I have been using the AI art tool MidJourney to create some work to put up around my home, but those have mainly been nice relaxing images, but I wanted to give MidJourney a shot to express some of the stuff that is constantly running around in my mind. It is crazy how minds work and that they can be full of scary scenes of death and anguish.
I am not an artist in the traditional sense. I really suck at drawing or painting, but I am getting used to what prompts to use to create images that are in my mind. I spent about 3 years of my life fighting in a war and then I spent another 6 years in a pretty bad area doing law enforcement. I have seen so much trauma in my life and I am hoping to start Ketamine treatments soon to be able to work through it and hopefully move past it all.
It is crazy how accurate a lot of the more abstract creations can get when using AI. One thing I have been doing is to replicate the styles of artists that I like. Most of the stuff I have created to represent my PTSD is in the style of Salvador Dali. His work has always intrigued me and I like that it leaves a lot up to your imagination and things aren't always so literal.
This piece is about leaving your trauma behind and moving forward into the unknown of your new life. I really like using MidJourney to put what goes on in my mind into images that make sense to me. AI Art has come a long way since it was first introduced and I really think that AI is going to be used a lot more in the future when it comes to elevating your creativity. The future is going to be pretty awesome.
