Showing posts with label Laurel Smith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Laurel Smith. Show all posts

3/7/25

Art and AI


It is an honor to be featured on Raiinmaker’s blog:
Laurel’s Journey with Raiinmaker: Where Art, AI & Crypto Converge



For digital artist Laurel, technology has always been a paradox. Starting her artistic journey in the 1990s with Photoshop — despite an initial fear of computers — she has exhibited her work in New York, Venice, and Miami. Yet, blockchain, AI, and cryptocurrency remained unexplored territories. That changed when a friend introduced her to Raiinmaker.

Intrigued but not driven by financial gain, Laurel decided to give it a try. “I did it to learn a little bit about AI,” she says. “And when I started using it, I thought, oh wow, this is fun. I got hooked.” The app’s AI-driven art generation opened new creative avenues, sparking her fascination with how prompts could shape visual

But it wasn’t just about creating art. Laurel found herself exploring Raiinmaker’s tagging system, which helps refine AI recognition through descriptive labels. Here, she hit some roadblocks. “I don’t know what your purpose is with the tagging,” she admits. “If we’re training AI, shouldn’t it be learning more than just ‘tree’ or ‘blue’ but more nuanced concepts like ‘luminous moon’?” Her feedback underscores the need for more expressive AI language capabilities — something Raiinmaker’s team is already considering.

The journey didn’t stop there. In the past year, Laurel dipped her toes into cryptocurrency — something she hadn’t explored before. “In the last year, I’ve been dabbling in crypto, which I didn’t do before,” she reveals. “The Raiinmaker app is an intersection of crypto and art.” Through Quests, she’s accumulated small amounts of Bitcoin, Solana, and USDC, appreciating how the platform seamlessly integrates digital art with crypto rewards.

Laurel’s favorite creation using the Raiinmaker app



Looking to the future, Laurel has a vision: a marketplace where AI-generated art can be sold as NFTs. “I’d love to see a marketplace where the art we create can be sold as NFTs,” she shares. “Many NFTs weren’t really art; they were collectibles. But as a digital artist, I create with light, color, and energy. It makes sense for digital art to be owned and displayed on digital screens.”

She also sees potential in licensing AI-generated art for blogs, marketing, or merchandise — similar to stock photography and print-on-demand services. For her, Raiinmaker isn’t just an app; it’s a gateway into the evolving landscape of AI creativity, blockchain integration, and digital ownership.

“We’re not just making pretty things to keep on our phones,” Laurel emphasizes. “We’re part of something bigger — an ecosystem where creators can be valued. That’s the future I’d love to see.”

As Raiinmaker continues to innovate, the insights from users like Laurel help shape its future — bridging the gap between artistic expression and financial opportunity. In doing so, Raiinmaker is redefining how we think about art, AI, and ownership in a decentralized world. 

* I am exploring the world of creating AI art and having loads of fun, while earning crypto as a reward! To have fun with Raiinmaker download the app here: https://raiinmaker.page.link/PLns


Full blog post on medium.com with art created with the Raiinmaker app:

7/10/15

The Golden Age is NOW

New Art Series

Created on the Summer Solstice 2015.

This series reveals a time travel portal 
that can be used by the viewer in meditation 
or mystical visionary journey to bring forth 
the presence of the Golden Age.
.

View the Golden Age is NOW series.

After clicking the first image in the series you can enlarge full screen and activate the slideshow.

Please take some time to work with this series, particularly the last image.
I welcome feedback of your experience.  Send to movinglightgallery@gmail.com

Copyright © Laurel Smith
All Rights Reserved

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November 2015 and winner will be contacted by email.
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6/18/14

Unraveling The Timelines

New Art Series


Unraveling The Timelines - Images by Laurel Smith


Finding or creating the Timeline with the highest outcomes, beneficial for humanity, bringing 

Peace, Prosperity, Creativity, Fulfillment of Life Purpose, Perfect Health, Enlightenment, Light Body 

and the Golden Age.  

Not allowing an interference with the Timeline that humanity needs in order to survive and thrive.

© 2014 Laurel Smith

This series is one of several new art series by Artist, Laurel Smith.  You can view all of the Galleries ~ view here.



"Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration." 
~ Khalil  Gibran

3/22/13

Manifesting Spiral



Manifesting Spiral ~

A dance of creation,
spiraling in Light, 
ever present in Light,
in all movements,
longing for Infinity,
to awaken, astonish,
illumine and blossom.
The sub creations all flow
together in manifesting 
the infinite space of dreams,
blessings and miracles.
Ah, the ever changing 
creation is moving again,
beyond the boundaries of finity
creating the ever changing
wholeness.

© Laurel Smith



Manifesting Spiral is my latest video posted to 
Moving Light Gallery on YouTube. 

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10/19/11

ILLUMINATION



"There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic."

~ Anais Nin


View "ILLUMINATION"  by artist, Laurel Smith



5/8/11

Moving Light in Kosmos Journal

The Spring/Summer 2011 issue of Kosmos Journal
includes 4 pages of images by Laurel Smith from Moving Light Gallery.



Moving Light in Kosmos Journal - Images by Laurel Smith

Deva ~ Goddess, Dancing Light #32, Light Spectrums #16
and Lightwaves #10.

This is a beautiful journal for global citizens creating planetary
civilization and world community, with art and photography
galleries along with some amazing articles.

Visit http://www.kosmosjournal.org for information,
print and digital versions.

You will find the 4 pages of my art on pages 74-78
of the digital version.

You can also find Kosmos Journal in Barnes and Noble stores
and independent bookstores, distributed throughout the United States,
Canada and the world.

From the inside cover of the journal:

"Kosmos is an ancient Greek term meaning
harmony and beauty of the universe wherein all
parts have their place in the Whole. It signifies
humanity's alignment with the unchanging ground
of being and the evolutionary organic forces of Nature.
Kosmos Associates embraces body, mind, soul and
spirit evolving in consciousness, cultures, worldviews,
institutions and nations towards a planetary civilization
and world community."


For further information contact:
Laurel Smith, (847) 814-8395

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9/17/10

Secret of Secrets

"If you could get rid of yourself just once, 
the secret of secrets would open to you.

The face of the unknown, 
hidden beyond the universe 
would appear on the mirror of 
your perception."
~Rumi

View image:  Dancing With The Great Mother





10/23/09

Video: Emergence of the Divine Feminine



Emergence of the Divine Feminine

Video of an art exhibit at the Life Force Arts Center Gallery, Chicago, October 2009

Be bathed in the love of the Divine Feminine while you view the video!

The artists in this video include: Cynthia Aldrich, Kristin Ashley, Fred Casselman, Judy Demchuk, Deborah Eidson,Sharka Glet, Margaret Guieb, Mary Heagle, Joyce Huntington, Laurel Izard, Stacey Jackson, Joan Marie, Pat Otto, Teresa Parker, Laurel Smith, Barbara Wurden, Michael Zieve

This video was made by Laurel Smith

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10/17/09

Light Portraits of the Goddess





The "Light Portraits of the Goddess" is a collection of Laurel's "Light Portraits" that were shown in the art exhibit "Emergence of the Divine Feminine" at Life Force Arts Center in Chicago, October 2009. 

The art in this video is inspired by the Goddess and includes "The Core of Mother Earth", "Golden Birth", "Shapeshifting", "Dancing With The Great Mother" "Deva-Goddess", "Wealth" (Lakshmi), "Truth and Beauty" (Saraswati) and "Shakti" (Durga).

Visit Laurel's YouTube Channel:  YouTube/MovingLightGallery
Truth and Beauty is the blog for Moving Light Gallery.


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