A Peek into the Soul

A Peek into the Soul

Don Cheke Feb 24, 2025 13 min read

Today, I will be presenting some of my latest abstract art pieces. I’ll talk about how they came to be and what they mean or represent to me. I decided that I wanted something unique for the feature image, so…

Celebrations

Celebrations

Don Cheke Feb 17, 2025 14 min read

Today is a day to celebrate! Today, I completed my goal of producing 52 blog posts in 52 weeks and completing 100 cartoons. Today’s celebration cartoon, seen above, actually numbers 106, so well past the goal in that regard. Today’s…

On Being Human – Part B

On Being Human – Part B

Don Cheke Feb 10, 2025 26 min read

Welcome to Part B of the On Being Human series. As you will have read in the introduction to Part A, this topic came around while thinking about subjects for future blog posts, when I decided to ask both the…

On Being Human – Part A

On Being Human – Part A

Don Cheke Feb 3, 2025 20 min read

While thinking about subjects for future blog posts, I decided to ask both ChatGPT and CoPilot to list 25 thought-provoking questions about being human and the human condition. Both came up with many good questions. Of the combined 50 questions,…

Alphabet Psyche Test

Alphabet Psyche Test

Don Cheke Jan 27, 2025 8 min read

Writers often come up with words or sentences that they want to use in their work at some point and they typically wait for the appropriate opportunity to come up. With this in mind, let me just state that “nothing…

Fish Print

Fish Print

Don Cheke Jan 20, 2025 7 min read

In today’s blog post I will be presenting and discussing a recent art project that I undertook. The project began with thoughts of block printmaking and fish, the latter being a common topic for printmakers. Perhaps because fish are a…

A Journey into the Abstract

A Journey into the Abstract

Don Cheke Jan 13, 2025 12 min read

In this blog post we will look at my journey into abstract art. This is something new to me, but I think it is something worth pursuing to see what comes of it. So far, I have only done three…

Farewell Sylvain

Farewell Sylvain

Don Cheke Jan 6, 2025 12 min read

You will have heard me make mention of my friend Sylvain, always known as Syl by his friends, in recent blog posts. You will also have heard me talk about his stay in palliative care due to the development of…

A Heavy Load

A Heavy Load

Don Cheke Dec 30, 2024 14 min read

It is my hope that this blog post doesn’t read as a whine-a-log, or a poor-me pity trip, but the subject matter might seem to lean that way and it is something that comes to mind now and again, and…

Buzz Box

Buzz Box

Don Cheke Dec 23, 2024 16 min read

In today’s blog post I am going to talk about the thoughts that occurred to me over a very short period of time (5 – 10 minutes) in the early morning hours of December 17, 2024. As I was thinking…

More About AI

More About AI

Don Cheke Dec 16, 2024 17 min read

In today’s blog post I am going to talk more about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how I see the changing landscape. A week or so ago someone had posted a link to a questionnaire about AI in the artist forum…

Gratitude

Gratitude

Don Cheke Dec 9, 2024 7 min read

Today’s blog post is a bit of a mix, but mainly about being grateful. As I was flipping through my photos looking for something that I could use as a feature image I came across this one of my mother,…