Happy Birthday, John

You have accomplished a lot in your 32 years on Earth! You have a strong pure heart as well as a healthy mindbody.

It’s possible to live fully from the heart center, defaulting to the conditioning of the mindbody, as needed. You seem to intuitively understand this and this understanding will stand you in good stead.

Your 33rd year will be pivotal because, over the years of your young life, you’ve laid an unshakably solid foundation for personal and professional success. And as you achieve, you will continue to help others. That dynamic of personal success and support for other beings is a blessed winning combination.

I made you a visual birthday greeting from a photograph of a montage collection of natural things I found during my walks. This montage is three years old now and is morphing as I add (and less often, subtract) items from my walks. The photo below is of the original collection; I’ll send you a photo of the current iteration at another time. This creation is a form of natural art.

The photo of the collection was taken at a slight angle. When I simply asked AI to straighten — not modify — the image, it created an entirely new image.  I don’t believe in relying on AI to make art and did not tell it to do so but it wanted to do! And I must admit, it was a great collaborator. In fact, in some ways, AI out did me and “Nature” by taking what Nature and I created and beautifully arranging the various types of items (wasp nest, acorns, stones, pine cones, leaves, rocks, fethers, snail shells, insect carcasses, etc.) in its own striking way!

And so, because I don’t like wasting data center energy on all the junk that’s being made now, I will make good use of the little energy I did use and post the AI art under my own art created entirely from nature — while admitting that AI does have a genius that can be respected and admired.

Part of your continuing success will be learning how to use AI responsibly. Don’t get lazy, letting AI take you over and weakening your natural abilities. AI can also be used to strengthen your abilities and to create joy for others.

Above: Photo of a montage made by nature and me. The shot of the montage is from a tilted perspective.

Left: AI’s lovely comment on what it “saw” in my photo. It was only prompted to change the view perspective from slightly tilted to straight.