A Whole New Thing-For Me

This is an abstract virtual oil painting. The first one Will made in October 2024.
This is an abstract virtual oil painting. The first one Will made in October 2024.

In the past year I have tried a wide variety of new things. October 2024 I attempted VR oil painting, I did an art show, I had an article published in a nationally distributed magazine and I submitted a short story to nationally circulated science finiction and fantasy magazine. Now, I did not get that story published but that is all right.

I also started using ChatGPT intentionally as an accessibility tool. It has helped me figure out a lot of things, helped me organize my thoght and has even helped me with some games. I have also spent a good amount of time poking and prodding at the models. Sure, I’m not a fan of how much power they are using but avoiding them isn’t going to make them go away so I may as well get some use out of them.

Let’s be clear, no, anything that I make with AI I do not display as art. It helps me organize my thought, proposes alternative that I mostly don’t use and helps me keep some things straight, often because it gets confused.

Either way, I decided to create this new website to sharewith peoplesome of the things I have been doing and have one place to put it all in. There are too many sites, Facebook, Bluesky, XTwitter, Flickr, YouTube and I get tired of having to go to all of them to share what I’m doing, so here I am.

Will Hascall
Will Hascall

Will Hascall is a disability advocate, presenter, author, virtual painter and experimenter. He is legally blind, which pretty much means only that he's not legally allowed to operate moving vehicles. Will is an educator, speaker and organizer. His main skill is learning new skills.

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