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Leyna's Art Blog
Chattanooga based visual artist Leyna Hall writes about art, music, the challenges of being an artist with disabilities, and the wonders of being alive
Jun 9
What’s the difference between a celebrity and a star?
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Jun 4
Disclaimer: this is not a paid post. I am not affiliated with Mattel, this movie or anyone who made it. This is just me rambling as I try to decide whether or not to go see it. …
May 12
AI is ruining reference images.
Am I surprised?
No.
Am I annoyed.
Yep.
I'm leaning back into my impressionist style for my current series of paintings so I wanted to go back and look over the works of the old masters. Specifically, I wanted to find some seascapes, preferably one with a lighthouse. The impressionists were quite the busy bunch. Surely a few of them must have painted one. Ideally I had hoped to find some from a few different painters…
May 5
Recently I had the pleasure of watching a video recording of Jackson Browne and his ensemble performing "The Load-Out" and "Stay" live in concert. And while it was thoroughly goosebump worthy, as it should be, it did throw me off a bit.
According to the caption the video was recorded in 1978, which majorly shifted my understanding of our cultural history.
You see, there's the line in "The Load-Out" about how on the bus they have "Richard Pryor on the video". And while that…