CATURDAY ART ~ ATHENA, CAT GODDESS OF WISDOM

Of course, we must first acknowledge our very own Athena, Cat Goddess.  
Here every Saturday inviting we pet bloggers to present and share 
our "visions of art" in any way we choose.  

We thank her.

Today, having read that for Halloween 2026, 

an "Athena costume", from the feature film The Odyssey,

is a favorite on many lists, 

we've chosen to share manipulated art of June ... 

as the Greek goddess of wisdom in two versions.

CATURDAY ART

a blog hop presented by

Athena and Marie

FIRST, June becomes the Greek goddess in a costume fully designed on

Adobe Creative Cloud, our traditional choice for photo-art.

Admittedly, working this way, with many layers, took us about

2-hours to complete the image to our liking and finally layer her

onto a background.  We've had family members travel to Greece

and "borrowed" a photo of theirs, removing them of course,

to achieve an authentic setting.

I was happy with the image ... sigh.

SECOND, on a whim, I asked Adobe Firefly [artificial intelligence for art]

to create an image of June, as Athena, the Greek goddess.

Costumed, with an appropriate background. 

Sigh.  My image, remember ~ to my liking, 2 hours of traditional

designing, but yes ~ I still find it fun and challenging, well ~

Firefly did it's thing, it's magic, and did it well, in less than a minute.

And here it is.  Impressive.  Yes, it is.

I had given it a different, silhouetted pose of June as the base

and limited direction.  I reduced the final image to the same size as

my own version, and placed it in an identical ruled gold frame,

otherwise I did not manipulate Firefly's work.

Briefly I felt a little sad, outdone, diminished.  Twenty plus years of

learning Adobe Photoshop, evolving into Adobe Creative Cloud and doing

my best to improve my limited artistic skills over time ...

now, in seconds, AI becomes the artist, and well...  impressive!

CATURDAY ART

BEWARE ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE . . . Feline Friday

You unlock this door with the key of imagination.

Beyond it is another dimension - 

a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight,

a dimension of mind.

You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, 

of things and ideas.

You've just crossed over into 

the Twilight Zone.

Quote, given by Creator and Host Rod Serling at the
opening of his classic show, The Twilight Zone.
The show ran from October 1959 through June 1964
and has had many revivals in the years since:
1985, 2002, 2019 and even now in 2026 can be seen
by many sy-fy fans on various channels.

FELINE FRIDAY

 

BLUE ~ or ~ BOO?

33 DAYS
No, not until the Big Boo Day.
33 days until what we hope will be the Big Blue Day.
November 3, 2026.  Midterm elections.

Vote.  If it is your choice, vote Blue.

It does not matter how you may have voted in the past.

It does not matter if you are Independent, Republican, Democrat.

It does not matter if you have not even voted in recent elections.

It does matter if you don't vote.

Your vote matters.

Local elections, state elections, elections for U.S. Senators and U.S. Congressmen and Women 

who will represent you in the years to come are on the 

November 3 ballots all over our nation.

If you do not vote, make your choices ~ you give up the right to speak out in the future.

Vote early.  Vote by mail.  Vote in person.

BOO

And be aware that these elections have been threatened and continue to be, in every way possible.  This is not likely to stop on November 3.  The current administration is taking all actions, legal or not, defying court orders, and more to interfere with the protected right to vote.  Twenty-six states have until the 30th of November to fully certify their election results, and seventeen more will not fully certify until December.  This allows time for this administration to act in ways that cannot even be anticipated.  And think into the coming year -- to the first week of January 2027, when Congress must seat its new members -- what might we face at that time?  Any who follow politics on a regular basis is fully aware that the "monsters of Halloween" will not go away on that night -- those monsters will stay with us for some time to come, doing the maximum damage and havoc they've put into practice in the preceding months.  Beware ... BOO.

June will officially begin her

Boolatry, and non-pawlitical posts

tomorrow ... so you may return then to

read a "not mine Mommy ranting" post.