ipernity: Don Sutherland

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Updated on: 26 Aug 2024.

AI-Generated Images, album created on 27 Jan 2024

Images generated using Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Flowers, album created on 24 May 2013

Some of nature's jewels.

Snow/Neige, album created on 24 Jan 2014

Snow is one of nature's most remarkable phenomena. It is the perfect offspring of the lasting marriage between water and cold. A freshly fallen blanket of pure white snow brings a sense of joy, peace, and wonder to all who appreciate nature's boundless beauty. Following one of the great 19th century blizzards, "The Farmer's Cabinet" wrote in 1829, "It is cheering to see the towering bank in a sunny morning, gemmed like the crown of a monarch, with jewels that receive their splendor from the sun’…

U.S. Nears an Epic Historical Moment - 8 months ago

Something in the intensity with which Windrip looked at his audience, looked at all of them, his glance slowly taking them in from the highest-perched seat to the nearest, convinced them that he was talking to each individual, directly and solely; that he wanted to take each of them into his heart; that he was telling them the truths, the imperious and dangerous facts, that had been hidden from them… —Sinclair Lewis, It C…

Thought on the Start of Strategic Planning
- 07 Mar 2024

At work, I will play a significant role in the upcoming strategic planning process. To many, that might sound dull, dry, and perhaps even depressing. To those who feel that way, you have my fullest condolences. Much has changed since the existing strategic plan was adopted and implemented. The COVID-19 Pandemic has run its course leaving profound changes in its wake. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has exploded onto the scene with transformational implications. Just these two developments could…
AI as a Pathway for Creativity Draws Strong Reactions
- 24 Jan 2024

In an opinion piece written by Washington Post Opinion Graphics Reporter Yan Wu, Wu proclaimed that AI “is opening new pathways for creativity.” “Consider visual arts,” she continued. “Just as photography changed the course of art in the 19th century, AI image generators now stand to revolutionize how humans create.” Wu went on to explain that the key to unlocking this pathway involved the interaction between humans and machines through the prompts develop. The piece drew strong and oft…