Category: San Jose

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DALL-E 2, Vermeer of San Jose, California

DALL-E 2, the artificial intelligence graphic software, is now free for all to use on the internet. It turns your text prompts into graphics. I asked it to show me a “downtown San Jose, California painting by Vermeer” and here is what the AI generated:

DALL-E Painting of San Jose by Van Gough
DALL-E Painting of San Jose by Van Gough
DALL-E Painting of San Jose by Vermeer

Pretty impressive! Vermeer is most famous for his Girl with a Pearl Earring. That is this one:

Girl with a Pearl Earring

I asked DALL-E to show me what it would look like to see “the Girl with a Pearl Earring as a modern business woman portrait…” and it created this:

DALL-E business woman in style of girl with a pearl earring

Wow! Have your own fun with DALL-E here: https://openai.com/dall-e-2/

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Coastal Baths Mural

Coastal Baths Mural

This mural is by Jacquelin de Leon (https://www.jacquelindeleon.com/). It is under Park Ave. on the Guadalupe River Trail and is really comforting to me.

Coastal Baths Mural
Coastal Baths Mural
Coastal Baths Mural
Coastal Baths Mural
Coastal Baths Mural

Maybe this is why I am including so many photos and can not settle on fewer; I appreciate this comfort right now.

Coastal Baths Mural

The artist said that this is inspired from being a kid in the bath with all of her sea animal toys and imagining herself in the sea with them all around her and then recently going to the ocean and wanting to sit in there with all of the sea animals (https://www.instagram.com/p/CdeHF4IPWbu/). That makes me smile.

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Humble Beginnings Mural

Humble Beginnings Mural

This is the Humble Beginnings Mural, created by six artists of the Humble Beginning Art Collective who each did a section that blended together on the Guadalupe River Trail.

Humble Beginnings Mural
By Orly Locquaio
Humble Beginnings Mural
By Alan Pham
Humble Beginnings Mural
By Jeff Quintano
Humble Beginnings Mural
Humble Beginnings Mural
By Ricardo Gonzalez (leftmost piece in this photo)
Humble Beginnings Mural
By Melissa Manuel (leftmost piece in this photo)
Humble Beginnings Mural
By Jordan Gabriel
Humble Beginnings Mural
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Fun with a Flip Phone

They say the best camera is the one you have with you. Sometimes that means a flip phone’s camera. Here are a few photos captured on a flip phone recently.

Fun with a Flip Phone
A light in the historical Hayes Mansion in San Jose.
Fun with a Flip Phone
A plant’s shadow on a car door at night that my youngest liked. Photo taken by my youngest.
Fun with a Flip Phone
Neat vine found in the south of the county, south of San Jose.
Fun with a Flip Phone
Plants seen in a fish aquarium.