Category Archives: JACK ATKINSON – EDITOR’S HELLO!

A personal invitation to read on. What this issue is all about!

CREATIVITY is our Human Superpower!

  (This is the introduction chapter of my book, “CREATIVITY”.) The first decades of the 21st century have ushered in sweeping changes with artificial intelligence and digital transformations that have left no facet of our lives untouched. This radical shift to relying on digital devices has not only reshaped family life and our lifestyle, but […]

Techno-Anxiety… Tech is accelerating faster than humans can comprehend and adapt to it!

Today we must accept… ROBOTICS & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE… BLOCKCHAIN & CRYPTOCURRENCY… ALTERNATIVE ENERGY & STORAGE (solar, wind, geothermal, gravity, atmospheric)… GENETIC MEDICINE & DNA SEQUENCING… 3-D DIGITAL PRINTED HUMAN PARTS & PRINT ON DEMAND HOUSES / PRODUCTS… SPACE TOURISM & EVEN A COLONY ON MARS (is not just planned but fervently being worked on)… there […]

Everyone has an idea of how they would like to save the world!

SAVE THE WORLD? One day we are going to wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things we have always wanted to do. SO DO IT NOW! My greatest wish for the world has always been to eliminate addiction… especially drugs and alcohol! It may be the world’s oldest problem, […]

DO YOU LOVE ART, FOOD, ENTERTAINING, & SELF-IMPROVEMENT? THEN YOU’VE FOUND YOUR PEOPLE!

(Pictured above is a Vin Diagram. A graph used by researchers to help people find a more clear direction in their life.) Our job at ARTS&FOOD® is to curate the GOOD LIFE for you, because Art, Design, Food, Entertaining, and Self-Improvement Options are forever changing, and life should never be boring. EDITOR’S HELLO During a […]

FRIENDLY “AI” – The Artificial Intelligence of GPT 3&4 vs ARTS and FOOD!

I created the above image of flowers. It started with me taking a picture of flowers on the street with my cell phone camera, then digitally changing it with a graphics filter, and finally using photo correction tools to add more color and contrast–resulting in the art print you see. I never actually touched this […]

REMEMBERING SNOW DAYS, PAST! & Table of Contents

WINTER 2023 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Editor’s Letter FEATURES: Art, Food DEPARTMENTS: Health, Wealth, Love, Happiness MUSIC: Listen to your music CONVERSATIONS – GALLERY – CATALOGS   EDITOR’S HELLO I am leaning toward winter as being my favorite season, because of snow! How I wonder at the delicate shapes of snowflakes — they look as if […]

Fall in love with… FALL!

(Photograph of “Fall Leaf” by Sharon Duffield) Why is autumn called FALL in the United States and Canada? The answer is so simple and logical… but amazingly most of us don’t know the answer. Fall, of course, is the time of year when leaves naturally detach from the branches of deciduous trees–during the transition from […]

THIS SUMMER – America is on vacation!

SUMMER 2022 – What a crazy 2 1/2 years this has been, the Covid-19 Pandemic kept everyone cooped up and masked up… then came the craziest real estate buying frenzy in American history… then came the supply-chain crisis, Russia invading Ukraine taking a hit on oil prices–gasoline prices started soaring… China decided to lock down […]

INTRO – LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE ie: Homer’s “Odyssey”

(An ancient mosaic depicting Odysseus’ epic travels in Homer’s “Odyssey”.) Napkin Notes and Dreams are only Ideas… until we make them a reality! – Jack Atkinson, Editor How many great ideas have been jotted down, imperfectly, on a cocktail napkin? These diagrams, words, and sketches are often the seeds of big things to come. My […]

The Humanites – Those things only human animals do.

(above: “Bored Ape” an NFT) Art is Changing through NFTs, the Ethereum blockchain, and through art exhibitions within the Metaverse. What is next–the future is changing in real-time, all around us. ARTS&FOOD® online is your answer. Our site focuses on Art, Food, and The Good Life, enhanced by all of the humanities. Our slogan is […]