> [Oil painting] began with facts, the facts of his life. The paintings embellished the interior in which he actually lived. Napoleon and David would like to h

> [Oil painting] began with facts, the facts of his life. The paintings embellished the interior in which he actually lived. Napoleon and David would like to have a word: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Crossing_the_Alps#:~:text=In%20reality%20the,and%20foremost%20propaganda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Crossing_the_Alps#:~:... > image generation ... accelerates the production of those "Alternative ways of life" My hope is that image generation —because people often do not value that which is too cheap to meter— may actually doom publicity glamour, because when anyone can create it, instead of appearing like fae gold (as it does within a faerie circle) it could instead be perceived as the dried leaves it is (canonically discovered only after one returns to the world). Lagniappe (having both cultural reference and a product placement): a mashup of both the "cinderella" and "home improvement" pitches, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQYNUwYHV1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQYNUwYHV1c