Ken Crost Art

I’ve spent decades immersed in creative worlds—photography, acting, producing theatre, directing, playwriting, digital photography, digital art—and now, AI art. I know the creative process intimately: its struggles, its silences, its moments of ignition. And I can say this without hesitation—creating art with AI is electric.

When I open OpenArt.ai—my online studio—my pulse quickens. There’s a charged anticipation in that moment, a near certainty that something extraordinary is about to emerge. My prompts are simple, almost spare, because the true engine of my work is the photograph or digital asset beneath it. I already see the finished piece before it exists. I feel it in my body before it takes form. AI doesn’t invent the vision—it unlocks it. But sometimes the first key doesn’t work. Or the fifth. Or the twentieth. And then—suddenly—there it is. And then my mind lets out a silent scream of elation: WOW!

The exhilaration I feel while creating art is rivaled only by writing, where my energy now pours into an AI-less novel. Both experiences carry that same sense of discovery, that same intoxicating moment when imagination crosses into reality.
 

The backlash against AI art is loud, relentless, and everywhere. I hear it. And I choose to ignore it. I choose creation over fear, curiosity over dogma, momentum over stagnation. I choose to create because it is who I am—and because nothing else feels more alive.