Sometimes things Pan out

 

Back in September 2006, I wrote a post called Being Dr. Lao.  It was about the movie, The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao starring Tony Randall and Barbara Eden (of I Dream of Jeanie). I wrote:

In the movie, the seven faces of Dr. Lao are: Dr. Lao, Pan, Apollonius of Tyana (a Greek philosopher and teacher), Merlin, Medusa, the Abominal Snowman, and a goldfish that turns into a sea serpent. The make-up artist for the film won a honorary Academy Award for his work on the film. Tony Randall was pretty impressive playing the characters as well.

I was playing with Photoshop as a tool or brush to manipulate various images at the time, so the image I created at the time technically wasn't my face on an image of Pan, but more the essence of Pan.  I asked ChatGPT to make an image of me as Pan.

I think I make a pretty good Pan if I do say so myself. I especially like the Pan Flute pendant. Not bad for an old goat. 

In the 2006 post I also created an image of me as Medusa.

Here is my 2026 version.

I love my stony stare. In 2006 I also turned myself into Apollonius, a fortune teller.

And speaking of stony stare, here is another Greek statue ChatGPT turned me into recently.

And finally, although I didn't create an image of me as Merlin back in 2006, here's an image of me as a wizard in 2026.

Now that is magic.