{"id":4191,"date":"2022-08-26T20:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thememorexe.com\/wordpress\/?p=4191"},"modified":"2022-09-25T07:19:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T11:19:11","slug":"joan-crawford-wears-rei-kawakubo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thememorexe.com\/wordpress\/?p=4191","title":{"rendered":"Ms. Crawford Wears Rei Kawakubo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Having a generative AI tool breeds all kinds of mischief, there is no limit to the chimeras made manifest. This is how I found myself imagining the mighty Joan Crawford paired with the might Rei Kawakubo. Of course, Midjourney can&#8217;t be counted on to give you what you exactly want, but if you allow for dialogue with the AI, a curious and rewarding space opens up.  And this is how we find Ms. Crawford  in a  Hurrell lit mezzotint of the Heian Period&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thememorexe.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/memorexe_Joan_Crawford_in_rei_kawakubo_white_gardenias_Hsiang_p_8135c9a8-2529-4b16-a48e-adfb76a68396-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thememorexe.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/memorexe_Joan_Crawford_in_rei_kawakubo_white_gardenias_Hsiang_p_8135c9a8-2529-4b16-a48e-adfb76a68396.png 1024w, https:\/\/thememorexe.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/memorexe_Joan_Crawford_in_rei_kawakubo_white_gardenias_Hsiang_p_8135c9a8-2529-4b16-a48e-adfb76a68396-300x300.png 300w, 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