Counterpoint

The Hybrid Workflow

A CONTEMPORARY STUDIO PROCESS

INPUT

Personal archive · sketches · memories · images
→ what is returning?

Hint: Notice the fragments or visual impulses that keep surfacing. These are invitations, not leftovers. Stay curious—surprises often arrive before meaning does.

GENERATIVE EXPLORATION (MIDJOURNEY)

Visual hypotheses · iterations · refinements
→ what feels like mine?


Hint: This is play, not production. Take time. Explore variations. The right image doesn’t appear—it emerges.

SELECTION

Resonance check · intention alignment
→ is this worth continuing?

Hint: Pause before regenerating. Some images need a moment to reveal why they matter. Let intuition answer before technology does.

POST-PRODUCTION (TOPAZ / EDITING / COLLAGE)

clarify · scale · refine
→ quiet distractions, amplify structure

Hint: Whether digital or physical, treat this phase like sculpting. Remove noise so the work can breathe.

REFLECTION (CHATGPT / WRITING PRACTICE)

naming patterns · title · statement · framework
→ what is the work doing?

Hint: You’re not explaining the image—you’re discovering the logic behind it. Ask: Why this? Why now? What keeps returning?

OUTPUT

print · exhibition · dialogue
→ invitation, not explanation

Hint: You don’t present answers. You offer openings. The work starts a conversation; the viewer completes it.

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