AI Rehabilitation Footprints #13 | Shedding Common Sense: Why I Chose Paper Art

Hello, I'm Yushin🐹

Thank you for finding me among so many articles.

My serialized essay, "AI Rehabilitation Footprints."

We have finally reached the final chapter, the 13th installment.

【Recap of previous episodes🐾】
Having overcome the major mountain of surgery, what I found in the pure white "blank" time was a sincere wish to create again.
While fighting pain with a body that could not move, I made the resolve to take my first step as an artist as "proof that I am alive."

【This story】
There are infinite things that can be drawn with AI.
Among them, why did I dare to choose the expression of "paper art"?
It was also a story about unleashing concepts, which began with the earnest wish to "master what I can do as I am now."

Connecting my past "likes" to the future, my own personal rehabilitation footprints start here!

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■ As a first step toward what "I can do now"

For me during my recuperation, doing things perfectly like I used to still felt like a distant goal.

"What can I do as I am now?"

"Can I learn something while remaining as I am now?"

It was the new possibility of AI that gently drew close to such an anxious heart.

The reason I was drawn to "paper art," such as digital paper cutting, was because

The unique warmth that the material of paper possesses.

And

"Cutting"
"Folding"
"Layering"

Expressing things through familiar and easy-to-visualize actions gently healed my tired heart.

■ Shedding the common sense that "it's paper, so it must be this way"

Initially, I was trapped by fixed ideas such as:

"Paper cutting means flat and delicate expressions"

"It's natural for it to become this shape when you cut it"

But, at one point, I suddenly realized.


Instead of being rigid with my own creativity,

Maybe it's okay to entrust this world to AI?

While retaining the characteristics of paper, delicate layering and light transmission that would be impossible in reality.



Paper art should be like this

By shedding that common sense,
and when I accepted the

beauty of coincidence

that AI shows me, I felt my heart simultaneously becoming surprisingly free.

⬇️I introduce the process of how this was made in this article✨

■ The freedom of heart gained by entrusting

AI is like a partner with whom I can enjoy a "world of paper" that exceeds my imagination.

Even if I cannot cut it sheet by sheet with my own hands,
the process of deepening "paper expression" together with AI

completely affirms the clumsy me of today.

It has become a precious time for "tuning my heart."


Instead of seeking perfection, enjoying the expression that

"feels comfortable"

to my current self.

That, I believe, was the true rehabilitation

for reclaiming "my true self."

I think it was the true rehabilitation for reclaiming "my true self."

🐾 A message I want to convey to my past self

You don't have to force yourself to find the right answer.
Trust in the warmth of the "paper" you chose and the "freedom" you newly discovered.
You, who have cast aside common sense and are enjoying expression from the heart, are shining so brightly.

■ Conclusion

The expression of "paper art" was not merely a technique for me.

It became a "trigger" for quietly accepting my own limitations and transforming them into new possibilities.

Through this series, I have spent days deeply re-examining my inner self, cherishing the unwavering essence of "being myself."

Before I knew it,

the time has come for these step-by-step accumulations to move on to the next stage.

At first, every day felt like groping for footing in the dark.

However, by continuing to write words and create art, I feel my heart gradually regaining its natural breath.

Rehabilitation I started to save myself.

How great a support the presence of all of you, who warmly watch over those footprints, is to me now.


Before I knew it, I reached 1,000 "likes" on note💐

With gratitude, I feel a warmth deep in my chest, as if each of these numbers affirms my journey.

Finally, the next installment is where I will deliver those warm feelings in a "tangible form."

■ Next Preview

Next time, I will deliverAI Rehabilitation Footprints #14 | With heartfelt gratitude at the 1,000-like milestone.

Until now, the works I created were directed inward to heal my own heart.

However, pushed forward by the warm kindness of 1,000 likes,

a new wish has sprouted within me:

“I hope I can share this expression with someone.”

Next time, I will give shape to my gratitude and deliver my work as a


gift to the “Everyone’s Photo Gallery”.

I would be happy if these rehabilitation footprints could become a catalyst for gently drawing close to your world.

Looking forward to next time✨

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