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For the 8 years I've been a part of this community, I'm ashamed to say I never made any features 
Besides my more introverted nature, there was a time I could claim the excuse that I wanted to keep my stock rules as my one and only journal entry for quick and easy reference... but since then I've made several journal entries and had the pleasure to meet and collaborate with many talented deviants. Literally thousands of images faved which continue to fuel me with an endless well of inspiration. I cannot obviously feature them all here, but I hope to keep the torch burning.
First up I would like to feature deviants whom I've had the pleasure of collaborating with personally, in (username) alphabetical order to avoid playing favourites. Please forgive me if you think you've been left out, I'm not the sharpest shed in the tool
Lena, aka CD-STOCK
Eve, aka EveLivesey
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Michael, aka kippa2001
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Sergio, aka Sergiba
Sascha, aka Sirius-sdz
Brin, aka slight-art-obsession
Lara, aka TheParasiticBandaid
Cheers & Tchuss!
Nick
Besides my more introverted nature, there was a time I could claim the excuse that I wanted to keep my stock rules as my one and only journal entry for quick and easy reference... but since then I've made several journal entries and had the pleasure to meet and collaborate with many talented deviants. Literally thousands of images faved which continue to fuel me with an endless well of inspiration. I cannot obviously feature them all here, but I hope to keep the torch burning. First up I would like to feature deviants whom I've had the pleasure of collaborating with personally, in (username) alphabetical order to avoid playing favourites. Please forgive me if you think you've been left out, I'm not the sharpest shed in the tool
Lena, aka CD-STOCK
Eve, aka EveLivesey<da:thumb id="432614710"/> <da:thumb id="366355171"/> <da:thumb id="411301712"/>
Michael, aka kippa2001<da:thumb id="401271208"/> <da:thumb id="343993292"/> <da:thumb id="403978601"/>
Sergio, aka Sergiba
Sascha, aka Sirius-sdz
Brin, aka slight-art-obsession
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Lara, aka TheParasiticBandaid
Cheers & Tchuss!
Nick
The Voynich Manuscript and Nostradamus Connection
I have good reason to believe that Michel de Nostredame - aka Nostradamus - was personally connected with the Voynich Manuscript. Before I begin, I would like to acknowledge this theory goes against conventional wisdom. The radiocarbon dating of the manuscript's vellum places it between 1404 and 1438, and Nostradamus lived between 1503 and 1566. I am well aware of the apparent discrepancies. I do not necessarily challenge the validity of the radiocarbon dating for that matter. To the best of my knowledge, the radiocarbon dating was done on the vellum. That does not otherwise prove the age of the ink applied to the vellum, and by extension, when the Voynich Manuscript was actually written (except perhaps that it was some time after the radiocarbon dating of the vellum circa 1404-1438). Nothing at face value excludes the possibility that the vellum was recycled or left as blank pages for over a hundred years. I am basically keeping an open mind, and I invite you to do the same if we can
Heads Up
Soon I will be posting a journal which might appear strange to you. It pertains to personal research I've been doing into the Voynich Manuscript, and how I believe Nostradamus is connected with it. This upcoming journal is basically a transcript of my research paper. It is primarily meant for documentation purposes so I can leave my imprint of it across multiple online sources. Realizing it is more academic in nature, which might not attract much interest here on Deviant Art. But I suppose it still counts as literature, and who knows, it might inspire others to become more curious about the Voynich Manuscript 🧐 Feel free to comment (or not), but now that my research paper is finally published, I plan to take a break and crawl back out of this Voynich rabbit hole for a bit... perhaps refocus on my photography again 🙂 (plus a lot of other stuff to catch up, including sleep)
My Interview with Shoutout Colorado
For anyone interested in reading more about me, feel free to check this interview I had with Shoutout Colorado: https://shoutoutcolorado.com/meet-nicolas-raymond-photographer-visual-artist/
Google Bard and Plant Identification
As you might know, I like experimenting with AI. Starting out with image generation, even though I am less interested about that now in favor of revisiting my photography (and a growing obsession with deciphering the Voynich Manuscript I will not elaborate upon any further in this journal). I am however still using AI in other ways. For example, I am using Google Bard to help plan my photo trips as it can return maps, and pins dropped on that map to reveal places of interest I asked for in the first place (like waterfalls and historic landmarks). I've noticed Google Bard can also help to identify things like plants if you attach an image within your query. And that's what it tried to do right here, from a photo I captured in the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens in Grand Junction: Worth noting, I submitted this photo a few months ago on iNaturalist, hoping that another human could help me identify it. No luck there as far as I know, but I was drawn to this image, and wanted to
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