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Art

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What is this this thing called art
this thing I feel smell touch hear see
before me
this mode for the senses to draw upon 
this code for the mind to interpret

what is this connection
this very personal yet cultural experience
where is traditional what is contemporary
what is permanent what is temporary 
which aspect is simply material 
which is internally enhanced 
in response to which parts do you remain static 
to which do you dance
testament contribution idea retribution 

dora’s idea is redistribution

so
let’s make anything into something called art
let’s see if I can do my part
I take an image
something plain as a floor
but it’s where I take it from 
that makes it more
I climb stairs I scope and review
until I find just the place that will do
and the floor is no longer just a floor anymore
but a creative rendering of space comes to the fore
this is art

This week Dora challenged we dVerse poets to take something familiar and reimagine it in some way.

Doing #01

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Why watch virtual stuff when you could be out in the real world enjoying a real activity or applying your own creativity – and probably having more fun while you do?

All work is my own and subject to copyright. I do not use AI. I do not want AI to use my work.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) – be afraid

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Preface: During peak learning, a human takes around three years to master the skills and individual creativity necessary to draw a stick figure. AI machine learning accomplishes replication of such a feat in a microsecond.
In the not too distant future
things will begin to disappear
human things
cultural things
things like genuine creative work
design, construction, music, literature, imagery, art 
and
not much later
human well-being

Instead
they will be by-passed
replaced by data mined 
composites 
of all these things 
that went before 

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Concepts and constructs 
developed by 
any human individual 
are exclusively 
part of 
the human condition:
..... human creativity 

Such human 
processes and creation 
are 
being systematically 
misappropriated 
for the purpose 
of 
profiteering 
by mere replicants 
for mere replication 
to satisfy 
uncontrolled 
greed 
and 
aspirations 
of the few 
at the expense 
of 
the many

This application of AI 
is not good for 
individual human
health or well-being

This application of AI 
is not good for 
societal 
health or well-being

This application of AI 
will undermine
the survival of
human 
civilisation

This is not likely 
to be a road 
from which humanity
can return

General Intelligence 
is the next stop

Where humanity will be asked
either politely or forcibly
to get off the bus 
                            ….. walk toward the mirage 
                                                                         ….. and disappear into it

Good Things Only #18

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I collect recoded music. I have it in every form other than bakerlite cylinders and 78s: LP, tape, CD, MD, device stored and streamed. Literally, thousands of recordings. Sometimes, I feel like an imposter. How dare I appreciate music when the best musician I could ever be described is a very poor dabbler?

However, there is a redeeming feature to my passion (obsession) for everything musical – awe. I am in awe of musicians, their talents and the beauty they create.

When I listen to many pieces of music I find myself in a transcendent state. The power of music to stimulate or change my emotions is profound, is magical, is spiritual. Play me Pink Floyd’s “Dark side of the moon”, Miles Davis’ “Blue” or Bach’s “Brandenburg Concertos” and lose me to repeated epiphany – human artistry is awesome. I learn this over and over again. Take me to a local pub or concert hall to see a live performance and I will often be in my very own version of heaven.

It doesn’t matter where or when, music makes me whole again. Over and over. I thank the musicians who complete me. I wish I could tell each one personally the gratitude I feel for their creativity, their talent, their application, their consequence of putting so much musical awe in my and many other people’s lives.

The winding track and where it led

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Every corner, anticipation. Every crest, a new horizon.

It was the idea I loved. But, first came the words. The words were, “A winding track.” The words became the idea. The idea developed.

The idea of a two wheel dirt track ahead. It winds up a wooded hillside in the golden hour of late afternoon. This romantic winding track, no destination in sight, no point of origin, beckons. It’s mystery entices.

So, I now find myself travelling this track. I’m leaving things behind and I am excited by the unknown destination ahead. I am savouring the journey.

Savouring, now there’s a word! A word to savour. A word begets an idea, begets a reality.

Ah, here is the real joy, the savouring. The pleasure in the journey, the exciting anticipation of getting there. Wherever there may be.