The images that go with my blog posts are created with Dall•E. I type a detailed description and the AI (Artificial Intelligence) creates 4 images based on the description. I shared examples here, when Dall•E was newer and shared 6 attempts rather than 4.

It doesn’t always generate what I want, but these are impressive pieces of original art.

What I used to do was go to Pixabay and search for Royalty Free stock images, but I’d often have to do 3 or 4 searches to get something that fits. Sometimes I’d see the same image shared by others. Now, every piece I share is an original, and 9 out of 10 times I’m picking one of the first 4 options given to me.

This is great for me, because the images are more personalized, and I’m spending less time worrying about finding the ‘right’ image. In fact, I find choosing from only 4 images, rather than a selection from dozens of results from Pixabay quite liberating.

As an aside, I put in a request for my blog’s email subscribers to see the accompanying image, but have not received a response:

Is this actually a @jetpack thing? The email says ‘Powered by Jetpack’ at the bottom. https://t.co/Ap4Koj4fS3

— Dᴀᴠɪᴅ Tʀᴜss ∞β (@datruss) July 30, 2022

When I made a previous request to WordPress, not only did they respond, they changed the App, they added the little blue button you see below, to speed up publishing.

And in the end, these little changes make daily blogging easier, and more visually pleasing… and allow me to continually express my creativity.