If you are older than 25, you probably remember clip art’s mix of vague abstraction (e.g., gestural line figures in oversize ’90s suits holding briefcases) and goofy cartoonishness.

Google Docs is getting a Gemini AI-powered image generator sidebar that makes clip art-style images using the Imagen 3 model. It’s only for paid users, though. Skip to main content.

You will then receive a series of AI-generated images that you can choose from. After you have found one you like, you can click “save” to have it appear as your playlist art.

This is an essay about the phenomenon of “aesthetic chills”—you know, the moment when, experiencing a work of art, you feel a rush of physical emotion, a shiver that runs down your spine.