Echoing Frog

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Interests: writing (mostly fiction and poetry), dance, voice acting, sound, podcasts, Chinese language and culture (currently studying Mandarin, calligraphy and classical Chinese poetry), coding
Websitehttps://echoingfrog.ca
Writinghttps://blog.echoingfrog.ca/
Visual arthttps://art.echoingfrog.ca/
Dance, voice acting, audio creationhttps://makertube.net/a/echoingfrog
Show threadEchoing FrogApr 10
@pheonix And even the use in medicine is questionable. AI is not gonna be the solution to the stagnating/decreasing life expectancy in western countries. AI is not gonna solve the lack of access to free healthcare, the rise in air and water pollution and chemicals in our food, and microplastics in our bodies. As usual, we treat the consequences without ever addressing the causes of our problems, creating more problems in the process. The joyous deadly circle of capitalism. Anyway...
Show threadEchoing FrogApr 10
@pheonix this is so frustrating, and so many people will still find excuses to justify their useless use of genAI. I know the common excuse is that AI can be a great tool doing some good stuff (in medicine especially) but AI should never have been put into the hands of the large public, it should have stayed into the realm of very niche, actually useful use, with circumscribed models.
Echoing FrogMar 31

I made a little something this past weekend which I am quite proud of.
https://makertube.net/w/9RYsGRKoXmMMCJr3qRPUbF
Finally took the time for some dance creation. I went into the studio without expectations, just wanted to explore some stuff I've had in mind for a while. But then this came out of it. Hope you enjoy it :)

#Dance #ContemporaryDance #Choreography #DanceFilm #DanceVideo #Danse #PerformingArts #DancersOfMastodon #Dancer #Performance

CONTEMPORARY DANCE - Love is Complicated

PeerTube
Show threadEchoing FrogMar 21
@penpencilbrush Long live public libraries!!
Mine has access to sound/video recording studios, all sorts of creative softwares, Linda (online courses), Mango language learning, Kanopy, and a gazillions of events, talks, workshops, concerts, film screenings. And all this for free of course. They even got rid of late fees a few years ago. A real community hub serving the people.
If you don't already, use your public library! They're awesome and they need to be used to stay relevant.
Show threadEchoing FrogMar 21
@dogtrax this is pretty awesome!
Echoing FrogFeb 19

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@pheonix/116091871926103038

I support this and 100% agree with it!

Echoing FrogFeb 18

新年快乐！马年大吉！马上开心！
Happy Year of the Fire Horse!
For the occasion, I made a little "study" on the character 馬, which means horse.
Read here https://art.echoingfrog.ca/year-of-the-fire-horse-triptych for a meaning of the piece.

#Art #VisualArt #ChineseCalligraphy #calligraphy #BlackAndWhite #ink #brush #seal #ChineseSeal #YearOfTheHorse #LunarNewYear #horse #FireHorse #马 #馬 #马年 #丙午 #ChineseIdioms #power #fire #balance #change

Echoing FrogFeb 15

New poem, inspired by the clear cutting in Stanley Park, Vancouver, and more generally all the destruction happening in the world right now. My way of grieving I guess.
https://blog.echoingfrog.ca/the-grieving-forest

And if you want to see what's happening in the park, I posted a video (it's on Instagram though) : https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUxDw9IDk58/

#poetry #poems #poem #writing #english #nature #forest #deforestation #Vancouver #StanleyPark #poetryCommunity #poetsofmastodon #writersofmastodon

The Grieving Forest

Inspired by Nature series #4 I can hear you cry Underneath your bark My heart ripped out As they pull your roots In...

Show threadEchoing FrogFeb 13
@juliancday fair enough. It's indeed crazy expensive here, and I'm so grateful to have been renting an apartment for 13 years and having a rent that is now considered "cheap" compared to current prices. For sure if I had to move out, I'd probably have to move out of Vancouver entirely :(
Show threadEchoing FrogFeb 11
@juliancday in Vancouver, we do ;)