Make
Art
Hands before generate. Taste is a muscle. Tools are not a substitute for seeing.
Make something ugly on purpose. Then discuss what a generator averages away.
5–10
Little Thinkers
Ready · 7 lessons
11–14
Young Minds
Ready · 7 lessons
15–18
Emerging Adults
Ready · 7 lessons
Adult
Lifelong Learners
Ready · 7 lessons
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Looking Longer Than the Feed
Hand Before Generate · Little Thinkers · 18 min
This is the first sitting on taste
Units
Hand Before Generate
ReadyMake something imperfect. Then look at what a generator averages away.
1 flagship sitting · little · young · emerging · adult
Taste Is a Muscle
ReadyLooking longer than the feed. Copy from life, not from a prompt.
6 sittings · little · young · emerging · adult
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Little Thinkers5–10
- 1. Looking Longer Than the FeedReadyThis is the first sitting on taste
- 1. Make a Mess FirstReadyUgly is the goal
- 2. Copy From Life, Not From a PromptReadyThis sitting teaches the child to copy from life, not from a prompt
- 3. The Default LookReadyEvery generator has a default: the lighting, the colors, the composition that it produces when yo…
- 4. The Feed Trains Your EyeReadyThis sitting teaches the child that the feed trains their eye
- 5. You Can Say NoReadyThis sitting teaches the child that they can refuse
- 6. Taste Is a MuscleReadyThis is the capstone for the little band
Young Minds11–14
- 1. The Feed Trains the TwitchReadyThis sitting builds on the little version
- 1. Hand Before GenerateReadyThis is not a ban on image tools
- 2. Life Has DentsReadyThis sitting builds on the little version
- 3. The Default Is Not Your TasteReadyThis sitting teaches the student to see the default and fight it
- 4. Has the Feed Decided Your Taste?ReadyThis sitting makes the student audit their own taste
- 5. The Refusal Is the TasteReadyThis sitting teaches that the refusal is the taste
- 6. The Full Taste CycleReadyThis is the capstone for the young band
Emerging Adults15–18
- 1. Slow Looking Against the MachineReadyThis sitting puts the student's slow looking against the model's fast description
- 1. Taste Is a MuscleReadyPortfolio and identity are live
- 2. The Specific Is the TasteReadyThis sitting makes the student articulate why the specific matters
- 3. Your Taste Versus the DefaultReadyThis sitting makes the student articulate their own aesthetic
- 4. The Trained Eye and the Independent EyeReadyThis sitting teaches the student that taste is built by two forces: the feed (passive training by…
- 5. Refusal as a PracticeReadyThis sitting makes refusal a practice
- 6. Taste as a Practiced SkillReadyThis is the capstone for the emerging band
Lifelong LearnersAdult
- 1. Look With ThemReadyThe adult models slow looking
- 1. Keep MakingReadyShame about not being artistic is how the house outsources making
- 2. Copy With ThemReadyThe adult models copying from life
- 3. Name Your TasteReadyThe adult names their taste
- 4. The Feed Trained Your Eye TooReadyThe adult is not exempt
- 5. Model the RefusalReadyThe adult models the refusal
- 6. The Cycle at the TableReadyThis is the adult capstone