ahh pesudo-surrealism

ahhh~

as i continue AI text to image generation it makes me think about how it relates to the overarching narrative of art. the closest movement would be surrealism with the goal to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind. now with less barrier to creation, the content within one's mind can now be extracted into a visual representation albeit a tool in its infancy. many use these tools to extract ideas that share a common theme around being "beautiful" or "trending on ..." which is very much like a store that has everything inside ON SALE. when there is an emphasis on "beautiful" then a vast majority does not fit that description, it become diluted. when using these tools i find value in seeking vocabulary that does not fit, words that describe better to a desired output. that is where true surrealism exists.
for now the vast majority pseudo-surrealism seems appropriate; a cultural movement where we depict the contents within one's mind by means of mediocre machine extraction...