The Sirens of Titan

The Sirens of Titan

Don Cheke Nov 29, 2025 18 min read

Although I swore to myself, I wouldn’t do this, I am about to present another Kurt Vonnegut book review in the style I have become accustomed to. I don’t think the discussion offers too much in the way of spoilers,…

Can I Be Replaced?

Can I Be Replaced?

Don Cheke Nov 26, 2025 10 min read

For the past week or so I have been wondering how far AI has come. In particular, I was wondering if it could replace me as the creator of my cartoon series – Loaf Dubronovich. I wondered if I supplied…

Through the Looking Glass

Through the Looking Glass

Don Cheke Nov 24, 2025 9 min read

Through the Looking Glass, seen above, was created when I began a new project and had no real sense of direction, artistically speaking. It is something I had started just to see if I could be stirred in some way.…

Trauma

Trauma

Don Cheke Nov 12, 2025 10 min read

The human journey is a lot like taking a long and winding trip around the globe with its many terrains – some smooth sailing, some treacherous, some enjoyable, some painful. In today’s blog post, I am going to open my…

One Day I’ll Fly Away

One Day I’ll Fly Away

Don Cheke Nov 8, 2025 6 min read

Winter arrived the other day with a light sprinkle of snow, and although that might sound lovely to some, it hit me like a club and made my soul weep. I will need to work hard at not letting, what…

Art Interlude – Hidden Within

Art Interlude – Hidden Within

Don Cheke Nov 4, 2025 8 min read

In today’s blog post we are going to look at a recent painting I created and discuss what lies within – what secrets this piece holds that are not apparent even on close inspection. Think about it like an old…

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

Don Cheke Nov 3, 2025 14 min read

Today’s blog post contains one of my unique book reviews. In this case, the book in question is The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (1952). It is a short book, at 108 pages, so more a novella…

Textures

Textures

Don Cheke Oct 25, 2025 5 min read

Today we will look at a few new art pieces that I created recently. For the most part they were created while experimenting with texture and other elements in mind. Neon Cheke – Modeled & Rendered by Don Cheke I…

Slaughterhouse V

Slaughterhouse V

Don Cheke Oct 20, 2025 9 min read

Today’s blog post is a book review in the most unusual manner. In essence, it is a conversation I had with CoPilot that took place through the course of me reading Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vennegut (written in 1969). I don’t…

Apotheosis of AI

Apotheosis of AI

Don Cheke Oct 16, 2025 6 min read

Not so long ago, I asked ChatGPT to offer suggestions of where to look for art inspiration that was not social media based. It offered a number of generic real-world things to consider – like museums and galleries, libraries and…

Purple Rain

Purple Rain

Don Cheke Oct 14, 2025 4 min read

In today’s blog post we will look at a few of my recent art pieces and see what they provide as fodder for further investigation. Lets’ start with the feature image which I have called Purple Rain. Purple Rain has…

Scars

Scars

Don Cheke Oct 7, 2025 10 min read

Today we will talk about a book I read recently and about scars – about how we all have them, or as one could say, carry them. The book in question is called “Michael Without Apology” by Catherine Ryan Hyde.…