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Norm Bearrentine
Registrace 24. 02. 2015
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Photoshop High-Making Abstracts with Midjourney and Photoshop Beta
zhlédnutí 11Před rokem
I take an image from Midjourney and modify it with Photoshop (Beta) ai
Photoshop High-Making Abstract Art in Midjourney
zhlédnutí 353Před rokem
I have been making abstract art in Photoshop for several years, then in September, 2022, started adding Midjourney to the mix. It's incredibly fun for me, so I thought I'd pass it on.
Stoned Observations-Being Human Part 15, Determinism and Consciousness
zhlédnutí 58Před 2 lety
The ascendent view in neuroscience is that everything the brain does is accomplished by interacting networks of neurons, so the question is, how does a network of neurons provide the experience of seeing? Consciousness?
Stoned Observations-Being Human Part 14, Personal History
zhlédnutí 61Před 2 lety
My family sold our parents' house, and my brother, Bruce, is scanning in the photos my mother had saved, which triggered memories of the times when they were made. They reminded me that, even at the age of three, I was being shaped by the people and the world around me. Determinism in action. Clothes available at normbear.myshopify.com
Stoned Observations-Being Human-Part 13, The Freedom in Not Having Free Will
zhlédnutí 58Před 2 lety
Understanding the process of how I became who I am becomes part of the process of determining what I will become. Comments and questions welcome. Clothes available at normbear.myshopify.com
Stoned Observations-Being Human Part 12, Enlightenment and Sex
zhlédnutí 73Před 2 lety
The brain can learn new tricks, and a fun one is to feel ecstatically enmeshed in the universe. Having sex with the universe is fun. Clothes available at normbear.myshopify.com
Stoned Observations-Being Human Part 11, Drugs, Reality, Enlightenment, and Sex.
zhlédnutí 28Před 2 lety
How my drug use led to seeing the brain's ability to use its data to create different versions of reality. Clothes available at normbear.myshopify.com
Stoned Observations-Being Human Part 10, Buddhism/Enlightenment
zhlédnutí 58Před 2 lety
A brief history of my drug use, followed by how I came to have a naturalist's view of Eastern religions. I blew the Zen quote, naturally. It should have been, "The word 'fire' doesn't burn the tongue." The books I mentioned are "Who Am I" , by Jean Klein, and "The Enlightened Mind," by Stephen Mitchell. Clothes available at normbear.myshopify.com
Stoned Observations-First Acid Trip Reimagined
zhlédnutí 22Před 2 lety
I was looking for a way to see at all my pictures from 2020=2021 at once, and in the process realized I had accidentally realized a version of some ambitions I've had for years. One was to recreate my first acid trip, part of which included a cascade of disparate images that gave me the feeling that visual possibilities were endless. The other was the desire to make a visual experience equivale...
Photoshop High-All My 2021 Instagram Pics
zhlédnutí 19Před 2 lety
In Instagram, @normbear2, I post the primary image and two enlargements from it, one each day. In the video you get the enlargements first and then the primary image. The music is Scarlatti's K 491, played by Ivo Pogorelich.
Stoned Observations-Being Human Part 9; Selves and Robots
zhlédnutí 151Před 3 lety
How I came to love being a robot. I blew the title of Lisa Feldman Barrett's book in the video. It's "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain." Clothes available at normbear.myshopify.com
210530 Stoned Observations-Weed Intoxication Test
zhlédnutí 20Před 3 lety
This test consists of the same clip played three times at different speeds. In the first segment, the 24-minute original has been compressed to 10 seconds. If this section seems monotonous to you, you are probably straight. The second segment is the same video compressed to 51 seconds. If that seems about right to you and you find it fascinating, you are probably very high. The final segment is...
210528 Photoshop High-The Making of "Junk"
zhlédnutí 4Před 3 lety
This is a speeded up screen recording of the process of making "Junk." If you know Photoshop you can follow along, but I don't explain anything. I rearranged and modified the layers in this picture to make several more.
Stoned Observations-Being Human Part 7; Love and Sex
zhlédnutí 71Před 3 lety
In this video I mentioned Lisa Feldman Barrett as my authority. Here's the relevant part of what she wrote: "we find that your emotions are not built-in but made from more basic parts. They are not universal but vary from culture to culture. They are not triggered; you create them. They emerge as a combination of the physical properties of your body, a flexible brain that wires itself to whatev...
Stoned Observations-Being Human Part 5-Death and Emotion
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Stoned Observations-Being Human Part 5-Death and Emotion
Stoned Observations-Being Human Part 4-The Hard Stuff
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Stoned Observations-Being Human Part 4-The Hard Stuff
Stoned Observations-Being Human Part 8; Sex Positive
zhlédnutí 65Před 3 lety
Stoned Observations-Being Human Part 8; Sex Positive
Stoned Observations-Being Human Part 6; Senior Sex
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Stoned Observations-Being Human Part 6; Senior Sex
Stoned Observations-Being Human, Part 1
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Stoned Observations-Being Human, Part 1
Photoshop High Part 3-Radical Transformations
zhlédnutí 7Před 3 lety
Photoshop High Part 3-Radical Transformations
Photoshop High Part 1- Mostly Layers and Blending Modes
zhlédnutí 34Před 3 lety
Photoshop High Part 1- Mostly Layers and Blending Modes
Photoshop High: How to make abstract art in Photoshop; making my image, Caves, part 2
zhlédnutí 39Před 5 lety
Photoshop High: How to make abstract art in Photoshop; making my image, Caves, part 2
Photoshop High: How to make abstract art in Photoshop; making my image, Caves, part 1
zhlédnutí 75Před 5 lety
Photoshop High: How to make abstract art in Photoshop; making my image, Caves, part 1
trippy!
You should check out a program called Filter Forge. You would love it.
You remind me of my stepdad who would sit at the dinner table and tell stories about his life...peppered with similar laughter. Thanks for this. :) Oh, and my godmom's name was...Aunt Carrie. :D
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the reminder of Aunt Carrie.
Great stuff
Thanks!
You seem super happy. Having no resistance to your everyday experience must feel really good. I'm not there yet but it seems to be a gradually shifting experience over a long period of time. I find it tough to talk to others about this because almost no one understands.
I am super happy! It took a long time to weed out the misconceptions I'd learned.
It's becoming clear that with all the brain and consciousness theories out there, the proof will be in the pudding. By this I mean, can any particular theory be used to create a human adult level conscious machine. My bet is on the late Gerald Edelman's Extended Theory of Neuronal Group Selection. The lead group in robotics based on this theory is the Neurorobotics Lab at UC at Irvine. Dr. Edelman distinguished between primary consciousness, which came first in evolution, and that humans share with other conscious animals, and higher order consciousness, which came to only humans with the acquisition of language. A machine with primary consciousness will probably have to come first. The thing I find special about the TNGS is the Darwin series of automata created at the Neurosciences Institute by Dr. Edelman and his colleagues in the 1990's and 2000's. These machines perform in the real world, not in a restricted simulated world, and display convincing physical behavior indicative of higher psychological functions necessary for consciousness, such as perceptual categorization, memory, and learning. They are based on realistic models of the parts of the biological brain that the theory claims subserve these functions. The extended TNGS allows for the emergence of consciousness based only on further evolutionary development of the brain areas responsible for these functions, in a parsimonious way. No other research I've encountered is anywhere near as convincing. I post because on almost every video and article about the brain and consciousness that I encounter, the attitude seems to be that we still know next to nothing about how the brain and consciousness work; that there's lots of data but no unifying theory. I believe the extended TNGS is that theory. My motivation is to keep that theory in front of the public. And obviously, I consider it the route to a truly conscious machine, primary and higher-order. My advice to people who want to create a conscious machine is to seriously ground themselves in the extended TNGS and the Darwin automata first, and proceed from there, by applying to Jeff Krichmar's lab at UC Irvine, possibly. Dr. Edelman's roadmap to a conscious machine is at arxiv.org/abs/2105.10461
I like it very much how you explain things. I also like your art and clothes.
Thanks, Roeland! It's wonderful that we can connect at such distance, and agree on so much.
@@normbearrentine2740 Your channel deserves more attention. I posted the video about how you love to be a human robot in a no free will group.
@@roelandl250 I'm glad you feel that way! Thanks for passing it on.
About time someone spoke about love
Really cool way to clean the group! I’ll have to try this out.
I didn't exist, but then a baby was born. There will be babies born after I no longer exist once again.
Damn wish I was stoned to watch this, it's just as funny straight.
You are my hero
Great! That makes it mutual.
👍 Thanks - I Must try that☕️☕️
Thanks for showing your process. Would love to see more of your techniques. 🙏🏻
Good solution, thanks Norm, a clean machine = good coffee 😎
Hi, Norm, I suggest you use a milder descaler more frequently, such as Durgol Swiss Espresso Descaler/Decalcifier. It contains sulfamic acid, which does a great job, but won't damage the chrome finish. Also, IMHO, the brown you see is coffee grinds which have climbed up inside the shower screen. Better to remove the shower screen to clean it out. Those stale grinds will affect the quality of your espresso.
How can I remove the screen on the la pavoni?
please, join the official community: facebook.com/groups/LaPavoniLeverOwners
Hi Norm. Brilliant idea, and I'd like to duplicate this. Can you give specifics on the crown nut and the bolt you used? While the CZcams video is great, it's kind of hard to see the crown nut. I think I can see it in the video, with the dome, but many crown nuts have cuts in the head, and I can't see if yours has these cuts. Thanks for posting! --Peter
Hi Peter. Thanks! No cuts, and it's an 11 mm crown nut.
Appreciate the video Norm. But in my opinion you would be much better off disassembling the group piston & shower screen to clean manually, while applying some seal lubricant after you're done. Those Joe Glo won't do as good job as manual disassemble & clean. Plus lubricating the seals is part of the routine maintenance which has to be done anyway. Just my 2 cent.
Thanks, Sam. I agree that your way is more thorough, but I can't get myself to do all that as often as I might. Mine is a quick and dirty stop-gap measure.
What kind of solution did you use?
I used Joe Glo, but I think I'll try citric acid next time.
Nice to know what to do with my europiccola every few months ... Thank you for that!