Over the past months we’ve been focused on developing an initial set of tools for artists. The first revision is capable of processing still images into story-telling presentations. We are excited about the results. Artists can now easily transform their materials into engaging presentations with almost instant gratification : )

The obstacle we now face is getting a web-hosting service which can support this application steadily and responsively (=fast). We’ve gone to much effort to create a pleasant and fluid user experience - and now we need to get a technological infrastructure to deliver that.

A few months ago we were searching for help to develop our vision - we couldn’t. We ended up doing it ourselves. Now here we are with the solution in hand. SweetClarity seems to bounce from one obstacle to another - but nothing seems to be able to stop it. This challenging process leads me inevitably into a recurring personal introspection and exploration.

We are coming : )

I enjoy autumn - it is a time of change, days are getting shorter, it’s getting cooler and winds are shuffling the world outside. Clothes are getting longer and thicker. The clouds in the sky are amazing and the sunsets are excited.I am grateful for change.  I thought it was time to post an update on what is going on at SweetClarity. Being immersed in the work kind of blinded me to how much progress has been made. By taking the time to write this post I am also taking the time to recognize and appreciate our ahcievements.

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I have written to numerous photographers who are in the process of joining SweetClarity some suggestions about how to go about creating their first publication. I thought it might be useful to share it here on the blog and maybe give some additional background about it.

What I would like to suggest is a basic structure for an exercise - in improvisation (which is where most of my photography takes place) this is sometimes called a Score. A score is a simple collection of guides/rules. Read the rest of this entry »

SweetClarity is for me a powerful, stimulating and challenging point of convergence of art, technology and business. The last two years of my life have been dedicated to art. 15 years before that were dedicated mostly to technology mixed with some business. As these areas converge in mind through my involvement with SweetClarity I am naturally consolidating them in new ways. Many concepts are broken and new ideas are formed as new experiences accumulate.

I recently encountered an article about art written by a talented technologist and business person. It really got to me and actually helped in consolidating many thoughts that were floating around in my head. I replied to this article with a letter on my personal blog. SweetClarity it the reason I encountered this article and the reason I took the time to write about it.