Oct 10A healing exercise -2Most of what we do in life is filling holes. Holes made of what we were denied or what we forced to do in the past. So here is an exercise to help heal some of it: 1) Receive: Close your eyes and visualise the thing that you were denied…Mental Health2 min readMental Health2 min read
Oct 7A healing exercise – 1Here is a healing exercise (I call it SIT): Sorry, It’s ok, Thank you 1) If there is someone who has hurt you, visualise the person apologising to you. Dont just visualise them saying sorry, but detail out the apology. The more the detail the better. 2) If you hurt…Meditation1 min readMeditation1 min read
Published inUX Collective·Updated Mar 31Interview with Isabella Martinez, an artist created by AII asked ChatGPT to create a Humans Of New York style writeup of a fictional character. It created a new character called Isabella Martinez, an artist: I spotted Isabella Martinez sitting alone on a park bench, her eyes closed and a faint smile on her face, basking in the warmth…Art12 min readArt12 min read
Mar 28Reviving the Wonder: Embracing the Beginner’s Mind to Deepen Art AppreciationIn today’s fast-paced world, the art of truly appreciating creative works has become increasingly elusive. To fully immerse ourselves in the beauty and meaning of art, we must cultivate audience sensitivity and adopt the Zen Buddhist principle of the “beginner’s mind,” or “Shoshin.” …Art2 min readArt2 min read
Published inUX Planet·Jul 5, 2022Walkways in Dubai — A visual brainstorming using Dalle2 AI modelExploring how OpenAI© Dalle2 could be used for visual brainstorming. I recently got early access to the cutting-edge AI image generation tool Dalle2. This tool could be used to generate surprisingly realistic and high quality visuals from text prompts. This could generate anything from digital art to photographs to designs…Artificial Intelligence7 min readArtificial Intelligence7 min read
Jun 2, 2022Attention!Where to start? I do not know. Life is fancy…life is great at times and isn’t at other times These waves which come up and down in us… they are something which is begging for attention… isn’t that what everything in the world is doing? Attention is the most important…Virtual Reality2 min readVirtual Reality2 min read
Published inBootcamp·Jun 4, 2021I made the NFT of the Mona LisaI put up the Mona Lisa as an NFT. But, there is a catch. How it started. NFTs have taken the world of digital art by storm. Being an artist in the space for over a year now, I love how empowering NFTs are for creators. They became popular for being a token…Art4 min readArt4 min read
Published inUX Collective·Updated Jun 1, 20215 unconventional ways to appreciate beautyEarly in my career in art and design, the one question that used to bother me a lot is ‘How exactly do I appreciate art?’ and connecting to this ‘Why do people tell a work is beautiful?’. I soon realised the answer to this was multiple: everything from the thought…Art4 min readArt4 min read
Published inTowards Data Science·Mar 7, 2020Member-onlyEasily create an AI app for your phone — zero coding experienceI used Teachable Machine and P5JS to create a simple AI webapp. The app shows the names of each part of my motorbike, a Royal Enfield classic 350, when I pointed at them using my phone camera. Here is the video of the same: Sharing this…Artificial Intelligence5 min readArtificial Intelligence5 min read
Published inUX Collective·Aug 18, 2019Member-onlyTips on designing for AR/VR (with examples)A few tips on designing for AR /VR with examples from my experience. Over the last few years I have designed and prototyped multiple AR /VR experiences. Having worked with 3D for some time and being interested in immersive digital experiences, AR/VR was an obvious choice for me. I started…Virtual Reality7 min readVirtual Reality7 min read
