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When I first loaded up Art Sqool, a quirky art game on Mac and Windows PC from indie designer Julian Glander, I would’ve never guessed that it’d have a profoundly emotional impact on me. However, its lax approach to making art reminded me of one of the biggest – and most unexpected – lessons I learned as a student in real-life art school, changing my whole approach to making art. In Art Sqool, I take on the role of Froshmin, a plucky little student making art for Professor Qwertz, an “advanced neural network” trained to judge my art based on criteria like composition and approach. As I stroll through Art Sqool’s vaporwave-esque world of soft pastels, rotund hills, and wiggly bits, the professor assigns me one of 200 drawing prompts. It’s up to me, the artist, to interpret the Professor’s assignments and create works inspired by my own life experiences and the environment, using any drawing tools I find in the world. Overlaid on my … [Read more...] about Art Sqool took me back to real-life art school

HOUSTON (AP) — Barbara Bush, the first lady whose plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretense made her more popular at times than her husband, President George H.W. Bush, died Tuesday. She was 92.Family spokesman Jim McGrath confirmed the death in a statement. The cause wasn't immediately known.Mrs. Bush brought a grandmotherly style to buttoned-down Washington, often appearing in her trademark fake pearl chokers and displaying no vanity about her white hair and wrinkles."What you see with me is what you get. I'm not running for president — George Bush is," she said at the 1988 Republican National Convention, where her husband, then vice president, was nominated to succeed Ronald Reagan.The Bushes, who were married Jan. 6, 1945, had the longest marriage of any presidential couple in American history. And Mrs. Bush was one of only two first ladies who had a child who was elected president. The other was Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams."I … [Read more...] about Former first lady Barbara Bush dead at age 92