It’s a profound question. Can poetry matter? I suppose it depends on what you mean by matter. To what depth must it go in order to achieve this status? Does poetry have meaning? Of course it does. But does it mean enough to truly matter to those that read or write it? The answer is not simple. In a way, it is a simple...
Elasha was an elf wizard who lived in the bustling city of Pearlwood. She was tall, blonde, and strikingly beautiful, but carried herself with a mean streak that was nastier than a hobgoblin with a stubbed toe. Elasha was in her late teens, and had been a wizard for almost a decade. She was one of the most powerful wizards in the kingdom and...
Generative AI is all the rage right now, with several AI engines out there that can produce jaw-dropping creations. Using an AI image generator, you can quickly create impressive portraits, landscapes, and really just about anything that you can imagine. I like to combine unexpected elements to generate visuals that you wouldn’t normally expect. One series I put together, using the Midjourney AI engine,...
A common question is whether poetry can be a work of non-fiction. Certainly, most poetry pulls from real-life experience, but can it be truly considered non-fiction? In his book, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, the poet Richard Long explores this question. He writes about how poetry differs from other types of writing by examining a poem by Wallace Stevens. Stevens wrote the following...
So I plugged a little prompt into an AI storytelling engine about a ruler named Elon and his little kingdom of Twittertopia. Things got weird fast. Have a quick read… Emperor Elon of Twittertopia Once upon a time, there was a tiny kingdom called Twittertopia and it had a new ruler named Elon. He was the emperor and he was used to getting everything...
Modularity is the process of managing system complexity by dividing large systems into smaller, self-contained systems. Basically, making things simple by focusing on just one component of a larger system at a time. Modularity involves identifying groups of functions in systems, and then transforming those groups into self-contained units or modules. For example, the design of an aircraft may be divided up into many...
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