Friends of the Armchair Traveller

AI_da_ELENA, and me... Some months ago I stumbled across some fine Ai works on Kling Ai .  One of the very first which took my attention was a piece posted by “Ai_da_Elena”. At that time I knew very little about how Kling worked for sharing, but I surfed through  pages  by many Ai artists and I kept coming back to this page by “Ai _da_ELENA” . One of the pieces which totally bowled me over was about a block of high rise housing flats in Russia. It was very different from creations by so many Ai creators. It was not glossy or pretty, it was complex. It’s style was documentary realism and it had a strong storyline. I shared it with some of my friends and they too were just as gobsmacked as I was. Here’s the piece I’m referring to, "HIGH RISE" : Some of my friends who are extremely sceptical about AI were also astonished  by the work Elena had created. I tried to contact Elena via Kling Ai's messaging  but it took a while to make a connection. I was also intrigu...

Division 4   is a satirical photographic project of 44 images,  comprising four images creating a narrative illustrating the global  corporate culture we now live in by photographing the mundanity  & carelessness of suburban byways. Division 4, primarily an excursion into form, colour & compositional foundations within a narrative, analysing the corporate culture we now live in, both the new product & its waste, now a paralysis throughout the world, however these images are centralized in the immediate area of my location that tries to speak of its collective global span. The present stances are unreal, ignoring signs, igniting compliance with a miss understood, rehash of past ideological behaviours that history has witnessed. Rather than maintaining this persona, the terrene can be observed directly to the cracks & dislodgements. Division 4, light as it is and satirical I admit, however the idea of comparison to the examination of large areas of the ...

This arrived today in my Instagram account from a young man named Osama. His little sister was terribly injured by shrapnel from Israeli soldiers. Here's from Osama in his own words: My name is Osama, I'm an 18-year-old, and today I find myself responsible for a family of six under unbearable circumstances. We lost my father, and with his passing, we lost our support and security. I now live with my mother and five siblings in Gaza, amidst loss and deprivation. But the greatest pain isn't hunger or displacement; it's the daily cries I hear from my little sister, who is only three years old. A Wound That Won't Heal My little sister, who should be running and playing, suffers from a severe abdominal injury. Every night, her cries of pain turn to muffled screams. Due to the lack of medical resources and the blockade, obtaining her medication and treatment has become nearly impossible for us. Why do we need your help? Today, I stand helpless as I watch my sister wither ...

We have just released "The Sitting Room"   which is the second chapter of "Adventures with Stella". This scene was more complex to create with Ai than our first venture:  " Dining With Stella" . Once again this new piece was made with a great deal of assistance from my friend Alix Jackson.  We hope all our friends will enjoy our little trip into the world of Ai imaging and moviemaking.  pt  & aj    2/5/2026

  A collaboration between JiiLii Ai Design and me. Recently I’ve spent a lot of time working with different AI platforms. I think I've tried about half of them. I’ve gravitated more towards Kling Ai in the past few months and discovered there are many great Ai artists on that platform. I started liaising with a few artists and formed new connections. Then I started playing around again on Instagram which I left when I gave up Facebook in 2021. In my new experiment of delving into Instagram I came across the work of “ JiiLii Ai Design” . I also discovered some of the work of this Artist under another heading “JiiLii Ai Art” . I was amazed by so many items JiiLii posted there, still images, animé s, “collages” and short movie clips.  A few examples of these items: View this post on Instagram A post shared by JiiLii AI Design - JiiLii (@jiiliiaidesign) View this post on Instagram A post shared by JiiLii AI Design - JiiLii (@jiiliiaidesi...