Amalgam Creative Arts ========================= Just paint it. 🎨 - Vertical =========================
This photo had originally shared this via Instagram and Facebook on March 15, 2023 from which we then made a video shared in November of the same year via our YouTube channel. Here you now have a vertical version of it. A project for Ostara.
Celebrating Women's History Month! - March 2009 ========================= From March 2009 =========================
During my time with the TFST Diversity Council—which would undergo several name changes in the future, including Tempe Diversity Council, Tempe Diversity & Inclusion Council, Tempe Inclusion Council, and others—there was a period from 2008 through 2009 when we created and shared a Diversity Calendar. I’ve decided to share parts of those calendars where the information provided offers historical insights into diversity, equity, and inclusion.
This is from the March 2009 calendar Celebrating Women's History Month. The first image shows how it originally looked, and the second has been updated so you can hopefully see it better. You can also read the text in the description below.
Celebrating Women’s History Month
“Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.” ~ Annie Sullivan
Anne Sullivan was the daughter of Irish immigrant farmers, Thomas Sullivan and Alice Cloesy. She had one brother, Jimmie, who was crippled from tuberculosis. Growing up, Anne was subject to poverty and physical abuse by her alcoholic father and at the age of five, trachoma struck Anne, leaving her almost blind. Two years later, her mother died and her father abandoned his children to an orphanage in Tewksbury, MA where her brother died shortly thereafter.
Despite being left in a orphanage with no formal educational facilities, Anne Sullivan prospered. When the state board of charities chairman,
Frank Sanborn visited the Tewksbury orphanage, Anne literally threw herself in front of him crying, "Mr. Sanborn, I want to go to school."
After regaining her eyesight from a series of operations and graduating as class valedictorian in 1886 from the Perkins Institute for the Blind, she began teaching Helen Keller. When Miss Sullivan first arrived, Helen was seven years old and highly undisciplined. Miss Sullivan had to begin her teaching with lessons in obedience, followed by teachings of the manual and Braille alphabets. All who came in contact with them were amazed at the ability of Miss Sullivan to reach Miss Keller and Miss Keller's heightened ability to grasp concepts unheard of by deaf and blind students before her. Alexander Graham Bell, Andrew Carnegie, Henry H. Rogers and John Spaulding were only a few of those who met them and supported them.
Audio: "Travelator" by Density & Time from the YouTube audio library.
Celebrating Black History Month! - February 2009 ========================= From February 2009 =========================
During my time with the TFST Diversity Council—which would undergo several name changes in the future, including Tempe Diversity Council, Tempe Diversity & Inclusion Council, Tempe Inclusion Council, and others—there was a period from 2008 through 2009 when we created and shared a Diversity Calendar. I’ve decided to share parts of those calendars where the information provided offers historical insights into diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Today I share this image from the February 2009 calendar Celebrating Black History Month.
“I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”
- Rosa Louise Parks
December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to yield her seat to a white man, as the law required. Her arrest triggered the Montgomery bus boycott. Parks was fined $14 which she refused to pay and instead appealed to the circuit court.
A 1956 district court lawsuit brought by the Montgomery Improvement Association and other civil rights advocates challenged segregated seating in public transportation; the court ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional, and the Supreme Court later upheld the decision in November 1956. Desegregation of Montgomery buses began a month later.
Audio: Narration by me with "Rainy Day" by Matt Harris from the YouTube audio library in the background.
Holidays 2008! - 25 December 2008 ========================= From December 25, 2008 =========================
These are photos from Christmas Day in 2008. While most years I take photos throughout the season that include decorations, snacks, food, and more, in 2008 I only took photos on the 25th of December.
The only other photos taken were during specific events: Phoenix ZooLights 2008! | Extended Version ~ November 28, 2008 https://youtu.be/ik-ykNkCQ30
Here, you’ll first see how I decorated the house we lived in at the time. The window painted to look like stained glass was done by Armanzraven. You’ll also see a close-up of the Precious Moments nativity scene, which I still have and use to this day. After that, you’ll see the presents I received that year. Those were good times when you could get nice gifts at decent prices, as over the years everything has become much more expensive. Following the photos of the presents, you’ll see the indoor decorations with their lights turned on, as well as the holiday cards I received that year.
Audio: "We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Instrumental Jazz)" and "Up on the Housetop (Instrumental)" both by E's Jammy Jams from the YouTube audio library.
Holiday Party 2008! - 20 December 2008 ========================= From December 20, 2008 =========================
These are photos from the 2008 Holiday Party hosted by Rocio. The first five photos were taken by me at the party, the next six photos are of my preparation of some gifts, and the rest of the photos were not taken by me but were shared by attendees.
Audio: "Deck The Halls" by The Soundings from the YouTube audio library.
These are all the photos and videos taken during the 2008 APS Fiesta of Light parade that took place on the 6th of December. This compilation of photos and videos are organized in the order they were taken. If the video portions appear familiar, it's because I'd previously uploaded the 26 videos of this parade individually.
However, for this edit compiling all the videos and photos, I added some slight effects on a handful of the photos and the videos to be able to see them a bit better.
Audio: "Oh Christmas Tree" by DJ Williams from the YouTube audio library on the photos sections and the music/ambient of the video sections.
Amalgam Creative Arts ========================= Warlocks Brew Potions =========================
This is the vertical version of set of images were created via Perchance. The prompt for these was similar to the Dark Mood Winged Warlock images that were generated via StarryAI, however with some additional phrases to get a more realistic, masculine, sexy type of warlock.
The general prompt went something like this. Masculine Dark Mood Sexy Winged Warlock brewing potions, gothic, cauldron, crescent Moon, forest, green, purple, red haze.
As you can tell, the resulting images were more masculine sexy warlock, less winged warlock, and most importantly they are all brewing some type of potion.
These were generated in November of 2023 as we continued our journey to discover what could be created via various image generators.
Audio: "Apparition Condition" from Joel R. Steudler's Epic Royalty Free Music Collection Vol 2 that for which we acquired the license to use. Although no attribution is necessary, we like to include this information in most of our videos.
Amalgam Creative Arts ========================= Warlocks Brew Potions =========================
This set of images were created via Perchance. The prompt for these was similar to the Dark Mood Winged Warlock images that were generated via StarryAI, however with some additional phrases to get a more realistic, masculine, sexy type of warlock.
The general prompt went something like this. Masculine Dark Mood Sexy Winged Warlock brewing potions, gothic, cauldron, crescent Moon, forest, green, purple, red haze.
As you can tell, the resulting images were more masculine sexy warlock, less winged warlock, and most importantly they are all brewing some type of potion.
These were generated in November of 2023 as we continued our journey to discover what could be created via various image generators.
#AIArt Audio: "Apparition Condition" from Joel R. Steudler's Epic Royalty Free Music Collection Vol 2 that for which we acquired the license to use. Although no attribution is necessary, we like to include this information in most of our videos.
This is a photo of my mother with a coffee as we waited at the airport before her flight.
In November of 2008, my mother visited during the Thanksgiving week. She arrived on the 21st with the last day being the 29th. During her visit we went to various shops, malls, markets, events, and of course Thanksgiving Day dinner.
If you'd like to watch photos that were taken by my mother during this time, you can go to minute 2:28 of the video Memories of Yore: Photos from My Mother's Camera - 2008 ~ Phoenix ZooLights https://youtu.be/ratQ7qc4sAU as well as Memories of Yore: Photos from My Mother's Camera - 2008 ~ Phoenix ZooLights https://youtu.be/ratQ7qc4sAU
Audio: "Si Señorita" by Chris Haugen from the YouTube audio library.
In November of 2008, my mother visited during the Thanksgiving week. She arrived on the 21st with the last day being the 29th. During her visit we went to various shops, malls, markets, events, and of course Thanksgiving Day dinner.
If you'd like to watch photos that were taken by my mother during this time, you can go to minute 2:28 of the video Memories of Yore: Photos from My Mother's Camera - 2008 ~ Phoenix ZooLights https://youtu.be/ratQ7qc4sAU as well as Memories of Yore: Photos from My Mother's Camera - 2008 ~ Phoenix ZooLights https://youtu.be/ratQ7qc4sAU
Audio: "Snow Princess" by Jimena Contreras, "Christmas Chores" by RKVC, "Christmas Homecoming" by Aaron Kenny. "Joy To The World" by DJ Williams, "Silent Night (Instrumental Jazz)" by E's Jammy Jams from the YouTube audio library and the music/ambient sounds of the video sections.
These are photos of Thanksgiving Eve and Thanksgiving Day!
On Thanksgiving Eve we prepped some of the items including cuernitos and pumpkin pie. I made the pie and my mother made the cuernitos. On Thanksgiving Day the first thing in the oven was the turkey that we chose to cook in one a bag. My mother made the deviled eggs while we prepped the table and the other dishes. After all these photos that I took of the prep and ingredients, we enjoyed a lovely meal, yet didn't take a photo of how the plate looked like. HAHA!
In November of 2008, my mother visited during the Thanksgiving week. She arrived on the 21st with the last day being the 29th. During her visit we went to various shops, malls, markets, events, and of course Thanksgiving Day dinner.
If you'd like to watch photos that were taken by my mother during this time, you can go to minute 2:28 of the video Memories of Yore: Photos from My Mother's Camera - 2008 ~ Phoenix ZooLights https://youtu.be/ratQ7qc4sAU as well as Memories of Yore: Photos from My Mother's Camera - 2008 ~ Phoenix ZooLights https://youtu.be/ratQ7qc4sAU
Audio: "The Thought of You" by TrackTribe from the YouTube audio library.
These are photo of a delicious quiche made for late lunch, early dinner, on the 23rd of November. If I remember correctly this one was from the then existing store Fresh & Easy OR I may have made it using a pre-made crust.
In November of 2008, my mother visited during the Thanksgiving week. She arrived on the 21st with the last day being the 29th. During her visit we went to various shops, malls, markets, events, and of course Thanksgiving Day dinner.
If you'd like to watch photos that were taken by my mother during this time, you can go to minute 2:28 of the video Memories of Yore: Photos from My Mother's Camera - 2008 ~ Phoenix ZooLights https://youtu.be/ratQ7qc4sAU as well as Memories of Yore: Photos from My Mother's Camera - 2008 ~ Phoenix ZooLights https://youtu.be/ratQ7qc4sAU
Audio: "Checkmate" by Nathan Moore from the YouTube audio library.
These are photo of a delicious quiche made for late lunch, early dinner, on the 23rd of November. If I remember correctly this one was from the then existing store Fresh & Easy.
In November of 2008, my mother visited during the Thanksgiving week. She arrived on the 21st with the last day being the 29th. During her visit we went to various shops, malls, markets, events, and of course Thanksgiving Day dinner.
If you'd like to watch photos that were taken by my mother during this time, you can go to minute 2:28 of the video Memories of Yore: Photos from My Mother's Camera - 2008 ~ Phoenix ZooLights https://youtu.be/ratQ7qc4sAU as well as Memories of Yore: Photos from My Mother's Camera - 2008 ~ Phoenix ZooLights https://youtu.be/ratQ7qc4sAU
Audio: "The Movement of India" by Akash Gandhi from the YouTube audio library.
Peace Park: A Serenity Oasis at St. Mary’s Basilica ~ November 23, 2008
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From November 23, 2008
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These are photos at Peace Park which is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix Virginia G. Piper Plaza at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Basilica taken the morning of the 23rd of November of 2008. The plethora of Palo Verde trees create a canopy that gives it a very serene and peaceful vibe. Took these photos while my mother was at mass at the church.
In November of 2008, my mother visited during the Thanksgiving week. She arrived on the 21st with the last day being the 29th. During her visit we went to various shops, malls, markets, events, and of course Thanksgiving Day dinner.
If you'd like to watch photos that were taken by my mother during this time, you can go to minute 2:28 of the video Memories of Yore: Photos from My Mother's Camera - 2008 ~ Phoenix ZooLights https://youtu.be/ratQ7qc4sAU as well as Memories of Yore: Photos from My Mother's Camera - 2008 ~ Phoenix ZooLights https://youtu.be/ratQ7qc4sAU
Audio: "Timeless" by Lauren Duski from the YouTube audio library.
These are some of the handcrafted treasures that my mom acquired at the market in Downtown Phoenix on the 22nd of November of 2008. If memory serves me right, these were items that were then given as gifts.
In November of 2008, my mother visited during the Thanksgiving week. She arrived on the 21st with the last day being the 29th. During her visit we went to various shops, malls, markets, events, and of course Thanksgiving Day dinner.
If you'd like to watch photos that were taken by my mother during this time, you can go to minute 2:28 of the video Memories of Yore: Photos from My Mother's Camera - 2008 ~ Phoenix ZooLights https://youtu.be/ratQ7qc4sAU as well as Memories of Yore: Photos from My Mother's Camera - 2008 ~ Phoenix ZooLights https://youtu.be/ratQ7qc4sAU
Audio: "Avocado Street" by Wes Hutchinson from the YouTube audio library.
