears to be a staircase, or some sort of path, down the side of the cliff. There is no moon or stars. This is a grayscale drawing.

2024/04/30

April 30, 2024
A dark gray hill covered in grass. The time of day looks like either early morning or twilight. At the top of the hill, to the right of the drawing, is a large rectangular stone obelisk with the words "reject all" carved into it, and a giant red button—one of those round plastic things you might see on an arcade game or video controller—embedded in the stone. Somewhat down the hill, on the left side of the drawing, is the silhouette of a person. The person is approximately half the size of the obelisk. The sky is a mix of orange and yellow. High in the sky are two birds, perhaps hawks.

2024/04/13

April 13, 2024
A small, rocky path winds beneath a steep cliff. The path is on the right side of the drawing and the cliff is on the left side of the drawing. Standing on the path is a small figure with a wide-brimmed hat and a staff. In front of the figure, far in the distance, is the dim, vast shape of a mountain. The sky is clear blue. Standing on top of the cliff, in the top left of the drawing, is the bulky figure of a horned monster. The monster is peering down at the traveler, looking ominously focused.

2024/04/12

April 12, 2024
A mountain in the middle of nowhere, under a blazing yellow and crimson sky. Planted at the very peak of the mountain is a signpost with two signs: one pointing forward, reading "OK", and one pointing backwards, reading "Cancel".

2024/04/08

April 8, 2024
A full solar eclipse. The sun hangs in an eerie, purple sky, fully obscured, only a green and white corona visible. Below are several craggy mountains, also illuminated with a weird green light. On top of the closer mountain stands a small figure wearing a cloak, both arms raised to the sky, a staff clutched in the right arm. The figure appears to be staring directly at the sun without eclipse glasses, which one should never do, even if one is a sorcerer summoning the apocalypse.

2024/04/05

April 5, 2024
A person stands in a rocky, mountainous area. The person is on a craggy open peak, with wooded skylines on both sides. Directly below the person, as if carved into the rock, is the huge form of a stone giant that may or may not be in the process of waking up. The giant is bald with a heavy, jowly face and eyes hidden beneath a heavy brow. The horizon is afire with either a sunrise or a sunset. Above, a hawk turns in the sky. This is probably not what Lebanon, New Jersey looks like, but then again, I've never been there.

2024/03/31

March 31, 2024
A glowing white humanoid figure climbs out of a trap door in the ground. In the background is the blurry suggestion of a wooded hill. The sun hangs high in yellow sky. Two birds fly overhead.

2024/03/12

March 12, 2024
A statue of a person stands on a small conical rise that looks like the very tip of a mountain. The statue, vaguely Soviet-ish, appears to be made of metal or concrete. It is wearing a coat and its left arm is raised in a wave, as though to a crowd. Its head, though, does not look like the rest of the statue: a spherical, bright yellow emoji with a laughing face. There is a bird perched on top of it. Below, to the right, two small figures about a quarter of the size of the statue are standing together, taking a selfie. The sky is an orange-red and the statue and mountaintop, mostly black, are tinged red.

2024/03/05

March 5, 2024
A blazing yellow sunset over black mountains. From a vantage point high on a hill, a large, furry creature with two pointed ears looks down at a small building in the valley. The building has one large open door, like something on a garage or warehouse, and some smaller windows in the second wing of the building. The large door is spilling greenish light out onto the ground. Green light is also visible in the other windows. The ground of the valley is also covered in yellow light; the building is casting a shadow. We are looking at the creature from the back, but the front of the creature is lit with yellow light.

2024/02/19

February 19, 2024
A huge, rocky cliff jutting into the ocean. At the top of the cliff, somewhat set back from the edge, is a small white house with an orange roof. Someone is walking away from the house towards the edge of the cliff. Farther down along the side of the cliff is the large black opening of a cave. Someone is standing in the cave, holding up a lantern that is illuminating the sides of the cave with yellow light. All around stretches the vast blue sky, with a scattering of seagulls in the top left. There is a hazy suggestion of white clouds on the horizon. The ocean is green.

2024/02/14

February 14, 2024
A high cliff, somewhere in the desert. It's a gray day, the clouds heavy in the sky. Gathered at the edge of the cliff are two people, with a third running towards them. Directly above them, relatively close to the ground, is flying a very futuristic, triangular aircraft. Visible in the background is the blurry outline of another natural formation; a tower of rock. This is a primarily black and gray drawing; the only color is a tiny green light on the underside of the aircraft.

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