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Sunday Afternoon by Alice Munro Short Story Analysis
“Sunday Afternoon” is a short story by Alice Munro, included in the 1968 Dance of the Happy Shades collection.
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Make a Parody 1980s Babysitters Club Book Cover With Stable Diffusion
What to do with all those images you’ve been creating with Stable Diffusion? Are you a child of the 80s and 90s? Let’s make some spoof paperback book covers! In this post I recreate paperback templates from my own childhood favourites and upload them here for you to use at your own leisure. I’m using […]
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Futuristic Houses With Stable Diffusion
The following futuristic houses were made using Stable Diffusion running on a locally hosted version of Automatic1111 and the dreamlike-diffusion model.
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Words from the Hit TV Show Succession
The writers of HBO’s TV series Succession do a great job of depicting a privileged, smart and well-travelled family, each despicable in their own way. Since the Roy family wealth comes from a media empire, main characters all have an excellent command of English (and sometimes other languages). Not only that, but each the dialogue of each character sounds distinctive.
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What do butterflies symbolize in literature?
If you grew up in the West, butterfly symbolism may seem obvious: Butterflies symbolize transition and transformation. This isn’t always so.
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Walker Brothers Cowboy by Alice Munro Short Story Analysis
“Walker Brothers Cowboy” is the first short story in Alice Munro’s first short story collection, Dance of the Happy Shades, published in 1968.
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What is an aphorism in simple terms?
An aphorism is an original thought, spoken or written in a concise form, designed to be memorable. The aphorism is ‘the takeaway point’ of a story, article or speech. Aphorisms should be somewhat surprising: “Oh yeah, that’s true actually. I hadn’t thought of it like that. Ha.”
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Day of the Butterfly by Alice Munro Short Story Analysis
“Day of the Butterfly” is a short story by Canadian author Alice Munro, included in her first short story collection Dance of the Happy Shades (1968).
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Symbols of Freedom in Literature
Do not allow yourselves to be deluded by the abstract word ‘freedom’. Whose freedom? It is not the freedom of one individual in relation to another, but the freedom of capital to crush the worker. Marx, On the Question of Free Trade 1848 The American West is more than a place. It’s a super powerful […]
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Urban Legend Analysis: The Babysitter
The urban legend about the babysitter goes like this: Teenage girl is babysitting one night when she gets a menacing call. When she calls authorities, she is told that the call is coming from inside the house.
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An Ounce of Cure by Alice Munro Short Story Analysis
“An Ounce of Cure” is a short coming-of-age story by Alice Munro, included in her first collection Dance of the Happy Shades (1968).
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The Meaning of “Urban Legend”
An urban legend is typically told as a true story. These stories are not true at all, but often have a factual basis. They may begin with a real incident, but they may entirely fictional. They share similarities with tall stories.
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The Office by Alice Munro Short Story Analysis
“The Office” is a short story by Canadian author Alice Munro, first published in Dance of the Happy Shades (1968).
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Make a Parody 1980s Goosebumps Book Cover With Stable Diffusion
People have been using Goosebump covers as spoofy templates for years. They look great wrapped around a hokey family photo. These are also great fun wrapped around an AI generated image because Stable Diffusion is very good at creating wacky, sci-fi worlds where something is just a little off.
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Make a Parody 1980s Sweet Valley High Book Cover With Stable Diffusion
Let’s make some spoof paperback book covers! Today, Sweet Valley High and the middle grade spin-off, Sweet Valley Twins.