Yet Another Refugee from Livejournal

This is a follow-on to my previous journal entry …

… with particular reference to the comments thereupon.

Here is my own attempt to answer my own question: why did "You don't own me" elicit such sad pictures?

What's sad is not the fact that he doesn't own her.

What's sad is the fact that she finds it necessary to say that he doesn't own her.

Whew.  After all that, all three of us (you, I, and Craiyon) deserve to end this journal entry on a less somber note.  So here you go:

The Borg were the original flash mob.  Or, if you question the historical accuracy of that statement, try this one: they were damn good at it.

Sometimes, you just want to hear a story.

If there are pictures, too, that makes it better.

If you're looking for surprises, this post won't bring you any.  But it may be useful background for ones to follow.

Back to basics: what is Craiyon for?  As I've said: you describe something, it gives you back some pictures of it.

Here's an example where what I expected was quite simply what I got: a bowl of cherries.

Roger Stone plays trombone: a musical interlude before we get back to the serious stuff in the next act.  Doesn't he look like he's having fun?

No, "Craiyon" isn't a misspelling.  It's a Web site, which you can find at https://www.craiyon.com/.  And what's it for?  It draws pictures for you.

There's a text entry box, which prompts you with "What do you want to see?"  Whatever you type there, Craiyon will ruminate for up to two minutes, then present you with a picture "of" what you typed.  Of course, if what you typed doesn't make any sense to it, then there will be no clear relationship between your input and its graphical output.  It does the best that it can.

If you play with it some, your own answer to the question, "What is Craiyon?" may turn out to be "It's a time-waster."  I don't have any problem with that; different strokes for different folks.  Besides, it's understandable; it takes practice, plus plain old trial and error, to come up with anything interesting.

So why am I even talking to you about this?  Because I'm one of those "different folks" who have gotten hooked on playing with it.  And sometimes I do come up with something "interesting" — to me, anyway.  Maybe funny, maybe sad(!), maybe it even looks, to me, like art.

So I thought I'd throw some of "my creations" up here on Dreamwidth, in case some of y'all like them too.

Here's one to start with.