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  The light of night is quite bright The ground beneath me crunches Pebbles are veiled, cold to touch The grass carries wetness The night elevates There are layers to this fog, where sight transfers ownership to the sense I see it all quite clearly, in my memory     -----------------------------------------------     4 subjects of writing   What i see This is what I observe. When I perceive, I discern one thing from another, I use logic and ponder relationships, What i am I sense my being. The expression of myself is expression of the world[my world] What i feel I am overwhelmed by the force larger than myself. There is nothing to analyze, to understand or ponder. The ocean's waves carry me, it is my motivator and my destination. Lest I die, the proof will be gone; yet I will still believe it to be true. What i know What is that which I know? I cannot know. What is known is not what you can see. It is not your own world, but the colliding ones. It is not th...

  1  Though many magazines posting "An A.I.-Generated Picture Won an Art Prize. Artists Aren’t Happy" are tech and crypto sites, this story has seen traffic on more reputable world news sources like NyTimes and Washington Post as well, which is where there starts to be a problem. This "arts competition" was exclusively a digital art-category competition, and it was also at the Colorado State Fair. (As far as I know, not an arts establishment.) One of the judges holds a MFA in creative writing, and the other is a freelance indigenous artist from Colorado. By far the worst thing is that it's clearly intended as sensationalist and immediately paints all artists as reactionary.   2 Not only is this extremely discouraging towards a potential collaboration between artist and AI scientist, but it does nothing to build upon or support the quickly diminishing world of arts. The ability to conjure images, creative narratives, and connect with our emotions, which was reall...